
Brendan Cummins
Brendan leads the firm’s labor law practice. He has handled numerous judicial, administative, and arbitration proceedings, including many high-profile appellate cases. Brendan also has drafted legislation and policies adopted by State and Local governments, and he routinely develops cutting-edge organizing strategies for the firm’s union clients.
Brendan has served on the Governing Council of the Minnesota State Bar Association’s Labor & Employment Law Section. He also has taught at Northwestern University School of Law, the University of Minnesota Law School, and William Mitchell College of Law. In addition, Brendan has published articles in the American Bar Association Journal of Labor & Employment Law and in the Yale Law Journal. He is fluent in Spanish.
- Employment Law
- Employee Benefits, Employment Contracts, Employment Discrimination, ERISA, Overtime & Unpaid Wages, Sexual Harassment, Whistleblower, Wrongful Termination
- Minnesota
- 8th Circuit
- 9th Circuit
- U.S. Supreme Court
- Top Lawyer
- Minneapolis St. Paul Magazine
- Top Lawyer
- Minneapolis St. Paul Magazine
- Fellow
- College of Labor and Employment Lawyers
- Top Lawyer
- Minneapolis St. Paul Magazine
- Top Lawyer
- Minneapolis St. Paul Magazine
- Minnesota State Bar
- Member
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- AFL-CIO Union Lawyers Alliance
- Member
- Current
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- American Bar Association, Labor & Employment Law, Litigation, and Trial Practice Sections
- Member
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- Minnesota State Bar Association, Labor & Employment Law and Civil Litigation Sections and Human Rights Committee
- Member
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- Hennepin County Bar Association, Labor & Employment Law Section
- Member
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- Special Considerations In Unionized Workplaces
- Hiring Handbook
- The Significant Expansion Of Rights And Remedies Under State Law For Public Employees
- Minnesota Trial
- The Intersection Of Social Media And Employee Rights In The Workplace
- Minnesota Trial
- Hot Public Sector Employment Issues Amidst The Great Recession
- Minnesota Trial
- Law of the Land in Labor Arbitration
- ABA Journal of Labor & Employment Law
- Recent and expected future developments in public sector labor law given recent Supreme Court rulings, Employment Law Institute, St. Paul, MN
- Employment Law Institute
- Public sector legal strategies and litigation tactics in the aftermath of recent labor law decisions by the Supreme Court, Labor & Employment Law Institute, Minneapolis
- Labor & Employment Law Institute
- Best practices for alternative dispute resolution in the collective bargaining context, Minnesota CLE, Minneapolis
- Minnesota CLE
- Cutting-edge developments in labor law, the practical consequences, and the related strategic considerations, Public Sector Labor & Employment Law Institute, Minneapolis
- Public Sector Labor & Employment Law Institute
- Developments in Federal labor law and related litigation issues, Labor & Employment Law Institute
- Labor & Employment Law Institute
- Board Certified Labor & Employment Law Specialist
- MSBA
- Website
- Website