Kadee is dedicated to solving legal challenges in the areas of product liability and tort litigation, health care litigation and insurance litigation and business and commercial litigation.
Overview
She has successfully defended manufacturers, sellers and installers in an array of industries against product liability and breach of contract claims across the country.
Before attending law school, Kadee worked in the nursing field. She is able to leverage her nursing background along with her notable experience as a litigator to defend manufacturers of medical devices in product liability actions and to best serve clients in the medical, health care and insurance industries.
Experience
With a sound understanding of the medical field, Kadee has served as Minnesota counsel for medical technology companies involved in federal litigation, including a manufacturer of a recalled Class-III medical device.
She has served as a member of the national trial counsel team for a manufacturer and distributor of agricultural chemicals in several wrongful death and personal injury suits arising from the release of anhydrous ammonia.
Kadee has successfully resolved numerous product liability claims against gas valve manufacturers, alarm system component manufacturers and HVAC manufacturers.
She has significant experience resolving matters involving insurance benefits, having represented insurers in claims for failure to pay health care benefits under employee benefit plans and policyholders in life insurance disputes.
Kadee is firmly committed to the firm's tradition of pro bono service, devoting significant time to clients in the areas of immigration law and insurance litigation.
Professional & Civic Activities
Professional & Civic Activities
United States District Court for the District of Minnesota Federal Practice Committee
Federal Bar Association
American Bar Association
Minnesota State Bar Association
Minnesota Women Lawyers
Practices & Industries
Admissions
- Minnesota, 2009
- U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota, 2010
- U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota, 2015
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, 2019
- U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska, 2020
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, 2013
Education
University of North Dakota School of Law, J.D., with distinction, 2009
- Order of the Coif
- North Dakota Law Review, Research Editor
University of Minnesota, B.A.Sc., with distinction, Duluth, 2006