“My grandfather was a professional boxer, my grandmother was a lawyer, my father is a judge, I’m a litigator. Any questions?”I am an employment litigator with over 30 years of courtroom experience across the country. I defend employers in complex, high stakes collective/class action litigation involving Federal (FLSA) and state wage and hour claims. Recent examples of my courtroom success include:• Obtained summary judgment dismissal of all FLSA claims in a nationwide class of retail store managers.• Defeated Rule 23 class certification of Illinois sales representative overtime claims.• Obtained summary judgment dismissal of all Plaintiffs’ FLSA and North Dakota state law claims in multi-Plaintiff on-call time litigation.• Obtained summary judgment dismissal of all claims in a certified class under the Illinois Wage Payment and Collection Act.Another significant part of my practice is representing organizations in “bet-the-company” business tort litigation involving non-compete agreements, trade secrets and confidential information. My courtroom victories are regularly sustained in the appellate courts.My commitment to excellence in the practice of law has resulted in my recognition in Best Lawyers in America® for Litigation- Labor & Employment in Minnesota, as a Minnesota Super Lawyer for Employment Litigation for the past 21 consecutive years, as one of Minnesota’s top 40 employment litigators, and as Martindale-Hubbell-AV® Peer-Review Rated since 1998.I developed my strong work ethic working and paying my way through high school, college and law school, with the following odd, and not so odd, jobs: paper boy, janitor, gas station attendant, highway worker, steel company laborer, Alaskan fish processor, assembly line worker, journalist and law clerk.