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Kirk C. Thompson

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Phone:	(612) 332-1300 (Ext. 104)
Fax:	(612) 332-3229
Email:

kirk.thompson@cpqlaw.com

Kirk C. Thompson has represented the interests of employers and insurers and other parties in Minnesota workers' compensation cases since his admission to practice in 1984. Kirk handles all varieties of compensation cases, with a special emphasis in occupational disease claims.

Kirk has edited and published a Minnesota workers' compensation case law update and is a frequent speaker at continuing legal education seminars. He is a trained mediator, conducts mediations, and is a qualified neutral mediator under Minnesota Supreme Court Rules.

In the case of Reider v. Anoka-Hennepin School District No. 11, 728 N.W. 2d 246 ( Minn. 2007), Kirk's appeal of unfavorable lower court rulings resulted in the Minnesota Supreme Court's reversal in his client's favor. The Reider decision established the absolute right of a party to a neutral medical exam in workers' compensation cases, overruling prior cases which held that a party's request for a neutral medical exam was left to the discretion of the compensation judge. A neutral medical examination can provide valuable and decisive evidence in workers' compensation claims.

Areas of Practice

Workers' Compensation
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Social Security Disability

Bar Admissions

Minnesota, 1984
U.S. Federal Courts, 1985
Wisconsin, 2007
U.S. Supreme Court, 2008

Education

William Mitchell College of Law, St Paul, Minnesota, 1984
J.D.
St Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota, 1979
B.A.

Representative Cases

Reider v. Anoka-Hennepin School District No. 11, 728 N.W. 2d 246 (Minn. 2007)

Classes/Seminars Taught

Speaker, Minnesota Legal Education Seminars

Honors and Awards

AV rated by Martindale Hubbell

Professional Associations and Memberships

Qualified Neutral under Rule 114
Hennepin County Bar Association
Minnesota State Bar Association
Minnesota Defense Lawyers Association
Defense Research Institute
Minnesota Self-Insurers' Association
Minnesota Self-Insurers' Association Legal Advisory Committee
Minnesota Chamber of Commerce

Birth Information

August 20, 1957, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

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