Daniel J. Cragg
Top rated Business Litigation attorney in Minneapolis, Minnesota
Eckland & Blando LLP
Practice Areas: Business Litigation, Employment Litigation, Medical Malpractice; view more
Licensed in Minnesota since: 2009
Education: William Mitchell College of Law
Selected to Super Lawyers: 2023 - 2024 
Selected to Rising Stars: 2014 - 2022 Call today:
612-236-0165
Eckland & Blando LLP
10 South Fifth Street800 Lumber Exchange Building
Minneapolis, MN 55402-3901 Visit website
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Attorney Daniel J. Cragg is a partner at the Minneapolis, Minnesota, based firm of Eckland & Blando.
Rated AV Preeminent* by Martindale-Hubbell, Mr. Cragg was also named an “up and coming attorney” by Minnesota Lawyer magazine in 2014. He has also received the “North Star” recognition by the Minnesota State Bar Association for his pro bono representation of clients.
Admitted to practice law since 2009, Mr. Cragg is admitted to all Minnesota state courts and the Minnesota Supreme Court. He is licensed to appear before the U.S. District Courts for the District of Minnesota, Eastern and Western Districts of Wisconsin, Colorado, and the District of Columbia as well as the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the 7th, 8th, 9th, and Federal circuits, the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, the U.S. Court of International Trade, and the U.S. Supreme Court.
After graduating with distinction from the Virginia Military Institute, Mr. Cragg earned his law degree cum laude from William Mitchell College of Law.
*AV®, AV Preeminent®, Martindale-Hubbell Distinguished and Martindale-Hubbell Notable are certification marks used under license in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies. Martindale-Hubbell® is the facilitator of a peer review rating process. Ratings reflect the anonymous opinions of members of the bar and the judiciary. Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review Rating™ fall into two categories – legal ability and general ethical standards.
Practice areas
Business Litigation, Employment Litigation: Defense, Personal Injury - Medical Malpractice: Plaintiff, Personal Injury - Products: PlaintiffFocus areas
Employment Discrimination, Employment Law - Employer, Non-Compete Agreements, Retaliation, Trade Secret, Wrongful Termination
- 40% Business Litigation
- 20% Employment Litigation: Defense
- 20% Personal Injury - Medical Malpractice: Plaintiff
- 20% Personal Injury - Products: Plaintiff
First Admitted: 2009, Minnesota
Professional Webpage: https://www.ecklandblando.com/attorneys/daniel-j-cragg/
- U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, 2022
- Chair, Minnesota State Bar Association Court Rules and Administration Committee., 2022
- Chair, Rules and Opinions Committee, Lawyer's Professional Responsibility Board., 2024
- U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado, 2022
- U.S. Supreme Court, 2017
- President, Federalist Society Minnesota Lawyers Chapter., 2022
- United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 2015, 2015
- Vice Chair, Practice & Procedure Committee, Maritime Law Association of the United States, 2024
- American Bar Association Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section, Admiralty and Maritime Law Committee
- United States District Court for the District of Minnesota, 2009
- United States Court of Federal Claims, 2011
- United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, 2011
- Proctor Member, Maritime Law Association of the United States, 2020
- Hennepin County Bar Association
- Member, Minnesota State Bar Association Legislative Committee, 2022
- Minnesota Supreme Court, 2009
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, 2012
- United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, 2010
- Chair, Minnesota State Bar Association Judiciary Committee., 2017
- United States Court of International Trade, 2016
- Minnesota Supreme Court Historical Society
- Hennepin County Bar Association Representative to Minnesota State Bar Association Assembly, 2022
- Federal Bar Association
- United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin, 2010
- United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, 2010
- Robyn Johnson v. LiveWell, et al., Hennepin County District Court. CEO's claim for termination in breach of for cause employment agreement. Successfully obtained plaintiff verdict in the amount of $508,333.31, which with pre-verdict interest became a judgment in the amount of $715,833.30., 2024
- Fish v. Ramler Trucking, Inc., 935 N.W.2d 738 (Minn. 2019)., 2019
- Harris v. Campbell Fittings, Inc., et al., Ramsey County District Court Court File No.: 62-CV-16-4613. Daniel obtained a $35.7 million verdict for the plaintiff in a product liability burn case after a two and a half week jury trial. This is believed to be the largest single claimant personal injury verdict in Minnesota State Court history. The hard fought case took over six years to bring to trial. After pre-judgment interest, the final judgment entered in favor of the plaintiff was over $46 million., 2022
- Maethner v. Someplace Safe, Inc., et al, 929 N.W.2d 868 (Minn. 2019)., 2019
- Staffing Specifix, Inc. v. TempWorks Mgmt. Servs., Inc., 913 N.W.2d 687 (Minn. 2018), 2018
- Fish v. Ramler Trucking, Inc., 23 N.W.2d 337 (Minn. App. 2019)., 2019
- Gams v. Houghton, 884 N.W.2d. 611 (Minn. 2016)
- ARA, Inc. v. Barnes Personnel Management, Inc. et al., 2014 WL 3748633 (D. Minn 2014)
- City of Minneapolis v. Minneapolis Police Relief Association, 800 N.W.2d 165 (Minn. App. 2011)
- JG Staffing, Inc. et al. v. TempWorks Software, Inc. et al, Ramsey County District Court, Court File No.: 62-CV-15-3329 (Obtained complete defense verdict on $10 million dollar claim and judgment in excess of $1 million on defense counterclaims)., 2016
- Nichols v. State, 858 N.W.2d 773 (Minn. 2015)
- Saleem v. Heimie's Haberdashery, 2011 WL 4971566 (D. Minn. 2011)
- Abdurrahman v. Dayton, 903 F.3d 813 (8th Cir. 2018), 2018
- ARA, Inc. v. City of Glendale, 2018 WL 1411787, 95 UCC Rep.Serv. 2d 476 (D. Ariz. March 21, 2018)., 2018
- Cole v. Wutzke, 884 N.W.2d 634 (Minn. 2016)
- U.S. ex rel Sandager v. Dell Marketing, L.P., 872 F.Supp.2d 801 (D. Minn. 2012)
- Staffing Specifix, Inc. v. TempWorks Mgmt. Servs., Inc., 896 N.W.2d 115 (Minn. App. 2017), affirmed 913 N.W.2d 687 (June 23, 2018)
- Proctor in Admiralty, Maritime Law Association of the United States., 2022
- Volunteer Attorney, Federal Bar Association's Pro Se Project, 2024
- Up & Coming Attorney, Minnesota Lawyer, 2014
- SuperLawyer, Super Lawyers, 2023, 2024, 2024
- Lead Counsel Rated for Civil Litigation, Lead Counsel Rated for Civil Litigation, Thomson Reuters, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019. 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2024
- AV Preeminent, AV Preeminent, Martindale-Hubbell, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2024
- Minnesota State Bar Association North Star Lawyer recognition for providing pro bono service, North Star Lawyer, Minnesota State Bar Association, 2022
- Super Lawyers Rising Star 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, Super Lawyers Rising Star, Thomsen Reuters, 2022
- Virginia Military Institute, B.A. in History and International Studies, with distinction, 2004, 2004
- An analysis of the enforceability of arbitration clauses under the Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards and Chapter 2 of the Federal Arbitration Act., Keeping Litigation Ashore: How a Recent Decision Could Offer Maritime Practitioners an Escape from London Arbitration, ABA TIPS Admiralty and Maritime Newsletter, 2012
- An analysis of whether federal courts sitting in admiralty may enjoin pilots from taking vessels out of port to allow the U.S. Marshal time to arrest or attach the vessel., The Libellant's Dilemma in Rule C Arrests and Rule B Attachments, Benedict's Maritime Bulletin, 2013
- Minnesota State Bar Association President's Award., 2016
- Biotech
- Construction
- Factoring
- Importing/Manufacturing
- Retail
- Software
- Technology
- Transportation/Marine
Office location for Daniel J. Cragg
10 South Fifth Street
800 Lumber Exchange Building
Minneapolis, MN 55402-3901
Phone: 612-236-0165
Selections
- Super Lawyers: 2023 - 2024
- Rising Stars: 2014 - 2022
