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- 612-338-8788
- 250 Marquette Avenue Suite 1200 Minneapolis, MN 55401

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Elizabeth Sorenson Brotten
Managing Partner - Minneapolis
612-216-0256
Liz Sorenson Brotten is Managing Partner of Foley Mansfield's Minneapolis office, a member of the firm's Executive Committee, and the chair of the firm's Product Liability Practice Group. She devotes her practice to defending product manufacturers, suppliers, and installers in high-risk product liability and toxic tort cases. Her experience includes serving as national coordinating counsel for a roofing, siding, and insulation contractor in the defense of asbestos claims pending throughout the country and defending one of the largest product liability lawsuits in North Dakota history following a catastrophic train derailment. Liz has tried cases to verdict in both Minnesota and North Dakota courts.
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