Marko Mrkonich

Practice Areas

AI and Technology; Class Action; Discrimination and Harassment; Hiring, Performance Management and Termination; Labor Management Relations; Litigation and Trials

Career

Marko focuses his practice on discrimination and other employment litigation, traditional labor law issues, and providing clients with advice and counseling. He represents clients, in virtually all industries, in federal and state jury and bench trials, in appellate courts, and in administrative hearings before federal and state agencies. Mrkonich regularly handles labor arbitrations and has extensive experience in mediation and other forms of alternative dispute resolution. He has been the lead lawyer on numerous reported decisions and has argued cases in four federal appellate courts and the highest courts of two states. Additionally, he routinely counsels clients on matters of workforce reorganization and reductions-in-force.

Mrkonich also has testified before the EEOC Commissioners on the impact of data analytics on employment laws. In addition to contributing to SHRM Online articles, he has co-authored two law review articles on the subjects of big data and algorithms.

Mrkonich served as Littler Mendelson's president and managing director from 2005 to 2012 and was a founding member of the Minneapolis office in 1998, where he previously held the position of office managing shareholder.

Professional Memberships

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

Education