Firm: Larson King, LLP
Practice Areas: Class Action
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Firm: Nichols Kaster, PLLP
Practice Areas: Class Action
Anna P. Prakash is a dedicated and skilled advocate for those who have been victimized by the unfair and illegal practices of companies. Whether she is helping consumers stand up to big business or employees stand up to unscrupulous employers, Anna litigates with her clients’ interests and needs at the forefront and tirelessly fights for their rights. As a member of the both the Consumer Class Action Team and National Wage and Hour Team at Nichols Kaster, Anna has worked extensively on complex class and collective action cases in Minnesota and around the country.. Prior to joining Nichols Kaster in 2009, Anna served as a civil rights attorney for the United States Department of Education in Washington, D.C. and monitored compliance with special education laws for the state of Minnesota. During law school, Anna interned with the National Labor Relations Board's Special Litigation Branch and with the Youth and Education Law Projects at the Legal Aid Society of Minneapolis.
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Firm: Nichols Kaster, PLLP
Practice Areas: Class Action
G.Tony Atwal is a dedicated and experienced advocate focused on the upholding of employee rights. Tony is an integral member of Nichols Kaster’s Wage and Hour Litigation Team and he represents employees in a variety of disputes, including matters involving unpaid overtime wages, minimum wages, and recovery of commission payments. Prior to joining Nichols Kaster in 2013, Tony worked as an appellate attorney, litigating over 100 appellate cases, and he brings this extensive experience to his practice at Nichols Kaster. Tony is also an Adjunct Professor of Law at William Mitchell College of Law, where he teaches appellate advocacy.
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Firm: Chestnut Cambronne
Practice Areas: Class Action
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Firm: Berger & Montague, P.C.
Practice Areas: Class Action
E. Michelle Drake is a skilled trial lawyer dedicated to advancing her clients' interests.. As a graduate of both Harvard Law School and Oxford University who learned to practice law by trying high stakes criminal cases, Michelle possesses a rare combination of elite academic pedigree and real world trial skills.. Michelle started her career working as a public defender in Atlanta, Georgia. During that time, Michelle was lead counsel in hundreds of felony criminal cases. She tried many cases, including five murder cases, to verdict. After working as a public defender for several years, Michelle founded her own law firm and expanded her practice to include civil cases. In 2007, Michelle moved back to her home state of Minnesota and decided to join Nichols Kaster.. Michelle has represented thousands of employees and consumers, in both individual and class cases. Her efforts have resulted in her clients recovering millions of dollars.. Michelle has never lost her desire to spend her career fighting for the rights of individuals. Whether her clients are misclassified employees or consumers who have been treated unfairly by their bank, Michelle is happiest fighting on the side of the underdog. She is a fierce and fearless litigator and always puts her clients' interests first.. Michelle's dry wit and straightforward speaking style have made her a valued member of the local and national community of consumer and employee rights litigators. She has spoken at numerous continuing legal education seminars. Michelle’s opinions have been published in the National Law Journal, and her cases were named as "Lawsuits of the Year" by Minnesota Law & Politics in both 2008 and 2009. Michelle has been named to the Rising Stars list by Minnesota Super Lawyers. Michelle leads the firm’s Consumer Class Action Team, which helps originate individual and class action cases directed at achieving justice for consumers. In particular, Michelle is currently lead counsel on several cases involving Fair Credit Reporting Act violations.
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Firm: Baillon Thome Jozwiak & Wanta LLP
Practice Areas: Class Action
Dustin W. Massie represents employees who have been wrongfully terminated and have experienced discrimination, retaliation, harassment, or other illegal treatment in the workplace. Dustin’s commitment to workers’ rights is rooted in the combination of his law studies and his passion for understanding labor movements and how individuals can work together for change. A summa cum laude graduate in Spanish and international affairs, Dustin has studied in Spain, where he served as a cultural ambassador with the Spanish Ministry of Education. His interests in language and political science also took him to Germany for two years where he engaged in cultural and business studies at the University of Passau and to Argentina as a participant in the Global Leadership Program. Before law school, he participated in a fellowship program on American civics and leadership in Washington, D.C.. During law school at the University of Minnesota, Dustin received a concentration in labor and employment law and clerked for a Minneapolis employment law firm. He also served on the ABA Journal of Labor and Employment Law as a staff editor, where his article on a recent and influential class action case, Dukes v. Wal-Mart, was published. Before joining the firm Dustin represented employees and consumers in class action litigation where he held business accountable for fraudulent, deceptive and illegal practices.
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Practice Areas: Class Action
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Firm: Stinson LLP
Practice Areas: Class Action
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Firm: Zimmerman Reed, PLLP
Practice Areas: Class Action
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Firm: Nichols Kaster, PLLP
Practice Areas: Class Action
Charles Frohman is a skilled advocate who is committed to protecting employee’s rights in the workplace. As a member of NKA's National Wage and Hour Litigation Team, Charles works on wage and hour violations under federal and state laws for class and collective actions. Charles also handles individual employment issues including sexual harassment, discrimination, the Family and Medical Leave Act, and state and federal whistleblower violations. Charles's recent accomplishments include:. Charles developed his taste for advocacy early in law school. He applied his considerable writing experience as a legal writing instructor in his second year, and in his third, Charles was a finalist in the Giles S. Rich National Intellectual Property Moot Court Competition. As a finalist, he enjoyed the rare honor of arguing before a three-judge panel from the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C. Prior to law school, Charles worked in San Francisco as an editor on a variety of high-tech magazines and as a manager of online media properties for AOL Time Warner.
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Firm: Moss & Barnett
Practice Areas: Class Action
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Firm: Nichols Kaster, PLLP
Practice Areas: Class Action
Bonnie represents employees who have been treated unfairly by their employers. In both individual and collective action cases, Bonnie fights tirelessly for clients who have suffered discrimination, Family and Medical Leave Act violations, contract breaches, wage and hour violations, and many other injustices. She began working for Nichols Kaster in 2009 as a law clerk, and returned in 2010 as an attorney. Bonnie’s experience includes winning an unemployment benefits appeal, defeating summary judgment in a pregnancy discrimination case, second-chairing an arbitration to hold an employer liable for breach of contract, and negotiating substantial settlements for clients in several cases.. Before joining Nichols Kaster, Bonnie worked as a student attorney at the University of Wisconsin’s Remington Center, where she represented federal prison inmates in civil and post-conviction matters. In law school, Bonnie focused her studies on civil rights issues in the workplace, particularly in the area of gender equality. She worked for the Wisconsin Journal of Law, Gender & Society all three years, serving as Note and Comment Editor her third year.
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Firm: Zimmerman Reed, PLLP
Practice Areas: Class Action
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, Minnesota
Practice Areas: Class Action
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Practice Areas: Class Action
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, Minnesota
Practice Areas: Class Action
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Firm: Schaefer Halleen LLC
Practice Areas: Class Action
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Firm: Chestnut Cambronne Pa
Practice Areas: Class Action
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Firm: Unitedhealthcare
Practice Areas: Class Action
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Firm: Robins Kaplan LLP
Practice Areas: Class Action
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