Cecilie M. Loidolt

Cecilie Loidolt is a trial lawyer with 30 years’ experience handling high-exposure medical malpractice cases, representing medical providers wrongfully accused of malpractice. She has tried sixty cases to a jury, including many birth injury cases involving life-care plans in the mid – high eight figures. She has been consulted and has served as national counsel on birth injury matters. Cecilie has expertise in defending against “The Reptile” theory, frequently employed by plaintiffs’ personal injury lawyers, and has done so with success. Recent successes include a lawsuit alleging the anesthesia team was negligent during spine surgery, resulting in paralysis from the neck down; and a large life care plan. The jury returned a verdict for the defendants.

Cecilie tried the first of its kind opioid addiction case in Minnesota in May, 2022. The lawsuit against the pain specialist alleged that he got the patient addicted to high-dose opioids that far exceeded CDC recommended guidelines, and that he was addicted for 23 years. Despite his 23 year use of high-dose opioids, the evidence was that the patient was not addicted. The physician attended the trial and testified via zoom, as he was delayed in Hong Kong for two years as a result of Covid. The jury found in his favor. Defense verdicts are often not reported by the media, but this one was.

Cecilie is a proud Senior Fellow in the LCA, having been a member since 2007. She has earned the distinctions Order of Centurions, Barrister; Order of Certus, Advocate. Cecilie enjoys an AV Preeminent® rating Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review Rating™. She is repeatedly selected for inclusion in the Best Lawyers in America for medical malpractice; and has been listed as a Thomson Reuters Super Lawyer® for over twenty one years. She was named Minnesota Lawyer of the Year in 2012, for the successful defense of several notable cases. One of those cases included the defense of a hospital for its treatment of an infant’s high fever; which resulted from a vaccine-preventable disease, and the mother’s refusal to vaccinate. The infant died. The jury found the hospital not negligent, and the mother negligent.
https://minnlawyer.com/2013/02/25/attorneys-of-the-year-cecilie-loidolt/

While Cecilie enjoys and appreciates these accolades, her greatest career accomplishment is the gratitude of her clients, who have bestowed upon her the nicknames, “gunslinger,” “pitbull,” and “bulldog,” as a result of her tireless fight for justice for her clients.
https://www.superlawyers.com/articles/minnesota/the-gunslinger-the-bulldog-or-the-pit-bull/

Cecilie and her family are patriots. Her husband, Neal, served in the military for over 34 years, having deployed twice to Iraq. During deployments, Cecilie continued to try cases. Their son, Sam, also serves his country, having deployed to Romania. Their family mantra is “we will make it work.” Cecilie proudly received the 2019 Superior Volunteer Service Award, the highest National Guard award to a civilian.