Jim Volling is one of the most respected commercial litigators in the Midwest. He is a member of the firm's management board and the former head of the firm's business litigation group. Jim served as a judicial clerk under the Honorable Warren E. Burger, Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court and the Honorable Roger Robb, United States Court of Appeals in the District of Columbia Circuit. For more than two decades, he has represented business clients in a wide variety of complex commercial disputes and represented individuals and institutions in white-collar criminal matters and investigations.

Jim has appeared in state and federal trial courts in every region of the country, and he has argued appeals in several federal and state appellate courts. He has handled disputes valued up to several hundred million dollars.

His broad-based experience includes extensive work in antitrust, securities and shareholder litigation, consumer class actions, False Claims Act, RICO, lender liability, breach of contract, breach of warranty, and lender liability. In the area of white collar criminal defense, he has handled federal and state cases alleging misapplication of bank funds, securities fraud, mail fraud, wire fraud, bank fraud, government program fraud, and violations of laws involving antitrust, export, customs, environmental issues, and the Hobbs Act. He has also handled internal investigations of suspected criminal conduct for corporations and other institutions.

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Honors

• The Best Lawyers in America, Commercial Litigation, 2009-12
• Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business, Litigation: General Commercial, 2008–11
• Super Lawyers, Business Litigation, 2003–11 
• Top 40 Business Litigator, Minnesota Law & Politics
• John C. Benson Award Pro Bono Award
• Minnesota Justice Foundation Private Practice Award for Outstanding Community Service
• Minnesota Advocates for Human Rights Volunteer Award
• Local Litigation Star, Benchmark Litigation, 2008

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