Bradley M. Jones

• Selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® (Woodward/White, Inc., Aiken, S.C.)
• Selected for inclusion in the Minnesota Super Lawyers® list, (only five percent of lawyers in the state were selected)
• Selected for inclusion in The Best of the U.S. Inc.’s (www.bestofus.com) list of the Best Service Professionals in the United States under Lawyers, Insurance
• 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)

Speaking Engagements and Publications

• Presentation and paper (with Anthony Alt and Tony Kriesel), The Harmonie Group 2011 London Seminar, presentations to the London Insurance Market, Consent Judgments between Claimant and Insured: the Unintended Consequences for Denying Coverage or Reserving Rights, London (October 2011)
• Presentation and paper (with Daniel Payne), The Harmonie Group 2011 Madrid Insurance Market Seminar on the eve of mandatory mediation in the European Union, Mediation in the United States, Madrid (May 2011)
• Presentation and paper (with Erin Doran), The Harmonie Group 2010 London Seminar, presentations to London Insurance Market, An Overview of U.S. Bad Faith Law as a Potential Influence on English Law, London (October 2010)
• Presentation and paper, The Harmonie Group 2009 London Seminar, presentations to London Insurance Market at Lloyd's of London, How the Litigation Climate in the USA has Changed Since Obama Became President and the Democrats Took Control of Congress, London (October 2009)
• Presentation and paper, The Harmonie Group & Canadian Litigation Counsel 2009, presentations to Toronto insurers at the Exchange Tower, An Overview of U.S. Bad Faith Law, Toronto (May 2009)
• Co-contributing author for Minnesota (with Charles Jones), "50 State Survey of Legal Malpractice Law" published by the American Bar Association, Litigation Section, Professional Liability Committee (January 2009)
• Presentation and paper (with Paula Theisen), The Harmonie Group, presented to the London Insurance Market, E-Discovery, Storm Clouds on the Horizon, London (November 2008)
• Speaker, Continuing Legal Education Presentation on Lawyer Liability Claims in the State of Minnesota, sponsored by CNA Insurance Company (May 1998)
• Speaker, Continuing Legal Education Presentation on Director & Officer Insurance Claims, sponsored by Minnesota Law and Politics (January and September 1997)
• Moderator, American Bar Association Satellite Seminar, Insurance Agent/Broker Liability for the 1990s, live televised broadcast (October 1991)
• Author, "An Insurance Agent's Legal Duty to Advise His or Her Insurance Customer: An Overview of "Special Circumstances" published by the American Bar Association (1991)
• Author, "The Basics of Insurance Agent and Brokers Errors and Omissions Liability and Insurance Coverage: An Overview" published by the American Bar Association, 1990, as part of course materials for Insurance Agent and Broker Liability -- Current Litigation and Emerging Case Law, a program presented by the ABA, Chicago (August 1990 )
• Author, Comment, "The Permissible Scope of Title VII Actions" Seton Hall Law Review (1978)

 Reported Opinions

• Scottsdale Indem. Co. v. Village of Crestwood, 673 F.3d 715 (7th Cir. 2012) (pollution exclusions bar coverage, thus no duty to defend and no $50 million policy-limits exposure in response to claims that Illinois municipality provided contaminated drinking water to its residents for more than twenty years; municipal distribution of contaminated water is “traditional environmental pollution” even though village was not original source of pollution; pollution exclusion bars coverage even though distributing drinking water might constitute “core business” of the municipality)
• Charles Stafford v. Scottsdale Ins. Co., No. 10-1397 (3d Cir.) (December 3, 2010) (applying N.J. law), reh’g en banc den. (Jan. 4, 2011) (finding no duty to defend or indemnify under homeowner’s policy based upon animal exclusion)
• Piper Jaffray Companies, Inc. v. National Union Fire Insurance Co., 967 F.Supp. 1148 (D.Minn. 1997); 38 F.Supp.2d 771 (D.Minn. 1999) (directors' and officers' liability insurance coverage)
• Domtar, Inc. v. Niagara Fire Insurance Co., reported cases at 563 N.W.3d 724 (Minn. 1997); 552 N.W.2d 738 (Minn.App. 1996); 533 N.W.2d 25 (Minn. 1995); 518 N.W.2d 58 (Minn.App. 1994) (environmental liability insurance coverage and personal jurisdiction)
• F.D.I.C. v. Bowen, 865 P.2d 868 (Colo.App. 1993) (regulatory exclusion declared unenforceable in D&O policy and/or fidelity bond, which led to our participation in the creation of a statute in the State of Colorado, stating that the regulatory exclusion is to be enforced)
• Continental Casualty Co. v. Kinsey, 499 N.W.2d 574 (N.D. 1993) (lawyer's professional liability insurance coverage for punitive damages, treble damages, and fraud)   
• Ebenezer Society v. Dryvit Systems, Inc., 453 N.W.2d 545 (Minn.App. 1990) (procedures to bring judgment garnishment actions against insurers strictly enforced)
• Baker v. CNA Insurance Cos., 123 F.R.D. 322 (D.Mont. 1988) (scope of discovery in an extra-contractual liability case)
• Jostens, Inc. v. CNA Ins./Continental Casualty Co., 386 N.W.2d 257 (Minn.App. 1986) (insurance coverage under CGL policy for settlement of an employment discrimination class action case)
• Manufacturers Gasket Co. v. Transcontinental Insurance Co., 9 F.3d 1548, 1993 WL 468905 (6th Cir. (Ohio) Nov. 12, 1993) (Table) (no coverage for products liability claim because of pollution exclusion)
• Kennison v. Wellington Insurance Co., 582 N.W.2d 69, (Wisc.Ct.App.) pet. for rev. denied (June 12, 1998) (Wisconsin direct action against insurer prohibited where insured was not sued before statute of limitations ran)
• Wendt v. Sojourn, 1997 WL 471283 (No. C3-97-115, Minn.App., Aug. 19, 1997) (summary judgment affirmed in favor of tenant against elderly plaintiff who stepped off a curb and fell)
• Witzman v. Lehrman, Lehrman & Flom, 601 N.W.2d 179 (Minn.App. 1999) (establishes Minnesota common law elements for joint tortuous concerted conduct in context of professional liability claim against accountant)