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Lori Ann Wagner
Minneapolis, MN

lwagner@rdrw.com
612.455.4404—Local Office
612.455.4454—Fax
612.269.8369—Mobile

LORI ANN WAGNER

Lori has over 19 years of complex litigation experience in a wide variety of substantive areas, including intellectual property/patent, biotechnology, products liability, commercial, class action, environmental, civil rights, mass tort and business tort. She has significant experience with the use of litigation and trial technology software applications, and extensive experience with trial consultants, including mock trial work, fact and expert witness preparation, jury selection and trial exhibit design. While Lori's recent practice has largely been in the corporate defense arena, she has played major roles representing plaintiffs in two very large cases which were both tried to verdict: In re the Glacier Bay and In re the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill . Lori is a recognized expert in the area of electronic discovery and records management, and has worked with clients throughout the country on these issues. Prior to joining RDRW, Lori was a partner at Faegre & Benson LLP, where she served as a Technology Resource Partner and advisor to Client Technology Services.

Selected Activities and Accomplishments
Sedona Working Group on Electronic Document Retention and Production
Steering Committee Member
Co-Editor-In-Chief, The Sedona Guidelines: Best Practice Guidelines & Commentary
for Managing Information & Records in the Electronic Age
(Sept. 2005)
Contributing Author, The Sedona Principles: Best Practices Recommendations & Principles for Addressing Electronic Document Production (Jan. 2004)
Co-chair, Benchmarking Group
Advisory Board Member, The Georgetown CLE E-Discovery program
Editorial Team, E-Discovery Advisor
Minnesota Law & Politics Super Lawyer (2005)
Trial Lawyer of the Year Award 1995/with members of Exxon Valdez trial team
Member, ARMA International

Industry Experience
Agricultural Products
Agribusiness
Commercial Fishing
Insurance
Pharmaceuticals
Medical Devices
Oil Spills
Environmental

Bar Admissions
State of Minnesota
State of Wisconsin
United States District Court, District of Minnesota
United States District Court, Western District of Wisconsin
Court of Appeals, Eight Circuit
Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit
United States Supreme Court

Education
B.A., University of Wisconsin (1983), Phi Beta Kappa, with distinction
J.D., University of Wisconsin (1986), cum laude, Order of the Coif


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