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Gordon Rudd is a partner with Zimmerman Reed, practicing in the areas of commercial class action litigation and complex mass tort litigation. He is a member of the firm's Managing Partner Committee and is responsible for the Minneapolis office operations.
Gordon has successfully represented thousands of clients in the areas of employment law, mass tort, and consumer fraud actions. In employment litigation, Gordon recently negotiated several settlements on behalf of plant workers who were denied compensation for time worked off the clock. He is also a member of the six person Steering Committee in MDL 1700 In re FedEx Ground Package Systems, Inc., Employment Practices Litigation, where over 20,000 FedEx Ground drivers are challenging their classification as independent contractors. Gordon currently serves as Liaison Counsel in MDL 1958 In re Zurn Pex Plumbing Products Liability Litigation, and in MDL 1396 In re St. Jude Medical Silzone Heart Valves Products Liability Litigation. Gordon also represented residents of Minot, North Dakota in In re Soo Line Railroad Company Derailment of January 18, 2002 in Minot, N.D, who were affected by the toxic spill caused by the derailment of a Canadian Pacific Railway train. Gordon served as trial counsel in 2 cases, which resulted in verdicts totaling 1.2 million dollars. Recently, both a class action and over 1,000 individual cases were successfully resolved.
Gordon is a 1986 graduate of Connecticut College and a 1991 graduate of the University of Cincinnati College of Law. Mr. Rudd also attended Bowdoin College and studied in London, U.K. during his undergraduate training. Since 2006, Gordon has been honored as a “Super Lawyer” by Minnesota Law & Politics.
Mr. Rudd is licensed to practice before, and is a member in good standing of, the Bar of the State of Minnesota and the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota. Gordon is admitted to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. He has been admitted to appear pro hac vice in cases pending in the states of California, Oregon, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, North Dakota, Ohio, Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, and Michigan. He is a member of the Federal Bar Association, Minnesota State Bar Association and the Hennepin County Bar Association.
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