Write Smart: Helping Employees Avoid Creating The

Write Smart: Helping Employees Avoid Creating The
Document From Hell
Cooper Ashley
Maslon Edelman Borman & Brand (Minneapolis, MN)
cooper.ashley@maslon.com | 612.672.8363
http://www.maslon.com/cashley
Faculty Biography: Cooper Ashley
Partner | Maslon Edelman Borman & Brand | Minneapolis, MN
612.672.8363 | cooper.ashley@maslon.com
http://www.maslon.com/cashley
Cooper Ashley is a partner in Maslon’s Litigation Group. Since 2003, he has served on the firm’s Governance
Committee and served as Chair from 2007-2011.
Cooper’s practice is focused primarily on product liability and business litigation matters on behalf of both plaintiffs
and defendants and complex class action and tort cases, including medical device, environmental toxic tort, and
fire/explosion cases. He has first-chaired numerous jury and bench trials in state and federal courts; argued
appeals before the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals (en banc), the Minnesota Supreme Court, and the Minnesota
Court of Appeals; and conducted all manner of related fact and expert discovery and motion practice. Cooper
has appeared on behalf of clients in multiple state and federal jurisdictions.
Areas of Practice
• Litigation
• Business Litigation
• Tort & Product Liability
Recognition
• Selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America®, 2013-2015
• Fellow, International Society of Barristers
• Attorney of the Year, Minnesota Lawyer, 2009
• Recognized on Minnesota Super Lawyers® list, 2007-2014 (Minnesota Super Lawyers® is a
designation given to only 5 percent of Minnesota attorneys each year, based on a selection process
that includes the recommendation of peers in the legal profession.)
• AV Preeminent, Martindale-Hubbell® (AV Preeminent and BV Distinguished are certification marks
of Reed Elsevier Properties, Inc., used in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell® certification
procedures, standards and policies.)
Presentations
• Write Smart: Helping Employees Avoid Creating the Document from Hell,” Litigation: Management or
Mayhem? You Choose, The Network of Trial Law Firms, 2014
• “Managing Your Case from Product Failure Through Trial,” In-House Counsel Blazing New Trails Protect and Defend in 2012 and Beyond, The Network of Trial Law Firms, 2012
Education
• Northwestern University School of Law; J.D., 1980
• Colorado College; B.A., 1976