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The POWER 30: Lawrence Schaefer
Lawrence Schaefer advocates for the rights of employees through individual and class action work at the law firm Schaefer Halleen in Minneapolis.
The POWER 30: Steven Andrew Smith
Boomers take note — age discrimination happens. Steven Andrew Smith, of Nichols Kaster, is hearing about of lot of it.
The POWER 30: Marshall Tanick
Marshall Tanick started practicing employment law about the time that caselaw started to recognize it and create a discipline.
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: Paul Zech
As this story was written, the Minnesota Nurses Association, representing 15,000 members, was in talks over working conditions and pay.
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 again and were out for 37 days, one day short of the 1984 strike.
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 similar ethic in his son, a member of Sen. Paul Wellstone’s campaign when the senator’s plane crashed. Persuaded by Wellstone’s commitment to the �[...]
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 Judge James Rosenbaum. After a special master awarded the members, whom he called “histrionic,” about $10,000 each, the 8th Circuit reversed and [...]
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 representing employers is starting to involve more advice and training and somewhat less litigation, according to Penelope Phillips. Focusing on comp[...]
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