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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 LeNeave photoCortney 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.

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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.


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