About Scott Newman

Professional Experience

Jurisdictions Admitted to practice: State of Minnesota and United States District Court, District of Minnesota from 1974 to present
32 years of extensive litigation practice with appearances throughout the State of Minnesota.
Certified as a Civil Trial Specialist by the Minnesota State Bar Association and the National Board of Trial Advocacy.

Litigation practice has included:

Workers Compensation Administrative Law Hearings Real Estate Contract Medical Malpractice	Wrongful Death Personal Injury Domestic Relations Criminal - (Misdemeanor & Felony)	Municipal Civil Commitment Juvenile Guardianship -Conservatorship Estate Contests

In each Category lawsuits were tried to a conclusion before the court and/or jury.

Completed a 30 hour ADR-Mediation Certification course. Participant as attorney for litigant and as a mediator/Arbitrator in numerous ADR matters.
Involved with Rule Making and Administrative Law Issues in private practice and while serving in the Minnesota Legislature.

The American Bar Association, Minnesota State Bar Association, 6th District bar Association, 8th District Bar Association
Association of Trial Lawyers of America, Minnesota Trial Lawyers Association, Minnesota Association for Justice, American Trial Lawyers Association
Academy of Civil Trial Lawyers of Minnesota, National Board of Trial Advocacy
American Arbitration Association panel of Commercial and No Fault Arbitrators

Pro Bono legal work is estimated at 100 hours per year.
Participant as Judge for High School Moot Court program and Judge of American Legion Post 96 Oratorical Contest.
Served as board member of the Iron Range Rehabilitation.
Pro Bono attorney and a member of the Board of Directors for the Disabled Veterans Recreation Inc, (Veterans on the Lake) a non profit corporation.
Pro Bono attorney and a member of the Board of Directors for the Foundation for Challenged Children, Inc. a non profit corporation.
Life Member, Past President and Past Chairman of the Board of Directors for Gopher Campfire Conservation Club.
Member, past President, Fund Raising Chairman and Chairman of the Board of Directors for the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Hutchinson Lodge 2427.
Memberships:


Ducks Unlimited Hutchinson Citizen Police Academy Republican Party of Minnesota	McLeod County Historical Society Minnesota Historical Society Science Museum of Minnesota	Friends of the Minnesota State Capital State legislative Squadron Minnesota Civil Air Patrol

Two term member of the Minnesota House of Representatives representing District 18A (McLeod and Meeker Counties). As a State Representative served on the State Government Finance, Governmental Operations and Veterans Affairs, Education Finance, Public Safety and Finance, Transportation policy and Ethics Committees. During the 2005 legislative session, member of the Public Safety Omnibus Bill Conference Committee which spearheaded and passed a significant piece of legislation dealing with predatory offenders, control of methamphetamine production and the availability of DNA samples from individuals.
Recipient of Minnesota Society of Professional Surveyors 2004 legislator of the Year Award, Minnesota School Boards Association Guardian of Minnesota Public Schools Award 2004 and 2005, Taxpayers League of Minnesota Friend of the Taxpayers Award 2004, The Minnesota Farm Bureau Federation Friend of Agriculture Award 2003-2004 and NFIB/Minnesota Guardian of Small Business Award 2006.

Deputy Sheriff of Hennipen County, minnesota 1970-1972
American Family Insurance Company, Legal Department 1972-1974,
Juris Doctor, William Mitchell College of Law, St. Paul, Minnesota 1973
Assistant Felony Public Defender, 6th Judicial District, 1975-1978
Private practice of law, Virginia, Minnesota, 1974 - 1990
Private practice of law, Hutchinson, Minnesota 1990 - present
No past or pending warnings, reprimands or disciplinary actions by the Lawyers Professional Responsibility Board.