Areas of Practice

Bill Davidson is a shareholder and President of Lind, Jensen, Sullivan & Peterson, P.A. Bill handles a variety of civil matters. He is an honors graduate of the University of Minnesota Law School admitted to practice before all state and federal courts in Minnesota. He handles professional liability matters, commercial and product liability litigation, employment law disputes, and insurance coverage and insurance defense litigation. In addition to his trial practice, Bill oversees the majority of the firm’s appellate matters and works with other firms on appeals. He has argued over one hundred fifty appeals before Minnesota’s appellate courts and the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals. He is a member of the Minnesota Supreme Court Advisory Committee on the Rules of Civil Appellate Procedure. He serves on the Minnesota Defense Lawyers Association’s amicus curiae committee and served on the governing council of the Minnesota State Bar Association’s Appellate Practices Section for several years. Minnesota Law and Politics and Super Lawyers magazines have recognized Bill as an appellate Super Lawyer® each year since 2000, and regularly include him in their list of top Minnesota appellate attorneys.

Honors & Awards

Phi Beta Kappa
Order of the Coif
Super Lawyer®, Minnesota Law & Politics, (2000-2023)

Notable Cases

Personal Injury and Wrongful Death Litigation

Pfeil v. v. St. Matthews Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Unaltered Augsburg Confession of Worthington, 877 N.W.2d 528 (Minn.2016) (First Amendmant and Defamation)
Vargo-Schaper v. Weyerhaeuser Co., 619 F.3d 845 (8th Cir. 2010) (wrongful death)
Cahalan v. Rohan, 423 F.3d 815 (8th Cir. 2005) (New Jersey/Minnesota workers’compensation law)
Harrison v. Harrison, 733 N.W.2d 451 (Minn. 2007) (seatbelt non-use evidentiary rule)
Albert v. Paper Calmenson & Co., 524 N.W.2d 460 (Minn. 1994) (workers’ compensation subrogation)
Gilmore v. Walgreen Co., 759 N.W.2d 433 (Minn. Ct. App. 2009) (premises liability)
Marshall v. The Inn on Madeline Island, 631 N.W.2d 113 (Minn. Ct. App. Jul. 17, 2001) (federal/Wisconsin law claim preclusion)

Professional Liability

Howard v. Svoboda, M.D., 877 N.W.2d 562 (Minn. App. 2016), vacated, 890 N.W.2d 111 (Minn. 2017) (medical malpractice claim and scope of Minnesota’s informal conference statute, Minn. Stat. § 595.02, subd.5)
Sample v. City of Woodbury, 836 F.3d 913 (8th Cir.2016) (absolute prosecutorial immunity issues relating to Section 1983 and state law claims against city attorneys)
Guzick v. Kimball, 869 N.W.2d 42 (Minn. 2015) (amicus counsel for Professional Liability Defense Federation regarding Minnesota’s expert review affidavit statute and causation issues in a legal malpractice case)
Shea v. Esensten, 208 F.3d 712 (8th Cir. 2000) (medical malpractice/ERISA preemption)
In re Andrade, 736 N.W.2d 603 (Minn. 2007) (attorney discipline)
Antone v. Mirviss, 720 N.W.2d 331 (Minn. 2006) (statute of limitations for legal malpractice claims)
Noske v. Friedberg, 670 N.W.2d 740 (Minn. 2003) (LPL claim against criminal defense attorney)
Minn. Board of Chiropractic Examiners v. Cich, 788 N.W.2d 515 (Minn. Ct. App. 2010) (chiropractic discipline)
Yath v. Fairview Clinics, N.P., 767 N.W.2d 34 (Minn. Ct. App. 2009) (HIPAA privacy claims)
Wagener v. McDonald, 509 N.W.2d 188 (Minn. Ct. App. 1993) (assignability of legal malpractice claim)

Insurance Coverage

Westfield Ins. Co. v. Robinson Outdoors, Inc., 700 F.3d 1172 (8th Cir. 2012) (failure-to-conform exclusion)
Progressive Northern Ins. Co. v. McDonough, 608 F.3d 388 (8th Cir. 2010) (intentional act exclusion)
West Bend Mut. Ins. Co. v. Allstate Ins. Co., 776 N.W.2d 693 (Minn. 2009) (excess UIM coverage)
Wooddale Builders, Inc. v. Maryland Cas. Co., 722 N.W.2d 283 (Minn. 2006) (pro-rata allocation)
In re Silicone Implant Ins. Coverage Litigation, 667 N.W.2d 405 (Minn. 2003) (trigger and allocation)
State v. Joseph, 636 N.W.2d 322 (Minn. 2001) (garnishment of insurance policy)
Leamington Co. v. Nonprofits’ Ins. Ass’n, 615 N.W.2d 349 (Minn. 2000) (proof of loss requirements)
Johnson v. Mutual Services Cas. Ins. Co., 732 N.W.2d 340 (Minn. Ct. App. 2007) (standard statutory fire policy)
Wakefield Pork, Inc. v. RAM Mutual Ins. Co., 731 N.W.2d 154 (Minn. Ct. App. 2007) (pollution exclusion)
Metropolitan Prop. & Cas. Ins. Co. v. Jablonske, 722 N.W.2d 312 (Minn. Ct. App. 2006) (confessed judgment against insurer)
Reinsurance Ass’n of Minn. v. Timmer, 641 N.W.2d 302 (Minn. Ct. App. 2002) (coverage for negligent misrepresentation)
CPT Corp. v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins. Co., 515 N.W.2d 747 (Minn. Ct. App. 1994) (employee benefits and fiduciary insurance)

Amicus Curiae Representation

LaPoint v. Family Orthodontics, P.A.,—N.W.2d—(Minn. 2017) (amicus counsel for Minnesota Defense Lawyers Association regarding pregnancy discrimination claim)
Guzick v. Kimball, 869 N.W.2d 42 (Minn. 2015) (amicus counsel for Professional Liability Defense Federation regarding Minnesota’s expert review affidavit statute and causation issues in a legal malpractice case)
Sysdyne Corp. v. Rousslang, 860 N.W.2d 374 (Minn. 2015) (amicus counsel for TechServe Alliance regarding non-compete agreement)
Graphic Communications Local 1B Health & Welfare Fund v. CVS Caremark Corp., 850 N.W.2d 682 (Minn. 2014) (amicus counsel for Minnesota Defense Lawyers Association regarding Consumer Fraud Act claim)
Jerry’s Enterprises, Inc. v. Larkin, Hoffman, Daly & Lindgren, Ltd., 711 N.W.2d 811 (Minn. 2006) (amicus counsel for Minnesota Defense Lawyers Association regarding a transactional legal malpractice claim)
Rosenberg v. Heritage Renovations, LLC, 685 N.W.2d 320 (Minn. 2004) (amicus counsel for Minnesota Association of Realtors® regarding commission claims)
Dohney v. Allstate Ins. Co., 632 N.W.2d 598 (Minn. 2001) (amicus counsel for Minnesota Defense Lawyers Association regarding “best settlement” rule for UIMclaims)
Ly v. Nystrom, 615 N.W.2d 302 (Minn. 2000) (amicus counsel for Minnesota Defense Lawyers Association regarding Consumer Fraud Act)
Losen v. Allina Health System, 767 N.W.2d 703 (Minn. Ct. App. 2009) (amici counsel for Minnesota Medical Association and Fairview Health Services regarding commitment immunity)

Professional Associations & Memberships

American Bar Association
Minnesota State Bar Association
Ramsey County Bar Association
Minnesota Defense Lawyers Association
DRI
Business Counsel, Inc.

Pro Bono Activities

Minnesota Appellate Public Defender appeals