Minnesota Lawyer

There are a fair amount of executive employees moving around either because of a career move or a layoff, said Nicholas May of Fabian May & Anderson in Minneapolis.

Things are looking up for unions, according to Michael Moberg, a partner at Jackson Lewis, one of the largest labor and employment firms in the country.

Good employers know that equity for protected classes is not just fashion, said Minneapolis attorney William O’Brien.

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.

Lawrence Schaefer advocates for the rights of employees through individual and class action work at the law firm Schaefer Halleen in Minneapolis.

Boomers take note — age discrimination happens. Steven Andrew Smith, of Nichols Kaster, is hearing about of lot of it.

Marshall Tanick started practicing employment law about the time that caselaw started to recognize it and create a discipline.

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.

As this story was written, the Minnesota Nurses Association, representing 15,000 members, was in talks over working conditions and pay.

For this edition of POWER 30, we’ve chosen to focus on employment lawyers.