Jeremy Sosna

Practice Areas

Business Restructuring and M&A; Discrimination and Harassment; Hiring, Performance Management, and Termination; Leaves of Absence and Disability Accommodation; Unfair Competition and Trade Secrets; Whistleblowing, Compliance and Investigations

Career

Jeremy's 25-year legal career has been defined by a passion for helping companies mitigate legal risk and solve legal problems with a business-minded focus. His talent for “seeing around corners” to proactively manage an unrealized legal risk, and for fashioning business-minded solutions after problems have surfaced, have made him a valued and trusted advisor to corporate legal departments, C-suite executives, business leaders, and Boards of Directors. Sosna's commitment to client service and the highest quality legal services has been the hallmark of his practice.

He is a seasoned trial and appellate lawyer who has successfully defended clients of all sizes, from Fortune 500 publicly traded companies to privately held corporations, in dozens of jury and bench trials, arbitrations, government agency hearings, appeals, and class and collective actions. Sosna's deep experience in bringing such disputes to a successful conclusion with the least amount of disruption is one of the reasons companies rely on him to handle their most important matters. Jeremy represents clients in diverse industries in a wide range of employment disputes, including actions arising under The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), and The Sarbanes-Oxley Act, among others.

Sosna provides legal and strategic advice regarding a broad array of legal issues, including discrimination and harassment matters; restructuring and workforce reductions; leaves of absence and disability accommodations; compliance with state and federal wage and hour laws; whistleblowing and government investigations; protection of intellectual property and enforcement of restrictive covenants, union organizing; collective bargaining; and labor and employment issues associated with mergers and acquisitions. He also has conducted numerous independent investigations regarding personnel matters; workplace conduct; and violations of anticorruption and antikickback laws.

Professional Memberships

American Bar Association - Labor & Employment and Litigation Sections; Hennepin County Bar Association; Minnesota Management Attorneys Association; Minnesota State Bar Association

Education