Attorney Profiles
Denise Yegge Tataryn Minneapolis, Minnesota
Shareholder
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Denise Yegge Tataryn is a shareholder of Mansfield Tanick & Cohen. She joined the firm in 1987. Previously, Ms. Tataryn served as judicial clerk to the Honorable Pamela Alexander in the Hennepin County District Court. In 1991, she took a senior attorney position with the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, a federal governmental agency, in Washington, D.C. where she stayed for six years. In 1999 she returned to Mansfield Tanick & Cohen. She serves as Chair of the Firm's Disability Practice Group, which has successfully represented hundreds of disabled clients seeking disability benefits. Ms. Tataryn has devoted most of her legal career to the practice of ERISA and Employment law litigation. Ms. Tataryn is a frequent speaker on both subjects.
Ms. Tataryn graduated from Hamline University School of Law in 1986. She is an honors graduate from Minnesota State University, Mankato, with a degree in Business Administration. She has served at each level of the legal career ladder, starting out as a legal assistant, then as paralegal and law clerk before practicing as a licensed attorney. Ms. Tataryn and her husband, Andrew, have two children, Taras and Aleksa.
- 1987
- 75% ERISA
- 20% Labor & Employment
- 5% Civil Litigation
- 90% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
- Minnesota, 1986
- U.S. District Court District of Minnesota, 1987
- U.S. District Court Western District of Wisconsin, 2006
- U.S. Court of Appeals 8th Circuit
- Hamline University School of Law, St. Paul, Minnesota,
1986
J.D.
Law Review:
Adelphia Law Review, 1985 - 1986
- Mankato State University, Mankato, Minnesota
B.S. Honors: Magna Cum Laude
Honors: Dean's List Honors: Phi Kappa Phi Major: Business Administration
- MacNally v. Life Insurance Company of North America
(D. Minn. 2009)
- Alliant Techsystems, Inc. v. Marks
(D. Minn. 2008)
- Alliant Techsystems, Inc. v. Marks
(8th Cir. 2006)
- Holoubek v. UNUM Life Ins. Co. of A.m.
(W.D.Wis. 2006)
- In re PERA Police & Fire Plan Line of Duty Disability Benefits of Brittain
(Minn. 2006)
- Wakkinen v. UNUM Life Ins. Co. of Am.
(D. Minn. 2006)
- In re Brittain
(Minn. Ct. App. 2005)
- Mason v. UNUM Life Ins. Co. of Am.
(D. Minn. 2005)
- Wuollet v. Short-Term Disability Plan of RSKCo
(D. Minn. 2005)
- Fordyce v. Life Ins. Co. of North Am.
(D. Minn. 2004)
- Morgan v. UNUM Life Ins. Co. of Am.
(8th Cir. 2003)
- UnumProvident Corp.
(D. Minn. 2002)
- McCardle v. UNUM Life Ins. Co. of Am.
(D. Minn. 2001)
- ERISA Law from the Employee's Perspective, Woman's Forum, Rep. Michelle Bachmann,
2009
- Are You Going to End Up in Court This Year (2009 Law Changes), Mansfield Tanick & Cohen Incubation Briefing,
2009
- The Gender Gap Still Exists!, American Ass'n of University Women,
2008
- A Prescription for Health -n- Wellness, Arthritis Foundation CARE Conference,
2007
- Employee Benefit Litigation, NELA Convention,
2007
- Planning for Disability Assistance, Sjogren's Group,
2007
- Planning for Disability Assistance, Coalition for Arthritis and Rheumatic Disease Education,
2006
- ERISA Benefit Law Update, ATLA 2006 Annual Convention,
2006
- Hennepin County Bar Association
- Minnesota State Bar Association
- American Association for Justice
- Arthritis Foundation
- Board Member
- Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp., Senior Attorney,
1991
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1997
- Mansfield & Tanick, Associate Attorney,
1987
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1991
- Hennepin County District Court, Hon. Pamela Alexander, Judicial Law Clerk,
1986
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1987
- 1960, Buffalo Center, Iowa, United States of America
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