Michael C. Snyder

"I specialize in representing real people—real families—not companies... People who need my help to put their lives back on track after personal trauma, including life-altering injuries or the unnecessary death of someone close."

Michael Snyder has been a practicing attorney at Meshbesher & Spence for nearly thirty years; he is a partner at the firm, and has been Vice-President and a member of the Board of Directors for several years. Mr. Snyder specializes exclusively in representing victims of personal injury and families in cases involving wrongful death.

He has extensive experience in vehicular and construction accidents, product liability, medical malpractice, and cases involving catastrophic injuries—such as traumatic brain injury or paralysis—the implications of which involve long-term care planning. He has also often worked on cases in other states and has extensive experience in appeal courts. Mr. Snyder is frequently selected as a "Super Lawyer" by Law & Politics and included in "Minnesota's Top Lawyers" in Mpls/St. Paul.

Mr. Snyder and his wife, Lane Kirchner, live in Saint Paul, where they raised two daughters and attend Nativity of Our Lord Catholic Church.

Bar Admissions 1982 Minnesota; 1982 U.S. District Court (MN); 1988 Wisconsin		Education JD 1982, William Mitchell College of Law (cum laude); BA 1977, University of Minnesota (magna cum laude)
Associations Minnesota Association for Justice (Board of Governers) Hennepin County Bar Association Minnesota State Bar Association Wisconsin State Bar Association American Association for Justice American Arbitration Association (Arbitrator)