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The POWER 30: Douglas Christensen
About a year ago, Minneapolis lawyer Douglas Christensen said that President Joe Biden’s administration would be the most pro-union administration in American history.
The POWER 30: Celeste Culberth and Leslie Lienemann
Extraordinarily strange facts led to an extraordinary verdict for Michelle Jacobson, a client of law partners Leslie Lienemann and Celeste Culberth.
The POWER 30: Brendan D. Cummins and Justin Cummins
Employment law in Minnesota has been marked recently by more robust federal agency enforcement, including the Department of Labor, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the National Labor Relations Board.
The POWER 30: Emma Denny
Living in Florida where the public schools are predominantly minority-based was a lesson in the effects of discrimination for Emma Denny, HKM Employment Attorneys’ managing partner in Minneapolis.
The POWER 30: Dyan Ebert
Dyan Ebert represents public and some private entities in employment litigation, but like many lawyers right now, she is spending a lot of time counseling clients through the daily challenges of operating a workplace during a pandemic.
The POWER 30: V. John Ella
Home to a highly competitive medical device industry as well as other Fortune 500 companies, Minnesota has its fair share of employee noncompete agreements.
The POWER 30: Sheila Engelmeier
Some cases need to be litigated, but mediation is important because many companies want to do the right thing, Sheila Engelmeier believes. Those that don’t, go to court.
The POWER 30: Matthew Frank
"Employment cases are civil rights cases.” They involve discrimination, retaliation and harassment in the workplace.
The POWER 30: Jenny Gassman-Pines
Representing employers is a way to create a law practice that is balanced between the human element of the profession and being a self-described “law nerd,” according to Minneapolis lawyer Jenny Gassman-Pines, of Greene Espel.
The POWER 30: Christy Hall
In 2020, the United States Supreme court said that LGBTQ employees are protected by Title VII of the Civil Rights Act from sex discrimination. To many it was an unexpected and lauded decision.
The POWER 30: Clayton Halunen
Age discrimination, sometimes under the guise of COVID-19, is a trend, according to employment lawyer Clayton Halunen. He sees employers replacing boomer-aged employees with younger people.
The POWER 30: Joseph Kelly
Veterans and police officers who lose their jobs or have other adverse consequences deserve the protections of the law and of due process, said attorney Joseph Kelly.
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