Client Assessments based on Personal Experience
Clients, judges, and referral sources nationwide offer the following assessments of Rich based on personal experiences:
The Editor in Chief, Robert Haig, of the American Bar Association's acclaimed treatise, Complex Business and Commercial Litigation in the Federal Courts, describes Mr Ostlund and the other limited group of trial lawyers nationwide selected as treatise topic authors in both 2015 and 2022 as the "cream of the commercial litigation bar— the best lawyers practicing in the federal courts of this nation."
“I served as the chairman of the board of directors for three different companies that have engaged the services of Rich Ostlund at Anthony Ostlund for six various litigation cases. Each case was won on summary judgment, by satisfactory settlement, by trial or arbitration. Rich Ostlund’s case preparation, intellect and aggressiveness is unparalleled.”
— Mark W. Sheffert, Chairman and CEO, Manchester Companies, Inc.; Minnesota Corporate Director Hall of Fame
“As a former Delaware Superior Court judge for 21 years, the Delaware Attorney General and senior counsel for Bifferato LLC I’ve had the opportunity to observe the best in action. In my role as senior counsel to Bifferato LLC I represented the stockholders of a Delaware corporation who were sued in a complex issue involving stock options. I asked several judges from Minnesota who would be the best litigators for this type of corporate matter. I received Rich Ostlund’s name. We were extremely pleased with the representation. He developed a successful motion strategy that ended the litigation with a minimum amount of expense and then successfully defended the result through two levels of appeal. Clearly, Rich and his firm deserve their reputations as top corporate litigators.”
— Honorable Richard Gebelein, Delaware Judge and Attorney General of the State of Delaware
“Business executives never enjoy litigation. When that is your only course of action you need the best. Rich Ostlund fits that description. Both public and private companies that I have been affiliated with as an owner and director over the past fifteen years have had numerous situations where litigating was our only avenue of choice. Rich was very successful in getting a favorable ruling for us because he developed a superior litigation strategy, was better prepared, and was extremely convincing in court.”
— Kevin Roberg, CEO Kelsey Capital Management and board member of multiple private and public companies
“Since 2001, Rich Ostlund has led three complex litigation cases for entities for which I am general counsel. Each of the cases were exceptionally complex and, in each instance, the opposing parties were represented by extremely competent and exceptionally litigious counsel. From formulation of case strategies, discovery, witness examination and cross-examination, motion practice and eventual hearing/trial I witnessed Rich's personal commitment to the case, the client and the profession. Rich has been blessed with extraordinary skill, diligence, analytical awareness and compassion.
— Richard M. Barney, Jr., General Counsel, West Coast Beauty Supply
