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The POWER 30: Employment Law
For this edition of POWER 30, we’ve chosen to focus on employment lawyers.
The POWER 30: Paul Zech
In 1984, about 6,000 nurses in Minnesota went on strike for 38 days. It was the largest nurses strike in American history until 2010, when they again went on strike. That was the next strike to be the largest in U.S. history. In 2016 nurses struck ag[...]
The POWER 30: Joni Thome
As pandemic shutdowns occurred, companies began to lay off employees. One company laid off five men at the same time. They just happened to be the oldest employees and those with real or suspected health conditions.
The POWER 30: Steven Andrew Smith
Steven Andrew Smith would like to bring another tip-pooling case, but now is hardly a good time, with restaurants closed or even out of business.
The POWER 30: David E. Schlesinger
David E. Schlesinger is the proud son of Robert Schlesinger, who was described in a magazine article in the 1970s as “typical of the new breed of liberal, courageous lawyers … long of hair, long on guts.” The civil rights lawyer instilled a sim[...]
The POWER 30: Lawrence Schaefer
Lawrence Schaefer launched his employment discrimination career by working on the iconic Minnesota case Jenson v. Eveleth Taconite Co., decided in 1997, the first class-action sexual harassment lawsuit in the United States. The class was certified by[...]
The POWER 30: Penelope Phillips
The complexity of the employment law field is aptly explained by the lists of practice areas on the Minneapolis firm of Felhaber Larson’s website. It covers the field from the Americans with Disabilities Act to wrongful termination. It explains why[...]
The POWER 30: William O’Brien
Discrimination never goes away, and some employment issues never go away. “Some things disappoint over and over,” said attorney William O’Brien, at Miller O’Brien Jensen, who has practiced law for nearly 40 years.
The POWER 30: Michael Moberg
Historically, cultural or social uncertainty has increased interest in labor unions. Uncertainty marks the United States as it deals with a deadly pandemic, business shutdowns, unemployment, and the task of getting restarted again. So it isn’t surp[...]
The POWER 30: Nicholas May
Despite Gov. Tim Walz’s explicit executive orders requiring working from home during the pandemic, some employees are subject to pressure from employers to return to the workplace. Minneapolis attorney Nicholas May is in the prelitigation stage of [...]
The POWER 30: Margaret Luger-Nikolai
There seems to be a consensus that to really move on from the pandemic, people have to get back to work and, as a practical matter, children have to get back to school. There also seems to be a consensus that children are not only educated, but nurtu[...]
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