Our Attorneys
The Attorneys of Hunegs LeNeave & Kvas
When you turn to the lawyers of Hunegs, LeNeave &
Kvas, you get the benefit of legal counsel from a group
of dedicated proven professionals. The HLK team boasts
some of the nation’s most respected attorneys,
consistently ranked among the leaders in the country by
their peers. You’ll find HLK lawyers listed in
prestigious journals and listings like Best Lawyers In
America and Super Lawyers. Even more importantly, you’ll
find them in conference rooms and courtrooms, fighting
for the rights and interests of injured people and their
families.
Richard G. Hunegs
Richard Hunegs has been listed in each edition of the book Best Lawyers in America by Steven Naifeh and Gregory White Smith of the Harvard Law School. No other local (FELA) attorney has received such a distinction. He is a Fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers, a member in the International Society of Barristers and American Board of Trial Advocates. Additional honors include membership in the Million Dollar Round Table for attorneys who have won client awards of one million dollars. Richard is a member of the National Panel of Arbitrators and The American Arbitration Association.
Richard has received the highest possible peer review rating (AV) in the industry standard Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory. An AV rating indicates that a lawyer’s peers rank him at the highest level of professional excellence in both legal ability and ethical standards.
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Cortney
S. LeNeave
Cortney S. LeNeave is a shareholder at Hunegs, LeNeave & Kvas, P.A. in Minneapolis. He
is a nationally-recognized trial lawyer with extensive
experience in State and Federal Courts across the country. His
successes include cases involving severe spinal injuries,
wrongful death, products liability, FELA – railroad related
injury cases, interstate trucking collisions, toxic exposures,
airplane crashes and train disasters. He has obtained one of
the largest FELA settlements in the
State of Minnesota - six million dollars - on behalf of his
client. He also recently obtained a verdict in excess of seven
million dollars in Hennepin County for injuries sustained by a
minor child.
Cortney has been
named a “Leading American Attorney” by
American Research Corporation and selected
as a “Super Lawyer” by Law &
Politics journal. A 1987
graduate of William Mitchell College of Law,
Cortney is a member of the Association of
Trial Lawyers of America, as well as the
Minnesota State Bar Association, and also
the Academy of Rail Labor Attorneys. He is a
member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum
and the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates
Forum, the most prestigious group of trial
lawyers in America.
Cortney is recognized as a top-rated lawyer
ethically and by abilities in Martindale-Hubbell and is
listed in Who’s Who in American Law. Cortney serves on the Board
of Governors for Academy of Rail Labor Attorneys.
Cortney has received the highest possible
peer review rating (AV) in the industry
standard Martindale Hubbell Law Directory.
An AV rating indicates that a lawyer’s peers
rank him at the highest level of
professional excellence in both legal
ability and ethical standards
Most
importantly, he enjoys his family life and is committed to his
community.
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Randal W. LeNeave
Randal LeNeave has been named a “Leading American Attorney”
by American Research Corporation and selected as a “Super
Lawyer” by Law & Politics journal. A
1987 graduate of William Mitchell College of Law, Randal is a
member of the American Arbitration Association and the
Association of Trial Lawyers of America, as well as the Academy
of Rail Labor Attorneys. He is a Civil Trial Specialist,
certified by the Minnesota State Bar Association’s Civil
Litigation Section, and a member of the Million Dollar Advocates
Forum and a member of the NFL Players Association Workers’
Compensation Panel of Attorneys.
Randal has received the highest possible peer review rating (AV)
in the industry standard Martindale- Hubbell Law Directory. An AV
rating indicates that a lawyer’s peers rank him at the highest
level of professional excellence in both legal ability and
ethical standards.
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William Kvas
William Kvas
is a nationally recognized trial lawyer, who has devoted his
legal career to assisting injured individuals, appearing as
counsel in nearly forty states. Over 2,000 railroaders have
turned to him for assistance with injury claims. He
pioneered occupational disease litigation for railroaders in
the 1980s and 1990s. Kvas lectures at Continuing Legal
Education courses, teaching trial strategy and courtroom
skills to other lawyers. He graduated from the University
of Minnesota with a Juris Doctor degree and devoted his
entire career to the assisting the victims of accidents.
He is a member of the American Association for Justice (formerly known as the Association of Trial Lawyers of American) as well as the Academy of Rail Labor Attorneys. He is also a member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum and was named as a “Super Lawyer” by Law & Politics journal. Kvas possesses an A/V rating from Martindale-Hubbell, the highest possible rating for ability and ethics. He was elected by fellow attorneys to the list of Best Lawyers in America by Steven Naifeh and Gregory White Smith of the Harvard Law.
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Richard L. Carlson
Richard Carlson is a 1990 graduate of the William Mitchell
College of Law. He is a member of the Hennepin County and
Minnesota State Bar Associations and the Minnesota Trial Lawyers
Association. Richard practices in the areas of personal injury
law,
wrongful death, product liability and represents railroad
workers under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act.
E-mail:Richard L. Carlson
E. Curtis Roeder
E. Curtis Roeder is a 1988 graduate of
William Mitchell College of Law. He is a member of the Hennepin
County Bar Association, Minnesota Bar Association and the
American Association of Justice. Curt has tried more than 50
cases in seven states, in both federal and state courts.
His work includes more than a dozen appeals, also in both
federal and state courts.
E-mail: E. Curtis Roeder