Ronald McLean
Serkland Law Firm
rmclean@serklandlaw.com
(701) 232-8957
(701) 237-4049
10 Roberts St. N.
Fargo , ND
58108
Monday to Friday 8:00am – 5:00pm
Saturday – Sunday Closed
Ronald McLean Personal Injury Lawyer
Serkland Law Firm
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Firm Summary
Ronald McLean has been a Trial Lawyer at Serkland Law Firm since he graduated from law school in 1975.
Areas of Practice
- Products Liability
- Personal Injury
- Oil and Gas
- Class Action
- Business Dispute Litigation
- Insurance Law
- Employment Law
- Professional Ethics Disputes
- Business Torts
- Intellectual Property
Litigation Percentage
- 100% Litigation
Bar Admissions
- North Dakota, 1975
- Minnesota, 1979
- U.S. District Court – District of North Dakota
- U.S. District Court – District of Minnesota
- United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Representative Clients
- ACE Insurance
- Attorneys Liability Protection Society (ALPS)
- Bell Bank
- Center for Claims Resolution (Asbestos Producers)
- Chesapeake Energy Corp.
- CHG Healthcare
- City of Fargo
- Liberty Mutual Ins. Company
- Lloyds of London
- Minnesota Lawyers Mutual
- Pioneer Energy Services
- Sanford Health
- Travelers Insurance
- U.S. Bank
- Wausau Insurance Company
- Wood Group
Education
- University of North Dakota School of Law, JD, 1975
- University of Wisconsin, B.A., 1972, with Honors
Honors and Awards
- Selected as a Great Plains Super Lawyer each year since 2007, a “Top 25 Great Plains” (2007, 2009) Super Lawyer, and a “Top 5 Attorneys in North Dakota” (2012, 2014) Super Lawyer. He has been listed in Best Lawyers in America since 2006, and received recognition as Best Lawyers, “2012 Lawyer of the Year – Commercial Litigation Fargo”, “2013 Lawyer of the Year – Litigation – Labor & Employment Fargo”, and “2017 Lawyer of the Year – Litigation – Labor & Employment Fargo.” Benchmark Litigation has recognized him as a “Litigation Star” in North Dakota.
- Rated as a “Star Individual” General Commercial litigator in the State of North Dakota by Chambers USA. Chambers has additionally determined Mr. McLean to be one of the top 200 commercial litigators in the United States.
- Fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers, which is a group whose membership is determined solely by invitation and is limited to one percent of the practicing lawyers in any state. He has previously served as State Chair of the College; was appointed as Vice Chair of the American College of Trial Lawyers’ Heritage Committee for 2014–2015; and appointed as Vice Chair of the American College of Trial Lawyers’ North Dakota State Committee for 2014–2015.
- Received the Distinguished Service Award by the State Bar Association of North Dakota in 2014, an honor the association occasionally awards for recognition of lifetime service.
- Fellow of the International Society of Barristers, which is an organization of trial lawyers limited by invitation to approximately 800 lawyers in the United States.
- Senior Fellow, Litigation Counsel of America, an organization of trial lawyers whose membership is determined by invitation.
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Frequent speaker on trial practice, evidence, and professional responsibility. He has been a speaker at the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals Annual Conference on Appellate Advocacy. He assists with University of North Dakota Trial Advocacy Teams. Additionally, at the law school he has been a speaker for incoming first year law students on the importance of civility and professionalism.
- Member, Trial Law Institute
- Member, Diversity Law Institute
- Advocate, Order of Justitia
- Member of the North Dakota Supreme Court joint Procedures Commission (appointed by the North Dakota Supreme Court to draft procedural rules), 1985-2005.
- Chair of the Board of Trustees, Dakota Conference of the United Methodist Church (1997-Present)
- State Chair of the United States Supreme Court Historical Society
- Honorary Consul for Norway for the State of North Dakota since 1997. Appointed Officer of the Royal Norwegian Order of Merit (2016).
- Board of Directors for Attorneys Liability Protection Society, a bar related malpractice insurance company for lawyers doing business in approximately 25 states (1997–2014; Chair 1998–2006).
- North Dakota Supreme Court Pattern Jury Instruction Commission (1985–1996, Chair 1991–1994; appointed by the North Dakota Supreme Court)