Four Minneapolis Attorneys Included in Rising Stars®
List by Minnesota Law and Politics

Foley & Mansfield is pleased to announce that Christopher L. Goodman, Heather H. Neubauer, David E. Scouton, and Amy M. Sieben have been named to the 2009 Rising Stars list compiled by Minnesota Law & Politics. No more than 2.5% of the lawyers in a state are named to the Rising Stars list, which is comprised of up-and-coming Minnesota attorneys under the age of 40, having practiced fewer than 10 years.

Christopher L. Goodman, a partner, has been on the Rising Stars list for five consecutive years. He has a broad civil litigation practice with special emphasis in product liability, catastrophic loss, and insurance litigation. In this regard, he represents manufacturers, contractors, premises owners, insurance companies, financial institutions and schools. His representation has included property damage and subrogation claims involving environmental and catastrophic loss caused by fires, explosions, and toxic releases. Goodman has prepared hundreds of cases for trial and has successfully defended multi-million dollar claims. He is a member of the American and Minnesota State Bar Associations, the Defense Research Institute and the International Association of Arson Investigators. He graduated from the University of Minnesota Law School in 1998.

This is Heather H. Neubauer’s third consecutive year on the Rising Stars list. She focuses her litigation practice on products liability, mass toxic torts, and personal injury, with an emphasis on high-risk asbestos and benzene cases in Minnesota and North Dakota. Neubauer has represented contractors, manufacturers, distributors, and suppliers in various product liability cases and acts as national counsel for a large roofing and siding company. She also works on matters involving construction defects, employment law, general civil litigation and appeals. Neubauer is a qualified civil neutral mediator and arbitrator under Rule 114 of the Minnesota General Rules of Practice. She is a member of the Hennepin County Bar Association and Defense Research Institute. She graduated from William Mitchell College of Law in 2002.

David E. Scouton has been on the Rising Stars list for four consecutive years. He focuses his practice in the areas of products liability, construction defect, and toxic tort litigation with a special emphasis on asbestos cases. He has experience representing numerous manufacturers, contractors, and distributors in several states in a variety of product liability cases involving asbestos, construction, and building materials. Scouton is a qualified civil neutral mediator and arbitrator under Rule 114 of the Minnesota General Rules of Practice. He is a member of the Minnesota State and Hennepin County Bar Associations, and the Defense Research Institute. He graduated from the University of Minnesota Law School in 2000.

This is Amy M. Sieben’s third consecutive year on the Rising Stars list. Sieben focuses her practice on construction law and dedicates the majority of her practice to representing general contractors. She is a qualified civil neutral mediator and arbitrator under Rule 114 of the Minnesota General Rules of Practice. Sieben has served as the Construction Law liaison to the New Lawyers Section of the Minnesota State Bar Association and a Co-Chair of the MDLA Construction Law Committee. She is an active member of the American, Minnesota and Hennepin County Bar Associations, the American Constitution Society, the Minnesota Defense Lawyers Association, the Defense Research Institute, the Builders Association of the Twin Cities, the Minnesota Women Lawyers Association, and the Volunteer Lawyers Network. She received her JD from William Mitchell College of Law in 2003.