Overview » Former Chair of Oppenheimer's Labor & Employment Practice Group » Practice is limited to the representation of employers in labor and employment matters » Clients include multi-facility health care providers, medical device, consumer products, and high-tech manufacturers Representative Experience » Advice and representation of employers with respect to single site and corporate union organizing, campaigns, NLRB proceedings, collective bargaining, labor arbitrations, and labor dispute management » Defense of civil and administrative employment litigation before the EEOC, MDHR, and various federal and state courts and agencies » Advice regarding and drafting of human resource policies, procedures, training materials and documents regarding wide range of issues including individual and group terminations, internal investigations and performance management Publications "Secondary Picketing: The Supreme Court Limits the Tree Fruits Exception," 33 Labor Law Journal 17 (1982) (With Richard Pegnetter) "Arbitration of Labor Grievances Brought Under Contractual and Statutory Provisions," 21 American Business Law Journal 49 (1983) (With Paul Lansing) "Venue in the Federal Courts Under the 'Doing Business' Provision,"16 University of Richmond Law Rev. 7 (1981) (With Paul Lansing) Selected Presentations 2012 Minnesota State Bar Association Conference: "Care of the Aging" 2011 Care Providers Spring Leadership Conference: "Business Planning: Now What?" 2005 MSBA Upper Midwest Employment Law Institute: "Firing 101: Critical Do's and Don'ts" 2005 South Dakota S.H.R.M. Annual conference 2004 MSBA Upper Midwest Employment Law Institute: "Employee Discharge" Handling the Tough Ones" 2000 MSBA Upper Midwest Employment Law Institute: "Labor Law for Employment Lawyers" |