(952) 896-3700
Practice Areas:
• Insurance Defense
• Workers’ Compensation
Member:
• Minnesota State Bar Association
• Hennepin County Bar Association
• Minnesota Defense Lawyers Association
• Workers’ Compensation Committee; Employment Law Committee
• Minnesota Women Lawyers Association
Education:
• University of Minnesota (B.A., 1987)
• University of Minnesota (J.D., 1990)
Nicole B. Surges
Nicole Surges is a shareholder with Erstad & Riemer, P.A. She concentrates in defense of workers’ compensation claims. She
was admitted to the bar in 1990 and is admitted to practice before Minnesota State
and Federal District Courts.
Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Ms. Surges earned her J.D. from the University of Minnesota School of Law in
1990. After graduation from law school, she worked as a judicial clerk for the Honorable P. Hunter Anderson in the
Tenth Judicial District of Minnesota. She also worked as a staff attorney for the Honorable Richard C. Hefte at the
Workers’ Compensation Court of Appeals.
Ms. Surges also practiced as an associate with the law firm of Murnane, Conlin, White & Brandt, P.A., handling
workers’ compensation and liability defense. She joined Erstad & Riemer, P.A. in 1996.
Nicole is a University of Minnesota volleyball season ticket holder and big Gopher fan. She is also a fitness
instructor at the YWCA, and is an avid reader of fiction.
Contact: nsurges@erstad.com
Phone: 952-837-3252
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