Phillip A. Cole / Retired
Former Areas of Practice: Legal Malpractice, Professional Liability, Medical Malpractice, Commercial Litigation, Business Litigation, Intellectual Property Litigation, Shareholder/Owner Disputes, Wrongful Death
Phillip A. Cole / Biography
Before his retirement, Phil Cole used his extensive litigation experience in handling personal injury cases, commercial disputes, business torts, class actions, medical malpractice claims, and the defense of all types of claims brought against lawyers. Mr. Cole has been a frequent lecturer and a published author in the areas of trial strategies and professional liability subjects. Mr. Cole was a board certified civil trial advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy before retiring.
He has been a qualified neutral under Rule 114 of the Minnesota General Rules of Practice and included on the civil neutrals rosters for both facilitative/hybrid and adjudicative/evaluative panels. Mr. Cole was selected as the Minneapolis Best Lawyers Legal Malpractice Lawyer of the Year for 2011 and as the Minneapolis Best Lawyers Legal Malpractice Lawyer-Defendants of the Year for 2014 and again in 2019. Cole, a member of the American Board of Professional Liability Attorneys until his retirement, was certified as a specialist in the litigation of both legal and medical professional liability claims (this national organization is not accredited by the Minnesota Board of Legal Certification).
Mr. Cole has also been recognized in the International Who’s Who, Who’s Who in American Law, the National Registry of Who’s Who, and as one of The Best Lawyers in America© by U.S. World & News Report. He has been repeatedly listed as a Minnesota Super Lawyer and has been listed as a Top 100 Minnesota Super Lawyer for over a dozen years. Before his retirement he was rated AV Preeminent® for the highest level of professional excellence by Martindale-Hubbell.
Education
- University of Maryland, B.A., 1961
- Georgetown University, J.D., 1964
News + Articles
Pfeiffer: How Does it Impact Expert Review Practice?
Kay Hunt spoke on October 1, 2015 at the 2015 Medical Malpractice Conference presented by the Minnesota Association for Justice, Hennepin County Bar Association and Minnesota Defense Lawyers Association. The topic was “Pfeiffer: How Does it Impact Expert Review...
Brad Wicklund Selected as Unsung Legal Hero
Brad Wicklund was honored by Minnesota Lawyer as an Unsung Legal Hero at a luncheon on September 10th. Read the article which appeared in Minnesota Lawyer. Brad is shown below receiving his award and with a group from Lommen Abdo which attended the event. ...
The U.S. Supreme Court’s Big New Decisions
Kay Hunt spoke on August 19, 2015 at a Minnesota CLE seminar entitled “The U.S. Supreme Court’s Big New Decisions.” Kay presented on four cases concerning the First Amendment. Program description: The new, headline-grabbing U.S. Supreme Court decisions – even if they...
The Unexpected Oil Spill
Most businesses assume that if they don’t handle hazardous materials they have little risk for toxic waste spills. But as longtime Lommen Abdo client Dennis Diaz of BGD Companies found, an environmental disaster can strike any time. Even when the spill is not your...
Vacation homes: What are your options for keeping it in the family?
Do you have a vacation home that you would love to keep in your family? Here are some ideas to ponder to make that happen! But first, you really do want to ask your children/grandchildren not only whether they are interested in continuing to own the vacation home, but...
Lommen Abdo’s 2015 Super Lawyers
Phil Cole (Litigation) and Kay Nord Hunt (Appellate), chair of our Appellate Section, are listed in Minnesota's Top 100 Super Lawyers, as determined by Minnesota Super Lawyers. Kay Nord Hunt is also listed in the Top 50 Women Super Lawyers. Others on the Super...