Kyle B. Mansfield of National Litigation Firm Foley & Mansfield
Named to Resource Center of the Americas Board of Directors

        Minneapolis, MN (February 8, 2006)—Kyle Mansfield, founding partner and managing partner of Foley & Mansfield has been named to the board of directors for the Resource Center of the Americas. Based in Minneapolis, the Resource Center of the Americas informs, educates and organizes to promote human rights, democratic participation, economic justice and cross-cultural understanding in the context of globalization in the Americas. Programs combine news coverage with activities and classes to provide the public with an alternative source of information and empowers individuals to work collectively to create social change in the United States and Latin America.

        Mansfield has more than 20 years of legal experience. He focuses his practice in toxic torts and mass tort litigation, product liability, construction law, and general liability and civil litigation. In addition to his legal practice, Mansfield strongly believes in meeting needs through community service and charitable contributions. In 2003, he founded Foley & Mansfield’s Pro Bono Practice Group and dedicated an attorney to oversee this program. He is personally very active in this group’s efforts and is a member of the Defense Research Institute, the Minnesota Defense Lawyers Association, and the Association of Trial Lawyers of America.

        Founded in 1989, Foley & Mansfield is fast becoming one of the nation’s leading litigation law firms. Its attorneys serve clients ranging in size from multi-million dollar corporations to small businesses and their owners in the areas of catmn-web1phic loss, commercial litigation, commercial finance and corporate transactions, construction law, employment law, environmental and pollution law, general liability and civil litigation, insurance coverage and litigation, intellectual property, probate and trust, product liability, toxic tort and mass litigation, and pro bono services. The firm is headquartered in Minneapolis and has additional offices in Detroit, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, St. Louis and San Francisco.