Penelope Phillips

Practice Areas

Counseling and representation of employers in all areas of employment law including defending discrimination claims before local, state and federal agencies, advice and counsel on the FMLA, ADA, FLSA (compliance) and wrongful termination, investigation of employee complaints and cultural/climate assessments. Ongoing training to employers, managers, human resource personnel and other lawyers on the FMLA, ADA, wage and hour laws, hiring and firing, sexual and unlawful harassment, discrimination, conducting investigations, alcohol and drug testing, and reductions in force.

Career

Penny has over 30 years of experience in partnering with clients on challenging employment law issues. Penny works with clients to develop strategies and solutions (not just answers) based on quality human resources practices and the law.

Professional Memberships

Minnesota and Hennepin County Bar Associations, MSBA Labor & Employment Law Section, Inducted as a Fellow in the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers, 2016

Personal

J.D., William Mitchell College of Law, magna cum laude, 1989

B.A., St. John’s College, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1985