The 2026 listing of leading Employee-focused Minneapolis-St. Paul Employment Lawyers details attorneys practising within the areas of employment and industrial relations matters across the greater Minneapolis-St. Paul legal market whose practice has a strong employee and trade union representation focus and who have been identified by the Twin Cities’ employment lawyers for their expertise and abilities in these areas.
Preeminent
Justin Cummins, Cummins & Cummins
Michele Fisher, Nichols Kaster
Jim Kaster, Nichols Kaster
Steven Andrew Smith, Nichols Kaster
Leading
Frances Baillon, Kitzer Rochel
Beth Bertelson, Bertelson Law Office
Chris Jozwiak, Jozwiak Employment Law
Nicholas May, Fabian May & Anderson
Matthew Morgan, Nichols Kaster
David Schlesinger, Schlesinger Kaster
Joni Thome, Wanta Thome
Recommended
Susan Coler, Halunen Law
Celeste Culberth, Culberth & Lienemann
Brendan Cummins, Cummins & Cummins
Lucas Kane, Fabian May & Anderson
Lucas Kaster, Schlesinger Kaster
Phillip Kitzer, Kitzer Rochel
Leslie Lienemann, Culberth & Lienemann
Ashwin Madia, Madia Law
Bryce Miller, Collins Buckley Sauntry & Haugh
Kaarin Nelson Schaffer, Nelson Schaffer
Joshua Newville, Halunen Law
Andrea Ostapowich, Bertelson Law Office
David Redden, Fabian May & Anderson
Brian Rochel, Kitzer Rochel,
Sarah Rolig, Collins Buckley Sauntry & Haugh
Rachhana Srey, Nichols Kaster
Marshall Tanick, Meyer Njus Tanick Linder & Robbins
Shawn Wanta, Wanta Thome