Heidi M. Torvik

Heidi Torvik has significant experience with all stages of litigation from initial meeting through jury trial. Heidi has expertise counseling those with claims surrounding medical malpractice, motor vehicle accidents, products liability, wrongful death, and dram shop. Heidi has represented those seriously injured, as well as defended individuals and entities who have been faced with claims against them. Experience on both sides of the aisle has made Heidi an effective negotiator. She has handled numerous arbitrations and argued cases in district court at both state and federal level. Heidi has also argued on behalf of her clients at the Minnesota Court of Appeals.

Heidi represents individuals injured by vaccines and improper vaccine administration in the vaccine court. She was recently admitted to United States Court of Federal Claims.

Heidi has considerable skill with trust and estate disputes, as well as commercial and real estate litigation. She provides general advice and counsel to individuals and corporations on a wide variety of business and litigation issues. While Heidi was growing up in west central Minnesota, her father was the elected Chippewa County Attorney – practicing law in Montevideo, Minnesota, for over 50 years. Now, Heidi is honored to continue his legacy representing clients throughout rural Minnesota.

Heidi especially excels at communicating her clients’ needs with compassion, empathy, honesty, and integrity in language clear to any trier-of-fact. Heidi recognizes her role as both advocate and counselor throughout the litigation process. Most importantly, Heidi strives to practice law with genuine kindness on a daily basis.

She is recognized in The Best Lawyers in America© Ones to Watch for her work in the practice areas of Insurance Law and Professional Malpractice Law.

In her first career, Heidi was a professional flutist. She obtained multiple degrees from The Juilliard School in New York City.  In connection with her training, she performed and taught in New York City, across the country, and internationally. Although Heidi has perfomed at most of the world’s greatest concert halls, performing on a regular basis with the original cast of Wicked on Broadway in New York was uniquely memorable.

Outside the office, Heidi can be found playing her flute at many local judicial, community, and social events with Musica lpsa Loquitor, a chamber music ensemble composed of local judges and lawyers. Moreover, she has been honored to serve as an adjunct professor at the University of Minnesota Law School, teaching in the area of Products Liability. Heidi also enjoys downhill skiing, tennis, exploring local restaurants, and her two cats:  Sophie and Wolfgang.