Fink, Stephen D.

Bill Pentelovitch is a business trial lawyer with more than 38 years of experience and hundreds of jury and bench trials, as well as dozens of appeals in state and federal courts to his credit. He has also tried dozens of arbitrations. He practices nationally in the areas of non-compete, trade secret and unfair competition litigation, intellectual property licensing and royalty disputes, and is a leading authority in Minnesota in the area of ownership and governance disputes in corporations and partnerships. His wide-ranging trial practice encompasses virtually every type of dispute in which businesses can become embroiled, with a particular emphasis in the areas of non-compete, trade secrets, unfair competition, intellectual property licensing and royalty disputes, antitrust, securities, and financial services. He has also handled a number of unusual matters, including representation of protesters at the 2008 Republican National Convention in negotiating with civic authorities to protect their rights to freedom of speech and assembly. Bill also represented U.S. Senator Al Franken in three appearances before the Minnesota Supreme Court during the canvass of the contested 2008 senatorial election.

Bill's successes as a trial lawyer and appellate advocate have been recognized by many organizations. He is a Fellow of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers, which holds itself out as being comprised of the 600 best trial lawyers in the world. Since 2003, he has been continuously ranked as one of the Top 100 Minnesota Super Lawyers®; and in 2011 he was ranked as one of the Top 10 Minnesota Super Lawyers®. Chambers USA has ranked Bill as one of the top ten commercial trial lawyers in Minnesota since 2003, and he has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America® since 1995. Since 1988, Bill has been certified as a civil trial specialist pursuant to the Rules of the Minnesota Supreme Court by the Minnesota State Bar Association; and he has also been certified as a civil trial specialist by the National Board of Trial Advocacy. Bill has held an AV® rating from Martindale-Hubbell for more than 30 years and currently holds an AV^® Preeminent^TM rating.