Laura A. Pfeiffer

I represent clients in a range of employment counseling matters, including advising on federal, state and local law compliance, training for management and employees on employment law issues, advising on wage and hour matters, investigating and responding to harassment and discrimination complaints, handling requests for leaves of absence under the FMLA, ADA or state or local law, confidentiality agreements, non-competes and other matters, and regularly train employees on employment law issues.

I have extensive experience representing clients in a wide range of employment-related disputes, including wage and hour litigation, discrimination issues, breach of contract claims, non-competition covenants, trade secret claims, and other disputes. I have handled countless administrative proceedings before the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Minnesota Department of Human Rights and similar state agencies throughout the country.

As an employment law mediator, my approach is to be prepared, to actively listen to the parties to understand their perspective on the facts and the legal claims and defenses, and to work hard to bring the parties together to achieve a mutually agreeable outcome.  I have very strong listening skills that I use to ensure the parties feel heard, but I can also be stern and clear with the parties as circumstances warrant.  I bring my decades of experience in commercial and employment law to bear in helping the parties understand how a matter would be perceived in litigation so they can take that into account when evaluating a negotiated resolution.  I have participated in countless mediations and as a result can use all the different approaches I have learned in fashioning a flexible and creative solution.