Barbara Podlucky Berens
Areas of Practice
- Business Litigation
Bar Admissions
- Minnesota, 1990
Education
- University of Minnesota Law School, Minneapolis, Minnesota
- J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence magna cum laude - 1990
- Honors: Order of the Coif
- Law Review: Minnesota Law Review, Managing Editor, 1989 - 1990
- University of Uppsala, Sweden
- Law School Classes
- State University of New York, Buffalo, NY
- B.A., Bachelor of Arts magna cum laude - 1975
- Honors: National Merit Scholarship
- Major: Philosophy
- University of St. Thomas, St. Paul
- Psychology Counseling, M.S. course work
Published Works
- Author: "Defendants’ Right to Conduct Ex Parte Interviews with Treating Physicians in Drug or Medical Device Cases", 73 Minn. L. Rev. 1451 (1989)
Honors and Awards
- Series VII Securities License, New York, 1976
Professional Associations and Memberships
- U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota Advisory Committee on Local Rules, Member, 1993 - Present
- Minnesota State Bar Association, Member
- American Bar Association, Member
- American Bar Association, Vice-Chair of Immunities & Exceptions Committee of Antitrust Section
Past Employment Positions
- U. S. District Court for the District of Minnesota NFL/NFLPA Antitrust Litigation, Special Master, 1993
- Hon. David S. Doty, U.S. District Judge, Law Clerk, 1990 - 1993
- U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota Advisory Committee on Local Rules, Assistant Reporter, 1989 - 1990
- U.S. District Court for the Minnesota Civil Justice Reform Act Advisory Committee, Consultant, 1993
- Leonard, Street and Deinard, Associate and Shareholder, 1993 - 1998