Joseph W. Anthony
		janthony@aoblr.com
		Legal Administrative Assistant: Laura D. Wilhelm lwilhelm@aoblr.com

Joseph Anthony is one of the founders of Anthony Ostlund Baer Louwagie & Ross P.A. He is admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court, United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Third and Eighth Circuits, United States District Court for the District of Minnesota and the Supreme Court of the State of Minnesota.

Mr. Anthony began practicing in 1974 and for 10 years was a partner with the law firm of Larkin, Hoffman, Daly & Lindgren, Ltd. in Minneapolis, Minnesota. In 1985, he founded Fruth & Anthony, P.A. as a litigation boutique specializing in business litigation with an emphasis on financial fraud, securities, anti-trust and commercial real estate litigation. In May 2001, the name of the firm was changed to Anthony Ostlund & Baer, P.A. and in 2008, changed to Anthony Ostlund Baer Louwagie & Ross P.A.

Mr. Anthony has a distinguished track record of success. Most recently:

• Mr. Anthony recently completed a month-long jury trial in Hennepin County District Court in which the jury awarded the firm’s client, PDG, P.A., $130 million in a breach of contract, tortious interference and breach of fiduciary duty case (December 2007).
  
• Mr. Anthony obtained for the firm’s client $9 million in compensatory and $7 million in punitive damages in the matter entitled John G. Kinnard and Company, Incorporated v. Dain Rauscher, Incorporated, et al., NASD Arbitration No. 98-00854.  At the time, this was the largest compensatory and punitive damages award in NASD history in a matter involving a "raiding" claim between two members of the investment banking industry.
  
• In 2005, Mr. Anthony obtained a $10 million verdict on behalf of a broker-dealer against another broker-dealer in a “raiding” case.  MJSK v. Northland Securities, et al., NASD Arbitration No. 02-06736.
  
• Mr. Anthony obtained for the firm’s client a $2 million jury verdict in an employment dispute between an executive and an investment banking firm. Irving P. Knelman v. Investment Advisers, Inc,Minnesota Court of Appeals Case No. C0-01-353.
  
• Mr. Anthony obtained for the firm’s client a $2 million verdict on behalf of two physicians against their fellow shareholders involving violation of their rights as shareholders. Conrad S. Butwinick, M.D., et al. v. Minnesota Oncology Hematology, P.A., et al., Minnesota Court of Appeals Case No. C4-99-1861.
  
• Mr. Anthony obtained for the firm’s client a $13 million settlement before suit on behalf of a health care consortium against an HMO (settlement confidential).
  
• Mr. Anthony obtained for the firm’s client a $2 million judgment against an investment banking firm using the "well-managed account theory." Steven Roberts v. Prudential Securities, Inc., et al., NASD Arbitration No. 96-02127.
  
• Mr. Anthony obtained for the firm’s client a $1 million plus arbitration award against a provider of computer consulting services (names of the parties withheld on the basis of confidentiality).
  
• In 1985, Mr. Anthony obtained for his client the first treble damage civil RICO award and, shortly thereafter, obtained a $15 million settlement under RICO in a matter representing a Fortune 500 company. 

Publications

• "Betrayed, Belittled . . . But Triumphant: Claims of Shareholders in Closely Held Corporations," William Mitchell Law Review, Vol. 22/No. 4, Fall 1996
• "Minority Shareholder Rights - Revisited," The Hennepin Lawyer, Vol. 65/No. 4, March-April 1996
• "Prosecuting and Defending Lender Liability Claims," The Hennepin Lawyer, Vol. 5B/No. 3, 1988
  "RICO - The Plaintiff's Perspective," RLR Reporter, Inc., New York, NY, October 1986
• "In Search of Coverage - Understanding Directors and Officers Liability Insurance," The Hennepin Lawyer, Vol. 55/No. 5, 1986
• "RICO: The Plaintiff's Perspective," RICO Law Reporter, Chapter 10, 1986
• "The Trial of a Civil RICO Claim," RICO Law Reporter, Vol. 1/No. 6, 1985
• "Exploring RICO: Civil Remedies for Violations of the Organized Crime Control Act of 1970," The Hennepin Lawyer, July-August, 1984
• "The Magical, Mystical World of Refusing to Deal Under the Anti-Trust Laws," The Hennepin Lawyer, Vol. 52/No. 1, 1982
• "Remedies for the Oppressed Shareholder in a Closed Corporation," The Hennepin Lawyer, Vol. 50/No. 6, 1981

Mr. Anthony has written extensively and lectured at a number of seminars regarding financial transaction litigation, including the following:

• The Very Best in Complex Litigation: Securities Update and Sarbanes-Oxley Related Developments - 8/2003, Minnesota State Bar Association
• NASD Securities Arbitration - 7/2003, Minnesota Institute of Legal Education
• Securities Law Conference - 3/2003, Minnesota Institute of Legal Education
• The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 - 10/2002, Minnesota State Bar Association
• Fundamentals of Organizing Minnesota Corporations - 8/2002, Minnesota State Bar Association
• Litigation: Tactics, Problems and Solutions - 2/2002, Minnesota State Bar Association
• Representing Corporations in Shareholder Litigation - 9/2001 Minnesota Institute of Legal Education
• The Minnesota Ultimate Trial Notebook Seminar - Opening Statements - 2000, 1998, 1997 Minnesota Continuing Legal Education
• Representing Shareholders in Closely Held Corporations - 9/2000 Minnesota Institute of Legal Education
• Representing Corporations and Shareholders in Corporate Litigation - 1999 Minnesota Institute of Legal Education
• Temple University School of Law, 1719 N. Broad St., Philadelphia, PA. Adjunct Professor of Law: Advanced Trial Advocacy, 1998-99
• Employment Disputes in the Securities Industry - 1998 SIA Compliance and Legal Seminar, Chicago, Illinois
• Representing Shareholders in Closely Held Corporations - 5/1997 William Mitchell Law Symposium
• Annual Lying, Cheating & Stealing Seminar - 12/1995, 12/1993, 11/1991, 6/1989, 10/1987, 8/1986, 5/1985, Minnesota Institute of Legal Education
• Food and Drug Law Institute Strategic Planning for Crisis Management - 6/6-7/1994
• Buying, Selling & Merging Closely Held Corporations - Litigation Issues - 4/7/1989 Minnesota Institute of Legal Education
• Buy/Sell & Shareholder Control Agreements - Litigation Issues - 1989 Minnesota Continuing Legal Education
• Punitive Damages-Crime & Punishment in Today’s Civil Cases - 2/1989 Minnesota Institute of Legal Education
• Defending Accountants and Lawyers - 11/1987 National Business Institute
• Successfully Representing Financial Institutions - Use of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act and Defending Claims Under the Statute - 9/8-9/1987 Minnesota Continuing Legal Education
• Advising Closely Held Corporations - Defending Corporation Litigation - 1/30-31/1987 Minnesota Continuing Legal Education
• Defending Financial Institutions in Litigation - 10/10/1986 Minnesota Continuing Legal Education
• RICO, RICO, Everywhere - 11/15/1985 Minnesota Institute of Legal Education
  
  

Teaching
Mr. Anthony has written extensively and lectured at many seminars on subjects including financial fraud, employment, RICO and other business litigation related matters. He has chaired and lectured at the continuing legal education program known as Lying, Cheating and Stealing.

Professional Activities
Mr. Anthony is a member of the Minnesota State Bar Association, The Hennepin County Bar Association, is a Fellow of The American College of Trial Lawyers, has been inducted into the International Academy of Trial Lawyers, and President of the Minneapolis chapter of the International Network of Boutique Law Firms (“INBLF”).  He is a Board member of the Fund for the Legal Aid Society and a Board member of the Council of Crime and Justice.  He serves as a member of the Temple University School of Law’s Board of Visitors.  Mr. Anthony has also lectured as a visiting professor at Temple University School of Law in 2000 and 2004.

Member of:
Fellow of The American College of Trial Lawyers - www.actl.com
International Academy of Trial Lawyers - www.iatl.net
International Network of Boutique Law Firms - inblf.com

Education
Bachelor of Arts from the University of Connecticut and Juris Doctor from Temple University School of Law. Admitted to bar, 1974, Minnesota.

Anthony, Joseph W.
Awsumb, Shannon
Baer, Norman J.
Boraas, Karlyn Vegoe
Chung, Augustine S.
Dressen, Janel M.
Geer, Jason E.
Gullickson, Randy G.
Hartman, Aaron R.
Knoblauch, Mary L.
Louwagie, Vincent D.
Merrill, Courtland C.
Moilanen, Robert C.
Olson, Cory D.
Orenstein, John B.
Ostlund, Richard T.
Phillips, Steven M.
Pincus, Steven M.
Ross, Jeff I.
Stanton, Cheryl A.
Wisser, Mark D.