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Topic: Mike Ciresi

	MPR: Senate Candidate Profile: Mike Ciresi
		Mike Ciresi listens while participating in a debate on Minnesota Public Radio on August 11th.
		Ciresi, however, can't possibly shake the hands of all the potential DFL primary voters and he's got an uphill battle to increase his name recognition and distinguish himself in the crowded Senate field.
		Ciresi says the legal fees were appropriate for a case that former Surgeon General C. Everett Koop called one of the most significant public health achievements of the second half of the 20th century.
	news.minnesota.publicradio.org /features/200008/14_mccalluml_ciresi (1387 words)

	Mike Ciresi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Michael "Mike" V. Ciresi is a prominent trial attorney and former Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party candidate for the United States Senate from Minnesota.
		Ciresi served as counsel to the Government of India against Union Carbide over the Bhopal catastrophe.
		Ciresi ran as a self-described progressive moderate, and was endorsed by the Sierra Club and the Minnesota Nurses' Association.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mike_Ciresi (351 words)

	Save the Minnesota Twins.com - Articles - Ventura calls Friday meeting on Twins
		Twin Cities attorney Mike Ciresi and businessman Vance Opperman are expected to urge Gov. Jesse Ventura at a meeting Friday to support their effort to assemble a group to buy the Twins from Carl Pohlad and explore possibilities for a new baseball stadium.
		Ciresi also said that he and Opperman hope to announce shortly the members of their working group trying to acquire the Twins, partly as a message to Major League Baseball owners, who will meet in December to consider eliminating two teams, believed to be the Twins and the Montreal Expos.
		Ciresi has said that he believes a financing plan for an outdoor stadium can be developed that would increase team revenue, but that the public would have to get some sort of "return" on any investment through bond sales or other means.
	www.savetheminnesotatwins.com /articles/11.15.2001.html (1147 words)

	Ciresi, Dayton among four vying in DFL primary
		Ciresi, 54, is one of four prominent DFLers appearing on the September primary ballot.
		Ciresi is proposing a Family Security Act which would address health care, education, and paying down the national debt — the latter the financial equivalent of a tax cut, he explained.
		Ciresi said two big items he would immediately try to address as senator are Medicare and revitalizing rural America.
	www.erstarnews.com /2000/august/9ciresi.html (887 words)

	wcco.com - Mike Ciresi Enters Senate Race
		Ciresi said he could bring the same "dynamic, passionate leadership" to Washington, which he portrayed as seriously astray under the Bush administration.
		Ciresi also had little to say about Franken, but did note that of Franken's impressive $1.3 million fundraising total in the first quarter of 2007, only about a quarter came from Minnesota donors.
		Mike Ciresi is best known for winning a $6.1 billion settlement with the tobacco industry on behalf of the state of Minnesota.
	wcco.com /local/local_story_107093403.html (830 words)

	Wordgate: Is Minnesota Sen. Rod Grams Running a Cyber-Dirty-Tricks Campaign? By David Brauer
		Democratic-Farmer-Labor candidate Mike Ciresi this week accused Republican Sen. Rod Grams' campaign of a dirty-tricks operation to send anti-Ciresi e-mails to DFL activists, an apparent attempt by the GOP incumbent to interfere in the DFL primary campaign.
		Ciresi is one of four major DFL candidates in the September primary, and perhaps the strongest.
		Ciresi has the biggest DFL war chest—he pocketed as much as $55 million personally from the tobacco trial—and if he wins the DFL primary, he'll be an enormous threat to Grams—eloquent, rich, and moderate enough to steal plenty of Republican votes.
	www.slate.com /?id=86798 (1660 words)

	Mike Ciresi holds greatest promise
		The four major DFL senatorial candidates are Mike Ciresi, Mark Dayton, Rebecca Yanisch, and the DFL-endorsed candidate, Sen. Jerry Janezich.
		Ciresi is knowledgeable, smart and seems eager to take on the formidable task of being a U.S. senator.
		Ciresi, 54, said two issues he'd tackle immediately upon reaching the Senate is revitalizing rural Minnesota—making sure the countryside is "wired" for advanced technology, for instance—and trying to achieve parity for the state in federal Medicare payments.
	www.erstarnews.com /2000/august/29cerisi.html (694 words)

	DFLSenate » Mike Ciresi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Ciresi, who self-financed his last U.S. Senate run in 2000, said he had been prepared to put millions into a 2006 race as well but ultimately decided that he would not be able to make enough of a difference in Washington.
		Ciresi's decision to stay out of the race also helps to solidify the view that Amy is the frontrunner in this race, as she is the clear financial leader on the DFL side.
		Ciresi's entrance would have destabilized the DFL side of this race and provided Mark Kennedy with an opportunity to take advantage of the disorder and infighting that would result from a Ciresi candidacy.
	www.dflsenate.com /?cat=20 (992 words)

	MPR: Ciresi announces run for U.S. Senate
		Ciresi who lost a Senate primary in 2000, made it clear he's running again in hopes of improving conditions for middle-class Americans.
		Throughout his speech, Ciresi, a wealthy attorney, referenced his working-class St. Paul roots and pledged to work to help the middle class if he's elected to the Senate.
		As Ciresi was preparing to make his announcement, the Republican Party of Minnesota was distributing a statement calling him a "liberal's liberal," and suggesting Ciresi would raise working people's taxes.
	minnesota.publicradio.org /display/web/2007/04/18/ciresi (775 words)

	Reader supports Ciresi for Senate (Letters to the editor) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Mike will be a bulldog in the U.S. Senate, much as he has been in his legal career.
		Mike wants to reduce class sizes in elementary and secondary schools; provide universal pre-schooling; enable every classroom and library to be wired to the Internet; provide teacher training and mentoring; increase funding for special education; make schools safe and secure; and make college easier to afford.
		I wish everyone could have seen Mike as he spoke on the critical shortage of school supplies, which has forced teachers to spend their own money to make sure students aren’t shortchanged.
	www.educationminnesota.org /index.cfm?page_id=1291 (601 words)

	TLPJ - Press - 1998 Trial Lawyer of the Year Award Winners - July 14, 1998
		Ciresi, Walburn, and Humphrey won $6.6 billion and unprecedented injunctive relief in this settlement, which is a milestone in the battle to hold the tobacco industry accountable for its decades-long campaign to deceive the public.
		Ciresi and his team sued the industry based on unique theories of liability under consumer protection and antitrust laws.
		Ciresi's team also convinced the judge that 40,000 pages of documents withheld by the industry as attorney-client privileged should be made public, fighting the tobacco companies all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court.
	www.tlpj.org /pr/98tloypr.htm (623 words)

	Dayton prevails in four-way DFL Senate race - 09/13/2000
		Despite a decisive victory over nearest competitor Mike Ciresi, the campaign headquarters of U.S. Senate candidate Mark Dayton was dominated by a decidedly somber mood.
		Ciresi was second with just over 23 percent, Jerry Janezich had 20 percent and Rebecca Yanish received 15 percent.
		The Ciresi campaign opted for a more traditional election-night party, where supporters watched the results register, and the hopes for their candidate fade.
	www.mndaily.com /daily/2000/09/13/news/new1 (489 words)

	Kennedy v. The Machine » The Verdict Is In (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Although Ciresi’s net worth puts current Senator Mark Dayton and soon-to-be-opponent Kelly Doran to shame, the trial lawyer’s quest for contributions is nothing new given he raised more than $1 million from supporters in his 2000 campaign in addition to the $4.7 million he personally invested in his losing bid.
		The Ciresi candidacy may cost Democrats a Senate seat in November by draining the resources of their endorsed candidate and could even conceivably force a weak-to-modestly funded contender like Patty Wetterling (who has now spent more than she has left) from the field.
		At the same time, Ciresi has demonstrated the mettle to go to a primary and spend what it takes to earn the DFL spot on the November ballot.
	www.kennedyvmachine.com /?p=684 (357 words)

	Senate candidate Mike Ciresi believes in investing in one another
		Attorney Mike Ciresi defined the U.S. Senate campaign as a competition between two starkly differing philosophies — narrow self-interest versus the greater good.
		Ciresi is proposing a Family Security Act which would address healthcare, eduction, and paying down the national debt — the latter the financial equivalent of a tax cut, he explained.
		Ciresi said he believes a proven trackrecord of dealing with big issues.
	www.ecm-inc.com /election2000/stories/july/18ciresi.html (861 words)

	Former state senator Mike Freeman endorses Mike Ciresi candidacy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Freeman praised Ciresi’s values and his willingness to reach out to the DFL Party and work to improve it.
		Though vowing to continue his candidacy whether he gets the DFL endorsement or not, Ciresi said he was the only candidate who spent time and money trying to get people out to the recent DFL caucuses.
		Ciresi said former state auditor Mark Dayton — a member of the Dayton’s department store family — who recently announced his candidacy for the Senate is likely to simply ignore the endorsement process.
	www.hometownsource.com /capitol/2000/april/0406ciresi.html (302 words)

	Kennedy v. The Machine » Ciresi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Minneapolis lawyer Mike Ciresi says he won’t be a DFL candidate for U.S. Senate this year.
		Voting for Klobuchar, Ciresi or Bell would be a vote to put the man who “killed the Patriot Act” in charge of Senate business for the next 2 years.
		Roll Call expects Mike Ciresi to enter the race for the DFL Senate nomination after all.
	www.kennedyvmachine.com /?cat=15&paged=2 (1414 words)

	Attorney Ciresi will announce Senate plans (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Ciresi was a Democratic candidate for the seat six years ago, and should he run again, it would be a blow to the front-runner status of Hennepin County Attorney Amy Klobuchar.
		But Ciresi, who brings the ability to largely finance his own campaign, would alter the landscape of the Democratic contest.
		Ciresi said Dayton - who opted not to seek re-election this year - set a model he could follow.
	www.kstp.com /article/stories/S13683.html?cat=1 (344 words)

	DFL Blog
		Mike Ciersi has proven that he doesn't care about party unity or the endorsement process.
		But if Mike Ciresi decides to give it another go (and it is looking like he might), it could spell disaster for the DFL and put Mark Kennedy next to Norm Coleman in the Senate.
		First, Mike Ciresi doesn't play nice with other DFLers, we know this because he and Dayton completely ignored the endorsement process in 2000 and the ensuing bloody fight among DFLers until the primary election.
	www.dflblog.com /2005/10/mike-ciresi-should-keep-his-day-job.html (883 words)

	Mike Ciresi For U.S. Senate: Attorney Mike Ciresi announces DFL candidacy for U.S. Senate
		Ciresi spoke of protecting the middle class, the need for universal health care, alternative energy development, and his desire to see U.S. troops out of Iraq by next spring.
		Ciresi fired a number of criticisms at the Bush Administration — for damaging the judicial system through the Patriot Act and overseeing the greatest amassing of wealth to the fewest people since the 1920s, he claimed..
		Ciresi, a successful attorney who won a multi-billion dollar tobacco settlement against the tobacco companies in the 1990s, unsuccessfully ran for U.S. Senate in 2000.
	ciresiforsenate.com /newsroom/attorney-mike-ciresi-announces-dfl-candidacy-for-us-senate (414 words)

	Backbone Minnesota » MN-SEN: Roll Call says Ciresi In (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Ciresi would be wise to enter the race now, as child safety advocate Patty Wetterling dropped her bid last week and is likely to run for lieutenant governor instead.
		Ciresi would hurt the campaign of front-runner Amy Klobuchar, as well as create a divisive and expensive primary process.
		Ciresi is an excellent lawyer, that is why he wins cases and recieves high comp.
	www.backboneminnesota.com /2006/01/26/mn-sen-roll-call-says-ciresi-in-2 (550 words)

	ZoomInfo Web Summary: Michael Ciresi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Michael Ciresi, chairman of Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi LLP of Minneapolis, and one of the nation's leading trial attorneys, will be the first speaker.
		Ciresi was the lead attorney for the State of Minnesota in its successful 1998 case against the tobacco industry, and twice been named one of the nation's top 10 trial lawyers by the National Law Journal.
		Ciresi and other new members into the Burger Society at the NCSC Annual Recognition Luncheon in Washington, D.C. Mr.
	www.zoominfo.com /directory/Ciresi_Michael_840768.htm (309 words)

	TCS Daily - Trial Lawyers Want Senate Seats
		Mike Ciresi, as the lead trial attorney for your firm, youve just won a landmark lawsuit for Minnesota against Big Tobacco, earned $440 million for your firm, and made yourself a multimillionaire without giving even one final answer.
		Hes not going to Disneyland, but Mike Ciresi might as well be Snow White in his bid for Minnesotas U.S. Senate seat currently held by Rod Grams (R).
		Ciresi represents a new breed of trial lawyer hugely wealthy after extracting money from smokers, and no longer content with simply contributing to Democratic politicians.
	www.tcsdaily.com /article.aspx?id=062600 (803 words)

	MN Publius (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Mike Ciresi on Tuesday said he would not be a DFL candidate for the U.S. Senate.
		Personally, I respect Ciresi a lot for what he is. A good candidate, unfortunately, is not one of those things.
		Whether it would have hurt or helped Klobuchar to have Ciresi in the race is a big "who knows?" If Ciresi had gone nuclear on her in the final days, obviously that would be bad.
	www.mnpublius.com /2006/02/ciresi_is_out.php (718 words)

	Minnesota - LeftyBlogs.com
		Al Franken and Mike Ciresi have cut a 20% gap to 5%.
		Coleman 49% Franken 42% Coleman 48% Ciresi 42% A single digit race and the incumbent is under 50% - hold [...]...
		Mike Ciresi rolled out a few more endorsements over the weekend.
	www.leftyblogs.com /minnesota (4751 words)

	MPR: Polinaut: January 2006 Archives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Ciresi is a prominent trial lawyer who led the state's lawsuit against tobacco companies in 1998.
		A tough primary battle against Ciresi, could deplete a sizeable chunk of the war chest Klobuchar is hoping to spend against Mark Kennedy.
		But they got only a little traction (so far) with their announcements and here it is Monday, a relatively slow news day and Kelly Doran, who the average voter may never have heard of, is getting a fair degree of lead-story treatment for selecting a running mate, who they also may not have heard of.
	www.publicradio.org /columns/minnesota/polinaut/archive/2006/01/index.php (9431 words)

	ZoomInfo Web Summary: Mike Ciresi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Dayton appeared with Mike Ciresi, Jerry Janezich and Rebecca Yanish after Saturday's DFL Central Committee meeting in White Bear Lake.
		Ciresi, Janezich and Yanish also joined U.S. Senator Paul Wellstone as co-chairs of Dayton's campaign.
		Click to find more people named Mike Ciresi...
	www.zoominfo.com /directory/Ciresi_Mike_27407309.htm (114 words)

	Republican Minnesota: KvM: Add Ciresi to the list (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Ciresi has apparently sent out his first fundraising letter with his 2006 letterhead to supporters, according to sources who have seen Ciresi’s call for cash.
		I would love Ciresi to jump in and throw $4 million towards his own race again.
		Ciresi and Doran can duke it out while Klobuchar sails through the nomination with $12 million in the bank to use against Kennedy.
	republicanminnesota.blogspot.com /2005/09/kvm-add-ciresi-to-list.html (227 words)

	Newly endorsed DFL Senate candidate Janezich says his campaign is one of personality
		“And that’s the reason why a lot of us couldn’t support (Mike) Ciresi is because he wouldn’t abide by the endorsement,” she said.
		Attending her fourth convention, Strike said one benefit of being a delegate is the access to the candidates the delegates have.
		For her part, Quigley said she was upset that candidates like Ciresi were refusing to abide by the endorsement.
	www.hometownsource.com /capitol/2000/june/0605comments.html (680 words)

	Law Stars Hall of Fame : Jan M. Conlin, Partner Robins Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi
		Through her involvement in some monumental intellectual property cases involving a few of the country's largest and most respected corporations, Jan Conlin has made quite the name for herself, despite never having envisioned the practice of intellectual property law as her ultimate career.
		Mike Ciresi asked me if I was interested in that particular area of the law.
		I've done some trials for Medtronic, and I had a recent case (again, with Mike Ciresi) for Pitney Bowes.
	www.lawcrossing.com /article/index.php?id=344 (2255 words)

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