The Maverick Judge: Miles Lord and the Fight for Justice 3:00-4:30 pm
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About this event
Judge Miles W. Lord (1919-2016) rose from humble beginnings on Minnesota’s Iron Range to become one of the most colorful and powerful judges in the country, described as “an unabashed Prairie Populist” and “a live-wire slayer of corporate behemoths.” He cut a wide swath through history on his path to the bench, coming of age alongside a cadre of young midwestern progressives, including Hubert H. Humphrey, Eugene McCarthy, and Walter Mondale. Among Judge Lord’s landmark cases were the Reserve Mining environmental case and the Dalkon Shield IUD litigation.
Join Roberta Walburn, who clerked for Judge Lord and authored the book, Miles Lord: The Maverick Judge Who Brought Corporate America to Justice, for an in-depth and insider view of this one-of-a-kind Minnesota icon.
MCC members Karla Ekdahl and Peter Hutchinson have read the book and say it is “….profound, fascinating, timely, inspiring AND a very well written page-turner.”
Roberta Walburn is an attorney based in Minneapolis, where she has focused on complex civil litigation and was co-lead counsel representing the State of Minnesota and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota in the Minnesota Tobacco litigation. Previously, she worked as a reporter for the Minneapolis Star Tribune and a legislative assistant to U.S. Senator Paul Wellstone. She is currently a trustee of the Ciresi Walburn Foundation, which focuses on education equity.
Interested in carpooling? Click on the registrant list and find a member in your building or near you that you can connect with and ask to share a ride. Or, feel free to contact the MCC office for a suggestion.
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