Attorney Brendan Flaherty

Attorney Brendan Flaherty was named a 2010 Rising Star by Minnesota Law & Politics. Only 2.5 percent of the state’s lawyers are included on the list, which highlights Minnesota’s best up-and-coming legal talent and has been published annually since 1998. Flaherty is one of only 12 general personal injury plaintiff lawyers on the list.

Brendan Flaherty represents injured people and their families in car accident, foodborne illness, product liability and wrongful death litigation.

Brendan was a member of Pritzker Olsen’s trial team that achieved a 6.45 million dollar settlement in food poisoning litigation. With David Szerlag he also represented those who suffered kidney damage from phospho-soda bowel prep products in MDL litigation that recently resulted in a multimillion-dollar global settlement.

Brendan said the following about representing injured people:

I am committed to making this system work better for injured people. If insurance companies refuse to pay fair compensation, I believe it is just and reasonable to exercise the right to a jury trial. With each verdict in favor of a person wrongfully injured, the insurance companies will face increasing pressure.

When a client allows me to help them fight insurance companies through the jury system, I am grateful and inspired. That is what this profession is all about.

Mr. Flaherty graduated with a degree in history from Grinnell College and earned a law degree, cum laude, from the University of Minnesota Law School. Prior to joining Pritzker Olsen, Mr. Flaherty was an associate at the law firm of Campbell Knutson, P.A. where he specialized in civil litigation. Mr. Flaherty also spent two legislative sessions on staff at the Minnesota Senate where he drafted legislation and provided policy research for the Transportation, Environment & Natural Resources, Crime & Public Safety and Judiciary Committees.

If you have been injured and need to consult a personal injury attorney, contact Brendan Flaherty at Pritzker Olsen law firm for a free consultation.

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Brendan Flaherty News

Adjunct Teaching Position At U of M Law School

Attorney Brendan Flaherty has accepted an adjunct teaching position at the University of Minnesota Law School. For the 2011 spring semester, Flaherty will teach a course entitled "Practice and Professionalism," which will introduce students to foundational lawyering skills and professional responsibility issues.

Brendan Flaherty Named a Rising Star

In recognition of his achievements, Attorney Brendan Flaherty was named a 2010 Rising Star by Minnesota Law & Politics. Only 2.5 percent of the state’s lawyers are included on the list, which highlights Minnesota’s best up-and-coming legal talent.

Brendan Flaherty Published in Update Magazine

Brendan Flaherty's article, "Salmonella Eggs, an Update," was published in the Nov/Dec 2010 edition of Update Magazine, a publication of The Food and Drug Law Institute (FDLI). Read Brendan's article on the Salmonella enteritidis outbreak (with permission from FDLI).

Food Safety Lecture at the U of M School of Public Health

In a guest lecture at the University of Minnesota’s School of Public Health, Brendan Flaherty addressed the students of a class entitled, “Nutrition for Public Health Promotion and Disease Prevention.” His presentation centered on the development of food safety regulation and litigation as it relates to raw milk, which is a heavily debated issue. “The intent of the presentation was to give students a sense of the real world conflicts around food,” Flaherty said. “That is, conflicts among scientists, local food advocates, farmers and nutritionists.”