Attorney Profiles

Current Employment Position(s):

Partner

Year Joined Organization:

1983

Areas Of Practice:

Administrative Hearings & Adjudication

Advertising

Affirmative Action -- Employee

Affirmative Action -- Employer

Age Discrimination

Alcoholic Beverages

Americans with Disabilities Act -- Employee

Americans with Disabilities Act -- Employer

Animal Bites -- Plaintiff

Assault & Battery -- Plaintiff

Childrens' Rights

Civil Rights

Closely Held Businesses

Commercial Leasing

Contracts

DUI/DWI

Defamation & Privacy -- Plaintiff

Disability & Illness Discrimination

Discrimination

Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) -- Employee

Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) -- Employer

Employee Rights -- Employee

Employee Rights -- Employer

Employment Contracts -- Employee

Employment Contracts -- Employer

Employment Discrimination -- Employee

Employment Discrimination -- Employer

Employment Law -- Employee

Employment Law -- Employer

Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) -- Employee

Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) -- Employer

Federal Employer's Liability Act (FELA) -- Employee

Formation & Business Planning

Gay & Lesbian Rights

Juvenile Crimes

Juvenile Law

Limited Liability Companies

Living Wills

Misdemeanor

Motor Vehicle Accidents -- Plaintiff

Municipal Employment -- Employee

National Origin Discrimination

Non-profit & Tax-exempt Organizations

Occupational Safety & Health Act (OSHA) -- Employee

Partnerships

Paternity

Pensions, Benefits & Compensations -- Employee

Personal Injury -- Plaintiff

Police Misconduct

Powers of Attorney and Appointment

Premises Liability -- Plaintiff

Property Damage -- Plaintiff

Race Discrimination

Religious Discrimination

Residential Real Estate

Sex Discrimination

Sexual Harassment

Sexual Harassment -- Employee

Sexual Harassment -- Employer

Slip and Fall -- Plaintiff

Traffic Violations

Wage & Hour Laws -- Employee

Wage & Hour Laws -- Employer

Whistleblower -- Employee

Wills

Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act -- Employee

Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act -- Employer

Wrongful Death -- Plaintiff

Wrongful Termination -- Employee

Wrongful Termination -- Employer

Litigation Percentage:

100% of Practice Devoted to Litigation

Bar Admissions:

Minnesota, 1977

U.S. Court of Appeals 8th Circuit, 1985

U.S. District Court District of Minnesota, 1984

Education:

University of Minnesota Law School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1977

J.D.

Honors: cum laude

Carleton College, Northfield, MN, USA, 1974

B.A.

Honors: cum laude

Major: English

Professional Associations and Memberships:

Minnesota Supreme Court Juvenile Delinquency Rules Committee, 2001 - Present

Member

 

Hennepin County Guardian Ad Litem Attorney Panel, 1984 - Present

Member

Past Employment Positions:

Minnesota House of Representatives Research Department, Legislative Analyst, 1977 - 1980

Birth Information:

1953, New York City, New York, United States of America