(612) 337-8410
vicki@briollaw.com

Vicki Bitner practices in the area of complex civil litigation. She has represented individual and corporate clients in a wide range of litigation matters, including litigation arising from commercial transactions, employment disputes, unfair or deceptive trade practices, rights to intellectual property, and reimbursement to health care providers under the Medicaid Act. She has significant experience representing clients in litigation over actions taken by state and federal government agencies.

Before joining Briol & Associates, Ms. Bitner worked for ten years in Washington , D.C. During this time she practiced with the law firm of Covington & Burling, served as a special prosecutor with the Office of Independent Counsel (Investigation of Secretary of the Interior Bruce E. Babbitt), and was a law clerk to the Honorable Oliver Gasch, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia .

Ms. Bitner received her J.D. with high honors from the George Washington University Law School in Washington , D.C. , where she was Editor-in-Chief of the Law Review. She received her B.A. from the University of Minnesota . She is admitted to practice in Minnesota and the District of Columbia.

Education
George Washington University National Law Center
J.D., high honors, 1989
Order of the Coif
Editor-in-Chief, The George Washington Law Review, 1988-89

University of Minnesota
B.A., 1984

Judicial Clerkships and Appointments
Law Clerk to the Hon. Oliver Gasch, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, 1989-90
Associate Independent Counsel, Office of the Independent Counsel (Investigation of Secretary of the Interior Bruce Edward Babbitt), 1998-99

Bar and Court Admissions
Minnesota Supreme Court
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
U.S. District Court – District of Columbia
U.S. District Court – Minnesota

Reported Cases
President Riverboat Casino - Missouri, Inc. v. Missouri Gaming Commission , 304 S.W.2d 291 (Mo. App. W.D. Mar. 2, 2010).

United Health Care Insurance Co. v. Advance PCS, 316 F.3d 737 (8th Cir. 2002)
United HealthCare Ins. Co. v. AdvancePCS, 2002 WL 432068 (D. Minn. Mar. 18, 2002)
Cleveland v. KFC National Mgmt. Co., 948 F. Supp. 62 (N.D. Ga. 1996)
Memorial Hospital v. Childers, 896 F. Supp. 1427 (W.D. Ky. 1995)
Methodist Hospitals, Inc. v. Indiana Family and Social Servs. Admin., 860 F. Supp. 1309 (N.D. Ind. 1994), aff’d, 91 F.3d 1026 (7th Cir. 1996)
Kansas Health Care Ass’n v. Kansas Dep’t of Social and Rehab. Servs., 31 F.3d 1536 (10th Cir. 1994)
Kansas Hospital Ass'n v. Whiteman, 835 F. Supp. 1556 (D. Kan. 1993), aff’d, 36 F.3d 1106 (10th Cir. 1994)
Texas Hospital Ass’n v. National Heritage Ins. Co., 802 F. Supp. 1507 (W.D. Tex. 1992)
National Treasury Employees Union v. United States, 927 F.2d 1253 (D.C. Cir. 1991)