Jane litigates complex financial disputes.

Jane is part of the firm's finance litigation team, which is dedicated to serving clients in the financial services industry.  Her experience includes defending lender liability claims and representing receivers and trustees pursuing claims such as fraudulent transfer, breach of fiduciary duty, and fraud. Jane also has expertise in disputes arising from the financing of tribal gaming operations. 

She joined Faegre in 2010 and previously was a litigator at WilmerHale in Washington, D.C.

Recent highlights include:

• Obtaining a $42 million settlement on behalf of the receiver of an insolvent construction finance company based on fraudulent transfer and breach of fiduciary duty claims.
• Securing an ex parte preliminary attachment of assets and temporary restraining order against a former shareholder and officer of an LLC based on claims of fraud and breach of fiduciary duty.
• Defense of lender liability claims in multiple actions arising out of the Le-Nature's bankruptcy.
• Successful defense of a gaming operator against a claim of tortious interference with a contract.
• Obtaining a preliminary restraining order necessary to enforce the arbitration provision in a tribal gaming financing contract.
• Won appeal overturning wrongful conviction.

Pro Bono

• Asylum/Refugee Assistance
• Criminal appeals

Professional Associations

• Minnesota Women Lawyers Publications Committee, chair

Clerkships

• U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11^th Circuit, Hon. R. Lanier Anderson III, 2004-05

Presentations

• The Dodd-Frank Act: Arbitration
  Faegre & Benson Webcast (2010)
• Conducting Effective and Efficient Written Discovery
  Minnesota CLE (2010)
• Drafting Informational Statements
  Minnesota CLE (2010)

Legal Updates

• Financial Reform Bill May Give Private Plaintiffs Little to Celebrate
  Faegre.com (2010)