Bob Torgerson is a shareholder and a member of the firm’s Construction practice group. A past chair of the Construction Law Section of the Minnesota State Bar Association, he currently chairs Leonard, Street and Deinard's green building and sustainable design group. 

Bob serves as construction counsel for businesses large, medium and small. He is national construction counsel for Fortune 100 companies and has represented specialty subcontractors, general contractors, design-builders, design professionals and owners/developers to assess and successfully resolve construction disputes of nearly all kinds on public and private projects. 

In its 2010 Guide to America’s Leading Business Lawyers, Chambers USA ranked Bob as a leading construction attorney in Minnesota and identified the firm’s Construction practice as “deep and active” and having “a sterling reputation for acting as national construction counsel to general contractors.”

Bob regularly presents construction programs for attorneys, clients and trade associations. He is a past recipient of the firm’s Pro Bono Service Award in recognition of pro bono service to the community.

Professional and Civic Activities

• Member, American Bar Association, Forum on the Construction Industry
• Member and past chair, Minnesota State Bar Association, Construction Law Section
• Member, Hennepin County Bar Association
   

Bob understands that the key to great client service is to know the client’s business and culture, communicate clearly and easily with the project team, and achieve results with real value to the client.

Among the experiences noted below, representative disputes include bid disputes and claims for delay, disruption, accelerated work, inefficiencies, extra work, payment and performance bond claims, mechanic’s lien claims, indemnity/contribution, termination, and others on commercial, industrial and residential projects. Representative projects include those in the commercial, industrial and residential sectors, and include various delivery types (design-bid-build, design build, EPC, and others) for new construction, energy retrofits, energy savings performance contracts and other formats, and some of the more substantial projects are listed here:

• AES Wolf Hollow Water Treatment Plant project (TX)
• Alpha Industries Plastics Plant project (NJ)
• Anaheim Pond project (CA)
• Austin-Bergstrom International Airport project (TX)
• Bush Intercontinental Airport project (TX)
• Clay Center for the Performing Arts project (W VA)
• Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center Central Energy Plant project (PA)
• Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport Hotel project (TX)
• Delaware Date Center project (DE)
• Eastern Illinois University project (IL)
• Edina West Condominium project (MN)
• Goldman Sachs/Phoenix project (NJ)
• Greystone Hospital project (NY)
• Fort Richardson (AK)
• Fullerton Canal project (NE)
• Grand Forks Air Force Base (ND)
• Harrah’s Metropolis Hotel and Event Center (IL)
• Harrington Memorial Hospital (MA)
• Hoover Dam Visitor Center (NV)
• Intel Semiconductor Fabrication plant (CO)
• Iraq Coalition program projects (IRAQ)
• Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (CA)
• Louisville Arena Project (KY)
• Malverne School District projects (NY)
• Marathon/Catlettsburg Refinery project (KY)
• Melville office center project (NY)
• Metropolitan Airports Commission Holman Field project (MN)
• Miami International Airport South Terminal project (FL)
• Morial Convention Center project (LA)
• Murray-Calloway County Hospital project (KY)
• Nike, Inc. project (TN)
• North American Stainless project (KY)
• Noveon Carbopol Expansion project (KY)
• Pine Summit Lodges condominium project (MN)
• Plainview ethanol plant project (TX)
• Prairie State Generating Company LLC Energy Campus project (IL)
• Rocky Mountain Power, Inc. power generation plant project (MT)
• Roosevelt House renovation project (NY)
• San Antonio/Gonzalez Convention Center project (TX)
• Stockton Unified School District projects (CA)
• Sugar Creek Underground Mine project (MO)
• Tennessee Valley Authority Paradise Fossil Fuel Plant project (KY)
• Teton County energy performance project (WY)
• Turnberry Place Condominium projects (NV)
• U.S. Department of Energy Oak Ridge National Laboratory building project (TN)
• U.S. Department of Energy DUF 6 Conversion Project (KY)
• U.S. Federal District courthouse project (NJ)
• U.S. Post Office facility project (PA)
• Waterworks Condominium project (NJ)
   

Education

• J.D., cum laude, University of Minnesota Law School, 1986
• M.B.A., with distinction, University of Minnesota, 1983
• B.A., magna cum laude, Economics, St. Olaf College, 1979
       Phi Beta Kappa

Admissions

• State of Minnesota, 1986
• U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota, 1988