Randy G. Gullickson

Experience

Shareholder Disputes

In numerous shareholder disputes, successfully negotiated favorable stock buy-outs for client shareholders. Examples include:

• Seven-figure buy-out of shareholder in distribution company
• High six-figure buy-out of shareholder in small manufacturing business
• Seven-figure buy-out of shareholder in manufacturing company
• Seven-figure buy-out of shareholder in technology company

Recovered $8.4 million on behalf of an owner of a wine company through settlement of litigation that arose after client was forced out of the company. (2018)

Obtained $320,000 Arbitration Award for Limited Liability Company asserting breach of fiduciary duty claim against an owner. (2017)

Successful defense and dismissal of shareholder claim against majority owner of restaurant business. (2011)

Along with Richard Ostlund, obtained a $24 million award, including interest and fees, from a Hennepin County Court in a shareholder deadlock/oppression case. (2005)

Obtained a defense verdict from a Hennepin County jury on behalf of a technology company sued by shareholder on seven-figure damage claims relating to stock ownership. (2001)

$130 Million Verdict

Along with Joseph Anthony, obtained verdict of over $130 million in a breach of contract and fiduciary duty case for the firm’s client, PDG P.A., following a month-long jury trial in Hennepin County District Court. (2007)

$141 Million Securities Verdict

Part of trial team that successfully obtained combined $141 million verdict from a New York federal jury following a six-week securities fraud trial. The verdict represented 100% of the investors’ loss plus interest. (2008)

Banking

Obtained $726,000 verdict from a Hennepin County jury on claims by Bank client for interference with a security interest in intellectual property of a defaulting customer. The award was for 100% of client’s loss. (2014)

Trust Litigation

Obtained summary judgment dismissing multimillion dollar negligence and breach of fiduciary duty claims against corporate trustee in American Arbitration Association proceeding. (2014)

Unfair Competition Defense

Obtained summary judgment for former Bank officer sued by former employer for unfair competition and solicitation of bank customers. (2012)

Contract Litigation

Obtained $360,000 settlement of Arbitration claim for former owners of a Minnesota resort in a sale of business contract dispute.

As part of an Anthony Ostlund trial team, obtained a $13.8 million dollar settlement on behalf of a Minnesota-based professional consulting firm responsible for storm disaster recovery efforts in New York following Hurricane Sandy from the State of New York and another contractor.

Community Involvement

Immediate past President and Executive Committee Chair, Normandale Lutheran Church, Edina, MN

Participant, Leadership Minneapolis Program, Greater Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce

Professional Affiliations

Member, Hennepin County Bar Association

Member, Minnesota State Bar Association and its Private Business Governance Committee

Member, Federal Bar Association, Minnesota Chapter

Member of the Valuation Credentialing Board of the National Association of Certified Valuators and Analysts (NACVA)

Publications

Shareholder Dissension, Even Over Coffee, Attorney at Law Magazine, Minnesota Edition, May 2016

Corporate Inoculation For Director Conflicts of Interest, C-Level Magazine, Minnesota Edition, March 2016

Punitive Damages: Punishment for Bad-Acting Shareholders?, Attorney at Law Magazine, Twin Cities Edition, July 2015

Do Minority Shareholders Owe a Fiduciary Duty? It Depends, Attorney at Law Magazine, Twin Cities Edition, May 2014

Is “Fair Value” Really Fair?, Attorney at Law Magazine – Twin Cities Edition, April 2013 

Developments in the Law of Corporate Divorce, The Rights and Remedies of Minority Shareholders, Business Law News, MSBA Business Law Section, July 2001

Speaking Engagements

26th Annual Business Valuation Conference, Sponsored by the University of St. Thomas, the American Society of Appraisers, and the Minnesota Association of Business Valuation Professionals, April 2016

14th Annual MNCPA Business Valuation Conference: Stop the Fighting: What You Must Know About Shareholder Disputes, Minnesota Society of Certified Public Accountants Business Valuation Conference, November 2014

11th Annual MNCPA Business Valuation Conference: Corporate Divorce: The Role of Business Valuation in Resolving Shareholder Disputes, Minnesota Society of Certified Public Accountants Business Valuation Conference, October 2011

Shareholder Buy/Sell Agreements, Minnesota State Bar Association (MN CLE), August 2011

Corporate Governance, Minnesota State Bar Association, Family and Closely Held Business Conference (MN CLE), August 2009

Litigating Shareholder Disputes, Minnesota State Bar Association, Family and Closely Held Business Conference (MN CLE), August 2008

Remedies: What Are We Fighting For?, Minnesota State Bar Association, Resolving Minority Shareholder Disputes (MN CLE), January 2008

Special Issues Involving Executives in Privately Held Companies: The Impact of Minority Shareholder Disputes, Minnesota State Bar Association, Advanced Executive (and Key Employee) Law (MN CLE), February 2007

Remedies: What Are We Fighting For?, Minnesota State Bar Association, Resolving Minority Shareholder Disputes (MN CLE), February 2005

Document Discovery (Formal and Otherwise) In Shareholder and Partnership Disputes, Minnesota Institute of Legal Education (MN CLE), March 2001

Document Discovery (Formal and Otherwise) in Shareholder and Partnership Disputes, Minnesota Institute of Legal Education (MN CLE), April 2000

Preventing and Managing Shareholder Disputes, Building and Preserving Value in Private and Family Businesses, Seminar by Eide Bailly LLP and Lindquist & Vennum PLLP, October 2000