Ronald Schutz has been a partner at Minneapolis-based law firm Robins Kaplan LLP for more than 35 years. Today, he is also chair of the executive board, a position he’s held for three years while continuing to handle complex, demanding litigation and devote time to pro bono and community work. Schutz’s list of career accomplishments includes handling felony-level jury court-martial while in the JAG Corps, including trials for murder, rape, and drug dealing. In the private sector, he quickly became a sought-after litigator for environmental insurance and patent infringement cases. Over the years, Schutz has secured multimillion-dollar verdicts and settlements for his clients, taking on giants such as GE, Clear Channel, Sony, Apple, Canon, and Samsung, and pursuing health care fraud cases on behalf of Florida Blue, UnitedHealth Group, and others.