J. Richard
Bland
Main Biography
For more than 35 years, Dick has focused his practice on the defense of professional liability claims - especially those filed against physicians, nurses and hospitals, and attorneys. He has tried more than 150 jury cases to a conclusion.
In medical malpractice, you get to try a lot of lawsuits - which is something I really enjoy. The clients are well educated and dedicated to their patients. The cases are very interesting - rich with legal and medical research.
Because of his experience, Dick has been inducted into the American College of Trial Lawyers. In addition, he is included in The Best Service Professionals in the United States in the category of Lawyers, Malpractice Law, and Personal Injury (published by Best of the United States).
In Minnesota, Dick has been named a Super Lawyer in the area of medical malpractice defense by Minnesota Law & Politics magazine and a Leading Minnesota Attorney for medical and malpractice defense by the Minnesota Consumer Guidebook to Law & Leading Attorneys. He is also listed in The Best Lawyers in America.
Dick also represents healthcare professionals in administrative proceedings involving licensure and practice privileges, as well as employment liability and products liability actions. 
Professional Affiliations
- Minnesota State Bar Association
- Hennepin County Bar Association
- Iowa State Bar Association
- Minnesota Defense Lawyers Association
- Defense Research Institute
Accolades
- Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers
- Selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers of America® (Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, S.C.)
- Selected for inclusion in the Minnesota Super Lawyers® list, (only five percent of the lawyers in the state were selected), 2003-2011
- Awarded the highest possible Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Rating, AV® Preeminent ™ (AV is a registered certification mark of Reed Elsevier Properties Inc., used in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies)
- Selected for inclusion in The Best of U. S. Inc.'s (www.bestofus.com) list of The Best Service Professionals in the United States under Lawyers, Malpractice Law and Personal Injury (Copyright © 2006 Best of United States), 2006
- Leading Minnesota Attorney, Medical and Professional Malpractice Defense (fewer than six percent of Minnesota attorneys hold this distinction), 1998-2006
- Selected for inclusion in Who's Who in American Law, 1998-2006
Speaking Engagements
- Speaker, Continuing Legal Education Presentation, Voir Dire, sponsored by Hennepin County Bar Association, Minnesota Defense Lawyers Association, and Minnesota Trial Lawyers Association (April 2006)
- Speaker, Continuing Legal Education Presentation, So You Say You're An Expert, sponsored by Minnesota Defense Lawyers Association, Trial Techniques Series (August 2002)
- Speaker, Continuing Legal Education Presentation, The Good and Bad of Trial Practice, sponsored by Minnesota Trial Lawyers Association (September 2001)
- Moderator/Speaker, Continuing Legal Education Presentation, Minnesota Medical Malpractice for the Experienced Paralegal (September 2000)
- Speaker, Continuing Legal Education Presentation, Handling Experts at Trial - Yours and Theirs, sponsored by Minnesota Institute of Legal Education (April 2000)
- Speaker, Continuing Legal Education Presentation, Traumatic Birth Injuries, sponsored by Law & Politics (June 1998)
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State Bar Admissions
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Iowa, 1971
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Minnesota, 1971
Federal Court Admissions
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United States Supreme Court, 1976
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United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit, 1973
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United States District Court, District of Minnesota, 1971
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