Patrick Noaker
Contact:
Office Tel. (651) 227-9990
366 Jackson St., Suite 100
St. Paul, MN 55101-2989
Andersonadvocates.com
Patrick Noaker is the senior litigation attorney in the Jeff Anderson law firm. He has successfully litigated hundreds of cases involving childhood sexual abuse for clients all across the United States and has worked with others to initiate legislation that protects children. Patrick has lectured nationally on issues encountered in sexual abuse litigation, appeared on national television and in newspapers across the country advocating for survivors.
Representative Cases
Victim Wins Groundbreaking Child Pornography Lawsuit (Pioneer Press, March 16, 2012)
Attorney Argues Repressed Memory in Front of the Minnesota Supreme Court (Minnesota Lawyer, January 2012)
Federal Judge Rules Child Pornography Victim Can Protect Identity In Civil Child Pornography Case (United States District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin, 2011)
Navajo Supreme Court Rules Statute of Limitations Has Not Expired on Sexual Abuse Victim(Navajo Tribal Supreme Court, New Mexico, 2011)
$4.3 Million Damages Award Against Members of Vice Lords Gang (Mille Lacs Tribal Court, Minnesota, 2011)
47 Abuse Victims Force Diocese of Kansas City – St. Joseph to Reform Child Protection Efforts and Pay $10 Million (Missouri, 2008)
Diocese in Iowa Settles With Abuse Victims for $37 Million (Iowa, 2007)
$155,000 Jury Verdict Against Fr. Jonathan Stewart (Marion County, Indianapolis, Indiana, 2007)
$1.5 Million Jury Verdict Against the Diocese of Davenport, Iowa (Scott County, Davenport, Iowa , 2006)
$1.9 Million Jury Verdict Against Fr. James Janssen (Scott County, Davenport, Iowa, 2005)
Websites/Blogs
http://www.Andersonadvocates.com
http://www.ChildProtectionNews.com
Professional Publications
Using Pseudonyms in Sexual Abuse Cases, Bench & Bar of Minnesota, February 2012.
When Clergy Fail Their Flock: Litigating the Clergy Sexual Abuse Case, 91 Am. Jur. Trials, 2004.
Childhood Sexual Abuse: Service Members Can Get the Help They Need Through the Civil Justice System, VeteransJournal.com, February 16, 2009.
News
$4.3M damages in beating case Cody St. John, 26, was left for dead on the Mille Lacs reservation after he refused to join the Vice Lords gang, Star Tribune, Minneapolis, MN, June 16, 2011
Abuse lawsuit settled out of court, Stevens Point Journal (Stevens Point, WI), September 11, 2010
Pastor sues over Net allegations: He accuses author of trying to damage him with sex abuse claims, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, September 9, 2010
Suit: Abuser Moved to School After Allegations in Minnesota, Wisconsin State Journal, May 12, 2010
Guilty of child porn, ex-teacher is sued by two former foster kids, St. Paul Pioneer Press (MN), August 27, 2010
Teacher Accused of Sexual Abuse an 18-Year-Old Student Claims Man Assaulted Him for More Than 2 Years, Wisconsin State Journal, November 9, 2010
Clinic Therapist Again Target of Molesting Suit, Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN), April 16, 2009
Ex-Religion Teacher Faces New Abuse Accusations, Contra Costa Times (Walnut Creek,CA), June 27, 2009
Abuse Appeal Rejected Suit Against Priest Can Move Forward, Evansville Courier & Press, April 12, 2008
School Sued Over Teen’s Sexual Abuse: Parents Say Others Knew of Coach’s Acts, St. Paul Pioneer Press (MN), March 6, 2008
Marianists order settles repressed-memory suit, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, October 20, 2007
Diocese in Iowa Settles With Abuse Victims for $37 Million, New York Times, December 4, 2007
Family sues over alleged assault on school bus: The lawsuit charges that a disabled Columbia Heights girl was sexually assaulted by another student as the driver watched, and a promised escort for her wasn’t there, Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN), December 6, 2007
Jury Rules Against Davenport Diocese, Des Moines Register (Des Moines, IA), September 19, 2006
Records in priest sex cases were destroyed, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, October 17, 2005
Ex-priest, archdiocese face 2 new sex-abuse suits, Indianapolis Star, October 26, 2005
Abuse seen as cause of suicides, The Republican (Springfield, MA), June 12, 2005
Bishop accused of sex abuse, Des Moines Register (Des Moines, Iowa), January 19, 2005
Pedophile priest lives near school, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, September 16, 2004
New Complaint Against Priest, Newsday (New York), January 21, 2004
Man Charges Abuse and a Catholic Cover-up, New York Times, March 23, 2002
Education
St. Louis University School of Law
St. Louis, Missouri
Juris Doctorate (1990)
Taylor University
Upland, Indiana
B.S. – Computer Science (1985)
Bar Admissions
Missouri – 1992
Minnesota – 1997
United States District Court of Minnesota
United States District Court Eastern District of Wisconsin
United States Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit
United States Supreme Court
Mille Lacs Band Court of Central Jurisdiction
Associations/Memberships
National Crime Victim Bar Association
American Association for Justice
Million Dollar Advocates Forum
Michael Finnegan
Mike Finnegan has worked all aspects of childhood sexual abuse litigation, including a significant case against the Boy Scouts of America in Colorado, clergy abuse cases in numerous 
states, vulnerable adult sexual abuse and discrimination cases. His law review article on the statute of limitations for survivors of childhood sexual abuse in Minnesota was published in 2004 and has been widely acclaimed in the halls of legal academia and by those seeking legislative relief for victims of childhood sexual abuse who are burden by unrealistically short statutes of limitation.
A creative thinker and keen legal strategist, Mike is an attorney of record in the highly visible case filed by the Jeff Anderson law firm against the Vatican for the Catholic Church’s concealment and protection of abusive priests. The case, John V. Doe v. The Holy See, is currently moving into discovery and trial in the United States District Court for the District of Oregon.
Sarah Odegaard
A passionate advocate for survivors of sexual abuse, Sarah graduated with honors from the University of Minnesota Law School. During law school, Sarah served as a judicial extern for the Honorable Sandra L. Margulies in the California Court of Appeal. She also worked as a summer associate at a preeminent plaintiff’s firm in San Francisco and as a student attorney in 
the University of Minnesota Law School Civil Litigation Clinic.
Between college and law school, Sarah worked as an AmeriCorps member at Admission Possible, a Twin Cities-based non-profit that helps low income students earn admission to and succeed in college. Sarah graduated with honors from Macalester College, earning a Bachelor of Arts in Urban Studies and Economics.
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