Helping Judges and Parties Design and Administer Settlements
phone: 612-440-6267 | fax: 612-688-9778 | amy@amygernon.com
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Amy Gernon is an attorney who helps parties design and administer settlements for complex legal disputes. She is a consensus builder with broad legal experience from the defense, plaintiff, and administrative perspectives. She strives to create efficient processes and procedures to implement parties’ settlement for the benefit of all stakeholders.
Amy has been selected by parties to serve as a Claims Administrator and been appointed to serve as a QSF Administrator. She is also a Fellow of the Academy of Court-Appointed Neutrals and a qualified neutral under Rule 114 of the Minnesota General Rules of Practice. |
Areas of practice and representative cases
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Through her work as a Claims and QSF Administrator, during her clerkships, and while working at a large legal outsourcing administrator, Amy gained specific expertise with mass tort and class action settlements, including but not limited to:
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• Settlement Design
• Settlement Administration • Medical Monitoring • Claims Review |
• Allocation Modeling & Decision-Making
• QSF and Fund Administration • Court Consultation • Attorney Fee Disputes |
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In re: National Hockey League Players' Concussion Injury Litigation
In re: National Collegiate Athletic Association Student-Athlete Concussion Injury Litigation In re: Cook Medical, Inc., IVC Filters Marketing, Sales Practices and Products Liability Litigation In re: Actos (Pioglitazone) Products Liability Litigation In re: Ethicon, Inc., Pelvic Repair System Products Liability Litigation In re: Boston Scientific Corp. Pelvic Repair System Products Liability Litigation In re: Guidant Defibrillators Products Liability Litigation |
EXPERIENCE
Amy Gernon has litigated a variety of commercial and intellectual property disputes for more than 20 years. She has specialized experience with multi-district litigation (MDLs), medical monitoring programs, and class action and complex settlements involving pharma and medical devices.
Amy worked as an attorney at a large Minneapolis defense firm and a boutique litigation firm. She also served as a director and in-house counsel for a legal outsourcing administrator. She was a career law clerk to the Honorable Donovan W. Frank in the District of Minnesota, where she worked exclusively on the Guidant MDL. She also served as a law clerk to the Honorable Richard H. Kyle and the Honorable Joan N. Ericksen, both of the District of Minnesota.
Amy worked as an attorney at a large Minneapolis defense firm and a boutique litigation firm. She also served as a director and in-house counsel for a legal outsourcing administrator. She was a career law clerk to the Honorable Donovan W. Frank in the District of Minnesota, where she worked exclusively on the Guidant MDL. She also served as a law clerk to the Honorable Richard H. Kyle and the Honorable Joan N. Ericksen, both of the District of Minnesota.
EDUCATION
University of Michigan Law School, J.D.
Grinnell College, B.A.
Grinnell College, B.A.
PROFESSIONAL LICENSES
Fellow of Academy of Court-Appointed Neutrals
Minnesota General Rule Practice 114 Qualified Neutral
Member of the Minnesota Bar
Minnesota General Rule Practice 114 Qualified Neutral
Member of the Minnesota Bar
Contact Gernon Law
Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area
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phone: (612) 440-6267
fax: (612) 688-9778 |
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