Leslie L. Lienemann - Saint Paul, MN

Overview

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • Hamline University School of Law, St. Paul, Minnesota, 1992
    J.D.
    Honors: cum laude

• Non Legal Education

  • Hamline University, 1989
    B.A.
    Major: History

Current Employment Position(s)

• Partner

Classes and Seminars

• "What is 'Sex' Discrimination under Title VII? The Current Landscape in the Courts and at the EEOC" , The 42nd Annual Labor & Employment Law Institute, November 2015.
  
• "Employment Law Update, State and Federal", ELA Upper Midwest, January 2015.
  
• "Breaking Free of McDonnell Douglas", NELA 8th Circuit Conference, 2014.
  
• "Extricating Title VII from the Quagmire of McDonnell Douglas: The Plain Language Solution", Hennepin Lawyer, March 2014
  
• "New Minnesota Employment Laws: Whistles, Boxes, Checks and Wedding Bells" , Employment Law Institute November 22, 2013
  
• "The Arbitration Trap: Avoiding and/or Attaining Success in Forced Arbitration", moderator, NELA 8th Circuit Conference, 2012
  
• "The Promise of the Minnesota Human Rights Act Denied: Krueger v. Zeman Construction Company", William Mitchell Journal of Law & Practice, April 15, 2011
  
• "Implicit Bias and Title VII: Plaintiff’s Perspective", Ramsey County Bar Association, June 2011
  
• "State and Federal Update", Minnesota NELA, September 2011
  
• "Updating Your ADA Litigation Strategies in Light of the New Law" , Upper Midwest Employment Law Institute 2010
  
• "Defeating Dispositive Motions In Light of Iqbal and Gross", NELA 8th Circuit Conference, 2010
  
• "Winning Key Discovery Battles", 2009 Upper Midwest Employment Law Institute
  
• "Tough RIF Issues—An Advanced Discussion", 36th Annual Labor & Employment Law Institute, November 2009
  
• "Tough—and Recurring—Litigation Issues", 35th Labor & Employment Law Institute, November 2008
  
• "Implicit Bias and Title VII", NELA 8th Circuit Conference, 2008
  
• "A.D.A. or R.I.P? – Breathing Life Into An ADA Claim", NELA 8th Circuit Conference, 2006
  
• "Supplemental State Claims", NELA 8th Circuit Conference, 2004

Pro Bono Activities

• Volunteer Amicus Writer for ELA-UM
• Volunteer Amicus Writer for Lambda Legal
• Minnesota AIDS Project, Volunteer Attorney

Bar Admissions

• Minnesota, 1992
• U.S. District Court District of Minnesota, 1993
• U.S. Court of Appeals 8th Circuit, 1996
• U.S. Supreme Court, 2007

Other Affiliations

• Employee Lawyers Association of the Upper Midwest (President)
• National Employment Lawyers Association (“NELA”), Judicial Nominations Committee (Member)
• Eighth Circuit Chapter of NELA (Past President)
• Minnesota NELA (Past President)
• Minnesota NELA, Amicus Curiae Committees, 2002 - Present (Member)
• ELA-Upper Midwest (Member)