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Beth E. Bertelson is the founder of Bertelson Law Offices, P.A., located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Focusing her practice on labor and employment law, she represents employees in the Twin Cities metropolitan area and throughout Minnesota in litigation and pre-litigation negotiations in matters involving severance, employment and noncompete agreements, and related issues. Certified as a specialist in labor and employment law by the Minnesota State Bar Association, Ms. Bertelson also mediates e...
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Kaitlin Paxton joined Kamer Zucker Abbott in August 2014 and is happy to be back in the town she has called home for over two decades. Kaitlin represents employers of varying sizes and industries in all facets of labor and employment law. She has represented clients before administrative agencies as well as state and federal courts. Kaitlin also has experience guiding clients through the union election process and has extensively participated in labor negotiations and arbitrations. In law sch...
Nicole has been a member of Kamer Zucker Abbott's legal team since 2009, initially as a paralegal and now as an associate attorney. She represents employers in all areas of labor and employment law, including workplace policy development, contract negotiations, internal investigations, wage and hour compliance and the resolution of discrimination and harassment allegations. During her time as a KZA paralegal, Nicole worked side-by-side with the firm's attorneys assisting them with union negot...
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Mr. Plitt is the chairperson for the firm's insurance coverage practice group. He is a preeminent and nationally recognized insurance coverage attorney. As the current senior author of Couch on Insurance 3d , Mr. Plitt's commentary on existing and emerging areas of insurance law is relied upon by courts and attorneys throughout the United States. He has also authored Arizona Liability Insurance Law and is a co-author of The Claim Adjuster's Automobile Liability Handbook , CAT Claims: Insuranc...
Trial attorney Genie Harrison is recognized by opposing counsel and her peers as a dogged advocate on behalf of her clients. Ms. Harrison provides aggressive representation in every case she litigates and she is truly a resource for her clients as they are navigating the disconcerting waters of employment troubles. Where possible, Ms. Harrison relishes the opportunity to bring institutional change, which she has been fortunate to accomplish a number of times in her career. This type of change...
Carol Davis Zucker has over twenty years’ experience representing Nevada companies in labor and employment law matters, counseling clients that have included public agencies as well as companies in virtually every Nevada industry, and representing them before trial and appellate courts as well as most federal and state regulatory agencies. In 2001, before the United States Supreme Court, she was lead victorious counsel in the sexual harassment-retaliation case of Clark County School District ...
Eddie assists employers of all sizes navigate through the myriad of challenges that arise from the employer-employee relationship, including advising employers concerning litigation risk management, development and implementation of personnel policies, internal complaint investigations, union organizing, employee hiring and retention efforts and workforce reductions. Eddie defends employers in civil proceedings involving allegations of discrimination, harassment, wage and hour violations, wro...
Jen Sarafina has been a partner at Kamer Zucker Abbott since 2013. Jen represents employers in all facets of labor and employment law before administrative agencies and the state and federal courts. Jen has represented clients in labor arbitration matters, and has represented clients in matters pending before the Nevada Employee-Management Relations Board, the Nevada Labor Commissioner, the Nevada Equal Rights Commission, and the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. She has secured i...
After beginning her legal practice as a litigator in Baltimore, Maryland, Jody Florence joined KZA in 1998 and became a partner in 2003. Jody exclusively represents and advises employers in labor and employment matters. In addition to assisting clients with preventive measures such as employee training and policy development, Jody defends employers against claims of discrimination and other unlawful treatment before Nevada’s state and federal courts, as well as state and federal governm...
Todd Creer joined Kamer Zucker Abbott in August 2006 and became a partner in November 2014. He represents employers in all facets of labor and employment law and has taken a lead role in guiding clients through revisions of employment policies, responding to multi-employee discrimination charges, and training employees and managers on avoiding harassment and discrimination in the workplace. Todd has litigation experience before Nevada's state and federal courts, including successfully defendi...
In Brief
Staunch Competition
On the other side of the pandemic, after record numbers of employee resignation, protecting trade secrets is both challenging and being challenged.
Clear and Unmistakable Uncertainty
MV Transportation and the battle over the contract coverage test.
Employment Entanglements
As the United States approaches its third summer against the backdrop of the coronavirus, employers and employees still find themselves in a Gordian Knot of int
Major Change to FLSA Procedure
The Sixth Circuit will determine if a major procedural change is warranted for employees seeking unpaid wages.