Kosieradzki Smith Law Firm, LLC
3675 Plymouth Blvd Suite 105
Plymouth, MN 55446
763-746-7800 www.koslawfirm.com
Mark R. Kosieradzki
Mark R. Kosieradzki is certified as a Civil Trial Specialist by the National Board of Trial Advocacy and the Minnesota State Bar Association. He is recognized in "Best Lawyers in America."
Mark is a past president of the Minnesota Association for Justice (MNAJ, formerly known as the Minnesota Trial Lawyers Association), the Association of Trial Lawyers of America Board of Governors for the American Association for Justice (AAJ, formerly known as the Association of Trial Lawyers of America), is a past president of the Minnesota Chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA) and is a member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum.
As a Diplomat in the National College of Advocacy, Mark has lectured in 30 states, Canada and Mexico on issues of professional malpractice, nursing home negligence and trial advocacy. He is the author of the textbook Litigating Spinal Cord Injuries: Law, Medicine and Economics, and coauthor of Thompson-West's, Deposition Notebook.
Mark has served as lead counsel in wrongful death and catastrophic injury cases involving malpractice, construction injuries, nursing home neglect, interstate trucking accidents, and products liability. With a major focus on the representation of victims of nursing home neglect throughout the United States, he was elected chair of the National Nursing Home Litigation Group for the American Association for Justice . Together with his partner, Joel Smith, he co-authored the Nursing Home Litigation chapter the Thompson-West treatise, Litigating Tort Cases.
E D U C A T ION
Drake University Law School
Des Moines, Iowa
Juris Doctorate, 1979
Iowa State University
Ames, Iowa B.S., 1975
E M P LOY M E N T
Kosieradzki Smith Law Firm, LLC; President 3675 Plymouth Blvd., Suite 105 Plymouth, MN 55446
Kosieradzki Law Firm; Principal 3675 Plymouth Blvd., Suite 105 Plymouth, MN 55446
Sieben, Grose, Von Holtum, McCoy & Carey, Ltd.; Shareholder Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402 1980 to 1996
Judicial Law Clerk
Honorable Urban J. Steimann Third Judicial District of Minnesota 1979 - 1980
Judicial Intern
Honorable Miles W. Lord United States District Court Judge 1978
S P E C I A L T Y C E R T I F ICA T ION S
Civil Trial Advocate, National Board of Trial Advocacy, 1988
Civil Trial Specialist, Certified by the Minnesota Bar Association, 1989
Diplomat of Trial Advocacy, National College of Advocacy, 1999
P R O F E S S I O N A L A S S O C I A T I O N S
Academy of Certified Trial Lawyers of Minnesota
Academy of Certified Trial Lawyers of Wisconsin
AAJ Nursing Home Litigation Group 1999 - 2006
Executive Board (Chair) 2003 - 2004
Executive Board 2002 - 2004
National College of Advocacy - Diplomat
Minnesota Association for Justice formerly known as the Minnesota Trial Lawyers Association
Officer: President 1994-95
President Elect 1993-94
Vice President 1992-93
Secretary 1991-92
Treasurer 1990-91
Board of Governors 1988 - 2002
Finance Committee 1989 - 1990
Education Committee 1988 - 1994
Executive Committee 1989 - 2002
Amicus Committee 1988-1990, 1993 -1994
Public Interest Committee (Co-Chair) 1994 -1995
Long-Range Planning Committee 1988, 1990, 1993
Legislative Committee (co-chair) 1990 - 1991
Elder Law Litigation Committee 1999 - Present
American Association for Justice (formerly known as The Association of Trial Lawyers of America)
Sustaining Member
Board of Governors, 1995 - 2000
Faculty - National College of Advocacy, 1989 - Present
Public Education Committee, Chair 1995 - 1998
Regional Director - Student Trial Advocacy Competition, 1993