(612) 337-8410
scott@briollaw.com

Scott Benson recently completed a second term on the Minneapolis City Council, where he chaired the Health, Energy and Environment Committee, and became one of the few elected officials in the country to earn a LEED Accredited Professional distinction.  Mr. Benson has returned to the full-time practice of law in the areas of securities and complex commercial litigation.  He is a cum laude graduate of St. Olaf College and he received his law degree cum laude from Georgetown University Law Center. He worked as a commercial trial attorney at Dorsey & Whitney before joining Briol & Associates in 1998.

Mr. Benson is admitted to practice in Minnesota and the District of Columbia.

Education
Georgetown University Law Center
J.D., cum laude, 1989

Saint Olaf College
B.A., cum laude, 1983
Elected Member of Blue Key Honor Society
Phi Kappa Delta Speech Honor Society

Reported Cases
U.S. ex rel. Bernard v. Casino Magic Corp. , 293 F.3d 419 (8th Cir. September 13th, 2004)

U.S. ex rel. Bernard v. Casino Magic Corp. 293 F.3d 419 (8th Cir. 2002)
Dominium Austin Partners, LLC v. Lindquist, 2001 WL 950085 (Minn. App. 2001)
Dominium Austin Partners, L.L.C. v. Emerson, 248 F.3d 720, 49 Fed. R. Serv. 3d 416 (8th Cir. 2001)
White v. National Football League, 92 F. Supp. 2d 918, 164 L.R.R.M. (BNA) 2917 (D.Minn. 2000)
Lilly v. City of Mpls., 527 N.W.2d 107 (Minn. Ct. App. 1995)
Prudential Ins. Co. of Am. v. Eden Square Shopping Ctr. Ptnrshp., 524 N.W.2d 513 (Minn. Ct. App. 1994)
Travelers Ins. Co. v. Westridge Mall Co., 994 F.2d 460 (8th Cir. 1993)
International Travel Arrangers v. NWA, Inc., 991 F.2d 1389 (8th Cir. 1993)
Western Lake Superior Sanitary District v. Interpace Corp., 454 N.W.2d 449 (Minn. Ct. App. 1990)
State by Drabik v. Martz, 451 N.W.2d 893 (Minn. Ct. App. 1990)
State by Drabik v. Martz, 447 N.W.2d 475 (Minn. Ct. App. 1989)