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Bill Carpenter has represented individual and corporate clients in a variety of litigated matters arising in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, the purchase and sale of securities, commercial transactions, corporate control, stock options, Internet real estate brokerage, insurance coverage, commercial construction, distributorships, intellectual property, and antitrust.

Mr. Carpenter began practicing law with the firm of McCutchen, Doyle, Brown & Enersen in San Francisco after receiving his J.D. from the University of California (Boalt Hall) School of Law. He moved to Minnesota and practiced with Doherty, Rumble & Butler before joining Briol & Associates in 1999.

Mr. Carpenter is admitted to practice in Minnesota, California, and in the U.S. Court of International Trade.

Education

University of California - Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law
J.D., 1994

Princeton University
Ph.D., Comparative Literature, 1985

Stanford University
A.B., with Distinction and Honors, 1979
Phi Beta Kappa
National Merit Scholar

Academic Employment

Hebei University, Baoding, People’s Republic of China, Lecturer, 1985-1986
California State University, Chico, Lecturer, 1987-1988
University of California at Los Angeles, Lecturer, 1988-1989
California State University, Long Beach, 1989
University of California, Santa Cruz, Lecturer, 1990-1991

Bar and Court Admissions

Minnesota Supreme Court
California Supreme Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
U.S. Court of International Trade
U.S. District Court – Northern District of California
U.S. District Court – Southern District of California
U.S. District Court – Minnesota

Reported Cases

Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc. v. Land Clearance for Redevelopment Authority of the City of St. Louis, et al., 2010 U.S. Dist. Lexis 112744 (E.D. Mo. October 22, 2010)
Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc. v. Land Clearance for Redevelopment Authority of the City of St. Louis, 2010 U.S. Dist. Lexis 70919 (E.D. Mo. July 15, 2010)
Las Vegas Sands Corp. v. ACE Gaming, LLC, 2010 U.S. Dist. Lexis 50891 (D. N.J. May 24, 2010)
Madison House Group, L.P. v. Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc., et al., Docket No. A-3171-08T2 (N.J. App. Div., Mar. 15, 2010)
Cedar Fair v. Minntertainment Company, et al., 2007 WL 1674830 (Minn. Ct. App. June 12, 2007)
Cedar Fair v. Minntertainment Company, 2006 WL 2474025 (Minn. Ct. App. Aug. 29, 2006)
Horseshoe Entertainment v. Lepinski, 923 So.2d 929, 2006 WL 545590 (La. App. 2 Cir. 2006)
Barron Bancshares, Inc. v. U.S.
, 366 F.3d 1360 (Fed. Cir. May 11, 2004)
Casazza v. Kiser, 313 F.3d 414 (8th Cir. 2002)
United HealthCare Ins. Co. v. Advance PCS
, 316 F.3d 737 (8th Cir. 2002)
United HealthCare Ins. Co. v. Advance PCS, 2002 U.S. Dist. Lexis 28262 (D. Minn. Mar. 18, 2002)
Lisa A. Smith v. American Arbitration Association, 233 F.3d 502 (7th Cir. 2000)
Stop & Shop Companies, Inc. v. Federal Ins. Co., 136 F.3d 71 (1st Cir. 1998)
Steiner Corp. v. Johnson & Higgins of Calif., 135 F.3d 684 (10th Cir. 1998)
Allen-Pacific, Ltd. v. Superior Court, 57 Cal. App. 4th 1546, 67 Cal. Rptr. 2d 804 (1997)
Freeman & Mills, Inc. v. Belcher Oil Co., 11 Cal. 4th 85, 900 P.2d 669, 44 Cal. Rptr. 2d 420 (1995)

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