Foley Inducted into the Litigation Council of America 

New York, NY- On June 21, 2007, Minneapolis attorney Stephen J. Foley, of Foley & Mansfield, PLLP, was inducted into the Litigation Counsel of America at the LCA’s Spring Conference and Induction of Fellows in New York.

Steve is one of Foley & Mansfield's founding partners. He has more than 20 years of civil trial experience. He focuses his practice on product liability litigation, including toxic torts, as well as commercial litigation. He also has extensive insurance coverage litigation experience.

Steve’s trial and appellate experience, in both state and federal courts, has resulted in successful outcomes for a wide variety of clients. He has tried cases in California, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, New York, South Dakota, Texas, and Wisconsin, and handled litigation in other states across the country.

Steve has tried numerous asbestos cases involving mesothelioma and lung cancer to verdict in California and Texas. He has experience as national coordinating counsel in toxic tort litigation. He is also actively defending clients in silica and benzene litigation. In the past, he has represented a wide variety of manufacturers and distributors ranging from industrial equipment manufacturers to propane gas distributors. He has also represented architects and contractors in construction cases ranging from multi-million dollar power plant fires to mold intrusion. His commercial and insurance coverage litigation includes representing major insurers in silicone breast implant coverage disputes as well as business disputes over Indian gaming contracts.

Steve has been an invited speaker at seminars in the United States and Europe. He was recently recognized by his peers as one of the best product liability attorneys in the San Francisco area by a local legal publication.

He is a member of the Minnesota Defense Lawyers Association, The Northern California Defense Lawyers Association, and the Defense Research Institute.  He is admitted to the bar in California, Minnesota, and Wisconsin, as well as numerous federal courts across the country.

The Litigation Counsel of America is a trial lawyer honorary society composed of less than one-half of one percent of American lawyers.  Fellowship in the LCA is highly selective and by invitation only.  Fellows are selected based upon effectiveness and accomplishment in litigation, both at the trial and appellate levels, and superior ethical reputation.  The LCA is aggressively diverse in its composition.  Established as a trial and appellate lawyer honorary society reflecting the American bar in the twenty-first century, the LCA represents the best in law among its membership.