Louis E. Jungbauer
Partner
745 Kasota Avenue
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55414
Communication Center
Phone: (612) 333-6371
(800) 435-7888
(877) 529-3352
E-mail
Fax: (612) 333-3619
Lou Jungbauer has been an attorney with YJB since 1981 and a partner since 1991. Some of the cases he has handled include:
- Frank Aloi vs. Union Pacific RR, during which a Denver, Colorado jury returned a verdict of $6 million in damages, at the time the highest FELA verdict in history.
- A 1988 case involving a car-train crash in northwestern Illinois, in which he obtained a then-record $1,250,000 structured settlement on behalf of a four year old boy, whose mother and unborn sibling were killed in the grade-crossing accident.
- A confidential record settlement on behalf of a locomotive engineer involved in a collision between two trains, using the theory of negligent promotion, where the Defendant Railroad certified an engineer who clearly shouldn't have been.
- A confidential record settlement in a single inhalation case, where his client had been trapped in a locomotive engine cab, which started on fire.
- A confidential record settlement in a PTSD ( post traumatic stress disorder ) case, where the engineer's train struck a "runaway freight car", leaving the engineer unable to return to work.
- A confidential settlement in a traumatic brain injury case, in which a 61 year old conductor was injured in a caboose derailment case.
- Two cases where the railroad fired the worker for turning in personal injury report forms, assisting the worker's union officials in obtaining the employee's reinstatement with full back pay.
Lou has successfully completed 14 marathons, including in London, Chicago, and the Big Sur International Marathon, in Carmel, California.
Lou is also involved in numerous volunteer projects including:
- Past grade school girls' softball coach and umpire
- Past and current involvement in local political campaigns
- Guest columnist for local weekly suburban newspaper, The Quad Press
- Occasional guest columnist for The Catholic Spirit, weekly newspaper of the St. Paul/Minneapolis Archdiocese
- Frequent presenter at Twin Cities' Catholic Cursillo weekend retreats
- Precinct Chairperson, Democratic Farmer Labor party, Minnesota House District 52
- Coordinated estate planning and probate seminars at a local church
- Minnesota State Bar Association High School Mock Trial Program: Lou served as a coach at Forest Lake Senior High School and Totino Grace High Schools, 1980's and 1990's; served as judge 1990's and 2000.
Louis Jungbauer, Becky Jungbauer and Justice Stevens
in Supreme Court Justice Stevens' office. May 2009
Areas of Practice:
Federal Employer's Liability Act (FELA) – Employee
Railroad Injury Accidents
Federal Safety Appliance Act (FSAA) – Plaintiff
Locomotive Inspection Act (LIA) – Plaintiff
Personal Injury – Plaintiff
Wrongful Death – Plaintiff
Litigation Percentage:
100% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
Bar Admissions:
Illinois, 1980
Minnesota, 1981
U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit, 1981
U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois, 1980
U.S. District Court District of Minnesota, 1982
U.S. District Court Central District of Illinois
U.S. District Court District of Nebraska
U.S. District Court Western District of Wisconsin
Education:
William Mitchell College of Law, St Paul, Minnesota
J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence
St Mary's College, Winona, Minnesota
B.A., Bachelor of Arts
Honors and Awards:
Best Lawyers In America - Railroad Law Section, 2006
Martindale AV® Preeminent™ 5.0 out of 5
Professional Associations and Memberships:
American Bar Association, Member
Minnesota State Bar Association, Member
Minnesota Association for Justice, Member
Academy of Rail Labor Attorneys, Member
"Million Dollar Advocates Forum," for which an attorney must have either obtained a verdict or settlement of a million dollars or more for a client (Lou has done both.)
Past Employment Positions:
First District, MN, Judge John Fitzgerald, Judicial law clerk, 1979 - 1980
Certification/Specialties:
Civil Trial Specialist, Minnesota State Bar Association
