Cara C. Passaro
Top rated Construction Litigation attorney in Bloomington, Minnesota
Stich Angell, P.A.
Practice areas: Construction Litigation, Energy & Natural Resources, Personal Injury; view more
Licensed in Minnesota since: 2001
Education: Brooklyn Law School
Selected to Super Lawyers: 2025 - 2026 
Selected to Rising Stars: 2008 Call today:
612-305-4552
Free Consultation Stich Angell, P.A.
7900 Xerxes Ave SSuite 1920
Bloomington, MN 55431 Visit website
Cara Passaro is a Shareholder and Firm President at Stich Angell, where she brings more than two decades of litigation experience representing clients across the Midwest. She has built a distinguished practice focused on construction and design defect litigation, products liability and personal injury defense, and energy compliance matters. She is admitted to practice in the state and federal courts in Minnesota and North Dakota.
After graduating from Barnard College, Columbia University, Ms. Passaro pursued her law degree at Brooklyn Law School. She is an accomplished trial lawyer who has successfully taken numerous cases to verdict, secured dispositive rulings, and achieved favorable settlements in hundreds of complex matters. Her work frequently involves representing contractors and other businesses facing high-stakes liability claims, where she is known for her pragmatic approach and results-driven advocacy.
Ms. Passaro has earned recognition as a Super Lawyers selectee, reflecting her professional excellence and peer recognition.
Practice areas
Construction Litigation: Business, Energy & Natural Resources, Personal Injury - General: Plaintiff, Personal Injury - Products: DefenseFocus areas
Construction Defects, Energy Law, Personal Injury - Plaintiff
- 40% Construction Litigation: Business
- 20% Energy & Natural Resources
- 20% Personal Injury - General: Plaintiff
- 20% Personal Injury - Products: Defense
First Admitted: 2001, Minnesota
Professional Webpage: https://stichlaw.com/cara-c-passaro/
Bar / Professional Activity
- U.S. District Court of Minnesota
- Minnesota and North Dakota State Bar Admissions
- U.S. District Court of North Dakota
Verdicts / Settlements (Case Results)
- 328 Barry Ave., LLC v. Nolan Props. Grp., LLC, 871 N.W.2d 745 (Minn. 2015) (Minn. Stat. § 541.051, subd. 1(a) (2014) does not require that construction be substantially complete to start the running of the statute of limitations and claims accrue upon discovery of the injury under § 541.051, subd. 1(c)).
- Boyum v. Fannie Mae, 2021 Minn. App. Unpub. LEXIS 533 (in a claim for negligence, the district court did not err in concluding that plaintiff failed to establish a genuine issue of material fact on the issue of whether property owner had constructive knowledge of the unsecured sump-pump fixture cover).
- S. Minn. Beet Sugar Coop. v. Agri Sys., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 157852 (Order granting Daubert Motion to Exclude the Plaintiff’s Expert’s Testimony).
- Kelly v. Kraemer Construction, Inc., 896 N.W.2d 504, 508 (Minn. 2017) (the election-of-remedies provision of the Workers’ Compensation Act required dismissal of appellant’s suit alleging a subcontractor’s negligence caused a worker’s death, as its crane crew was engaged in a common enterprise with the decedent’s employer, the general contractor).
Educational Background
- Barnard College, Columbia University, B.A.
Office location for Cara C. Passaro
7900 Xerxes Ave S
Suite 1920
Bloomington, MN 55431
Phone: 612-305-4552
Selections
- Super Lawyers: 2025 - 2026
- Rising Stars: 2008
