David M. Cialkowski - Lawyer in Minneapolis, MN

David M. Cialkowski is a partner with Zimmerman Reed and dedicates a substantial portionof his practice to the area of complex and mass tort litigation, with a primaryfocus on antitrustand consumerprotection litigation.

Dave Cialkowski has two decades of experience in complexand class litigation. His leadership andlitigation skills have been recognized by state and federal courts and have ledto his appointment as class counsel and to several MDL leadership positions.

Dave was a member of the legal team representingthe Mississippi Attorney Generals Office in Mississippi ex rel. Hood v. AUOptronics, 571 U.S. 161 (2014), an antitrust case against manufacturers ofLCD displays, which presented the issue of whether an attorney generals parenspatriae case is a mass action under the meaning of the Class Action FairnessAct. The Supreme Court ruled unanimously in Mississippis favor.

On behalf of the firm, Dave served on the SteeringCommittee for the Commercial and Institutional Indirect Purchaser Plaintiffs inIn re Pork Antitrust Litigation, No. 18-cv-1776 (D. Minn.), on theExecutive Committee for plaintiffs in In re Crop Inputs Antitrust Litigation,No. 21-md-02993 (E.D. Mo.), and as discovery team leader coordinating complexdiscovery in In re Generic Pharmaceuticals Pricing Antitrust Litigation,16-md-2724 (E.D. Pa.), In re Domestic Airline Travel Antitrust Litigation,15-mc-1404 (D.D.C), and In re Hard Disk Drive Suspension AssembliesAntitrust Litigation, 19-md-291 (N.D. Cal.).

Dave was also appointed to leadership positions inconsumer protection class actions including asclass counsel on behalf of consumers in theconsolidated action Hudock et al. v. LG Electronics U.S.A. Inc.,0:16-cv-01220 (D. Minn.), on behalf of the firm as Executive Committee memberin In re Generali COVID-19 Travel Insurance Litigation, No. 20-md-2968(S.D.N.Y), as a member of the Plaintiffs Steering Committee in In re AppleiPhone 3G and 3GS MMS Marketing and Sales Practices Litigation, MDL 2116,and co-lead counsel in In re Dockers Roundtrip Airfare Promotion SalesPractices Litigation.

His extensive class action experience advanced theclaims in In re Fedex Ground Package Systems, Inc., MDL 1700, amulti-district consolidated proceeding involving 40 different state classactions challenging FedEx Grounds independent contractor model. He also servedas a lead counsel team member in Target Corporation Customer Data SecurityBreach Litigation (D. Minn.), to recover financial institutions lossesfrom the companys massive 2013 data breach.

In addition to his consumer protection andantitrust work, Dave is experienced in complex mass torts. He was a member ofthe lead counsel trial team in Levaquin Products Liability Litig., MDL 1943,and represented plaintiffs in In re St. Jude Silzone Heart Valves ProductLiability Litigation, MDL 1396. Dave also represented a class of peopleinjured following a train derailment and chemical release in In re Soo LineRailroad Company Derailment of January 18, 2002 in Minot, N.D. His work and leadership led to aclarification in federal law which limited the application of railroadpreemption.

In addition to being recognized by the courts, Daveis recognized by his peers as one of Minnesotas top 100 lawyers in 2020 and2021, as a Super Lawyer in Minnesota from 2015-2021, and as a Rising Star inMinnesota from 2006-2008 and 2010-2013.

Dave is licensed to practice and a member in goodstanding, for the Bars of the State of Minnesota and the State of Illinois. Heis also admitted to practice before, and is a member in good standing of, theU.S. Supreme Court, the Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, and the UnitedStates District Courts for the District of Minnesota, Northern District ofIllinois, and District of North Dakota.