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Lee Lastovich an employment law attorney and a Principal at Jackson Lewis, P.C, a national law firm with over 1000 lawyers. He formerly served as both Managing Principal and Litigation Manager of the Minneapolis office. Mr. Lastovich previously won the Client Choice Award for the category of "Litigation" in Minnesota, based exclusively on interviews of clients and in-house employment counsel. Chambers USA named him a "Leader in the Field." He holds an “AV Preeminent” rating for professional excellence and ethics from Martindale-Hubbell (highest rating), and has maintained that distinction for over 15 consecutive years. He is perennially rated a "Superlawyer" in Employment Defense Litigation. Prior to joining Jackson Lewis, he served as the Chair of the Litigation Section of a Minneapolis general practice firm, and held a position on that firm’s Board of Directors.Mr. Lastovich is an experienced litigator and trial lawyer who defends employers against claims of discrimination (race, age, gender, religion, disability, national origin, sexual orientation), retaliation (including the defense of False Claims Act, qui tam, whistleblower and USERRA claims), harassment, defamation, negligence, breach of contract, and promissory estoppel. Mr. Lastovich is also a Rule 114 Qualified Neutral, able to act as a mediator or arbitrator to assist parties to resolve disputes through mediation, arbitration and other forms of alternative dispute resolution (ADR). Clients regularly retain him to tactfully conduct workplace investigations on all organizational levels, from the C-suite to the manufacturing floor.Mr. Lastovich is a member of the Minnesota Bar, and is admitted to practice in the state and federal courts in the State of Minnesota, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, and the Supreme Court of the United States. With a blue collar background from growing up in Hibbing, MN on Minnesota's Iron Range, he graduated with honors from the University of Minnesota Law School and obtained his undergraduate degree from St. John’s University.

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