James R. Peterson

Given that we pride ourselves as being one of the most innovative manufacturers & distributors in our industry, our employees are often the recruiting targets by our competition. As a result, we seek methods to guard our creativity, proprietary information and intellectual property. Jim has been a key contributor and staunch advocate in safeguarding this information. We have successfully litigated several instances where there has been an attempt to breach this information or take confidential information to a competitor. Keeping this knowledge within our company has contributed to our success, kept jobs in our state, and maintained our competitive edge when it comes to innovation, operations and sales. Jim has been the attorney who has helped us in this mission and maintained our position as an industry leader.

Dennis Quam (Viking Group, Inc.)