Attorney with TSR Injury Law in Minneapolis, MNMr. Bjerke has tried and won catastrophic personal injury and wrongful death cases all over the country, from Florida to Washington, and from California to Vermont. He spent the first part of his career defending big business and now uses that experience to help injury survivors when businesses and insurance companies refuse to treat the people they hurt fairly. Mr. Bjerke has successfully represented clients who have been harmed by corporate giants like Ford Motor Company, Kia Motors, Michelin, Caterpillar, and Kawasaki. He has built a reputation as a fighter and skilled trial lawyer who is often called upon to teach other personal injury lawyers about science in the courtroom, product liability, and trial practice. Much of Mr. Bjerke’s practice focuses on consulting with other injury lawyers on taking the cases over for trial all over the country. He serves on the Board of Governors for the Minnesota Association for Justice and is past chair of the Education and Product Liability Committee. Mr. Bjerke also serves on a Committee of Minnesota lawyers and judges to shape jury instructions in product liability cases. He is admitted to practice in Minnesota, Wisconsin and California. His honors include being voted a Top 100 Super Lawyer (top half percent of all attorneys), and being named to the National Trial Lawyers Top 100 Trial Lawyers and the Million Dollar Advocates Forum. Mr. Bjerke went to college at Hamline University in St. Paul where he was on the Dean’s List and was a two-time all-conference football player. He transferred to the University of St. Thomas where he graduated with honors in 1993. Mr. Bjerke attended the University of Minnesota Law School and graduated with honors in 1996.

Hallman Engineering LLC in Maple Grove, MNMr. Hallman is a forensic mechanical and metallurgical engineer (forensic engineering consultant) with more than 20 years of combined experience in materials analysis and research, mechanical engineering, automotive mechanics and forensic failure analysis. He has significant, hands-on automotive repair experience coupled with degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Saint Thomas (B.S. degree) and Materials Science and Engineering from the University of Minnesota (M.S. degree). Mr. Hallman spent 10 years working as a professional automotive mechanic prior to earning his two degrees. He is a licensed professional engineer in Minnesota and Illinois, a certified vehicle fire investigator and an ASE certified master automobile technician. His significant automotive background coupled with his two degrees makes him ideally suited for all aspects of crash investigation. He performs crash reconstruction and also has been called upon to investigate potential mechanical causes for vehicle crashes. A skilled forensic engineering consultant, Mr. Hallman works with lawyers, paralegals, insurance investigators, claims adjusters and other experts on a wide variety of forensic mechanical, forensic materials and forensic metallurgical investigations. These investigations have included but are not limited to an elevator failure involving materials and design issues, a personal injury involving a paper shredder, multiple cases involving farm equipment and personal injuries, machine guarding cases, chair collapse cases, bolted-joint failures, patient lifter failures, vehicle hand control issues, trip-and-fall cases, tipped telehandler and boom crane cases. Mr. Hallman has testified in court and in deposition on multiple occasions. All forensic engineering investigations are performed using the scientific method as the basis for the inquiry. The opinions presented in each matter are based on the facts of the case. He is a member of SAE International, the National Association of Fire Investigators (NAFI), the Accident Reconstruction Network (ARC), the Minnesota Society of Professional Engineers (MnSPE), the National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE), Midwest Association of Technical Accident Investigators (MATAI), Southwest Association of Technical Accident Investigators (SATAI) and the National Association of Professional Accident Reconstructionists (NAPARS).