Joseph Anthony

Practice Areas

Complex Commercial Litigation

Career

Joseph W. Anthony is known locally and nationally as an excellent trial lawyer. He has tried more than 100 jury and court trials and arbitrations to verdict in Minnesota and throughout the country. He has represented clients in a number of seminal shareholder rights cases in Minnesota, including U.S. Bank N.A. v. Cold Spring Granite Co., 802 N.W.2d 363 (Minn. 2011); Haley v. Forcelle, 669 N.W.2d 48 (Minn. Ct. App. 2003); and Miller Waste Mills Inc. v. Mackay, 520 N.W.2d 490 (Minn. Ct. App. 1994). In 2007, Joe obtained the largest jury verdict in a Minnesota business litigation case – $140 million – on behalf of his client, a professional dental association. He has won a number of multi-million dollar jury verdicts and FINRA arbitration awards for individuals, investment banks and broker dealers. In the last few years, Joe has defended or pursued claims worth more than $500 million on behalf of his clients.

Joe’s passion for excellence and his dedication to his clients are matched only by his commitment to the community. Joe has served on the Board and as the Chair of The Fund for Legal Aid in Minnesota for 15 years. He also has served for almost two decades on the Temple University Law School Board. He regularly lectures to local attorneys on the issues of trial practice and business litigation in state and federal courts. Joe founded Fruth & Anthony, now Anthony Ostlund, in 1985 as a premier trial boutique focused on high-profile business litigation. He is proud of the accomplishments of all the lawyers that now call Anthony Ostlund home.

Professional Memberships

Fellow, The American College of Trial Lawyers

Member, International Academy of Trial Lawyers

Board Member, Council of Crime and Justice

Board Member, Fund for the Legal Aid Society

President, Temple University School of Law’s Board of Visitors

General Counsel, United States Golf Association, 2008–2010

Member, Minnesota State Bar Association

Member, Hennepin County Bar Association

Member, Federal Bar Association

Publications

Featured in Minnesota Lawyer's October 2021 edition of The Power 30

The Arbitration Delusion, Minnesota Lawyer and Finance & Commerce – Partner Content, June 2019

Trump Trial Tactics: A Primer, Attorney At Law Magazine – Minnesota Edition, March 2017

Be Careful What You Wish For – Or You May End Up In Arbitration Hell, Attorney At Law Magazine – Minnesota Edition, September 2013

Has Arbitration Failed Its Essential Purpose? Attorney At Law Magazine – Minnesota Edition, December 2012

Are Minority Shareholders at Risk? Attorney At Law Magazine – Minnesota Edition, November 2012 Issue

Betrayed, Belittled . . . But Triumphant: Claims of Shareholders in Closely Held Corporations, William Mitchell Law Review, Vol. 22/No. 4

Minority Shareholder Rights – Revisited, The Hennepin Lawyer, Vol. 65/No. 4

Prosecuting and Defending Lender Liability Claims, The Hennepin Lawyer, Vol. 5B/No. 3

RICO – The Plaintiff's Perspective, RLR Reporter, Inc., New York, NY

In Search of Coverage – Understanding Directors and Officers Liability Insurance, The Hennepin Lawyer, Vol. 55/No. 5

RICO: The Plaintiff's Perspective, RICO Law Reporter, Chapter 10 The Trial of a Civil RICO Claim, RICO Law Reporter, Vol. 1/No. 6

Exploring RICO: Civil Remedies for Violations of the Organized Crime Control Act of 1970, The Hennepin Lawyer

The Magical, Mystical World of Refusing to Deal Under the Anti-Trust Laws, The Hennepin Lawyer, Vol. 52/No. 1

Remedies for the Oppressed Shareholder in a Closed Corporation, The Hennepin Lawyer, Vol. 50/No. 6

Personal

Board Chair, Fund for the Legal Aid Society, 2014

Board Member, Fund for the Legal Aid Society

Board Member, Council of Crime and Justice