Joel E. Abrahamson

Experience

Joel realizes that the business objectives, risk tolerance and public relations issues are unique in each case, and he partners with his clients to pursue and achieve the right result in each situation. His recent and notable representative experience includes:

• Joel successfully represented a publicly traded company in defense of a union's judicial and arbitral challenges to a major plant consolidation.
• He successfully defended a major Minneapolis health care system in arbitration arising out of the system-wide restructuring of the health information management department that eliminated select bargaining unit positions.
• Joel served as lead attorney defending a major Twin Cities automobile dealership and its general manager in a variety of civil claims arising out of accusations of a former employee. After a full week trial, the jury returned a favorable verdict resulting in a total victory and complete vindication of the dealership.
• Joel obtained summary judgment dismissal of an ADA discrimination claim and an ADA failure to accommodate claim against a Minnesota-based client with international operations.
• He successfully defended a Minnesota client with national operations in arbitration involving challenge to the consolidation of a unionized operation into a single non-union operation.
• Joel obtained summary judgment dismissal of ADA and FMLA retaliation claims against a Minnesota client with regional operations.
• He obtained temporary and permanent injunction against the competitor of a Minnesota-based client with Midwest operations in an unfair competition lawsuit.
• Joel secured an arbitration award in favor of a Minnesota client with national operations in labor arbitration involving an allegation of unjust dismissal.
• He obtained summary judgment dismissal of ADA discrimination claim against Minnesota-based client with national operations.
• Joel secured an arbitration award for an international client in labor arbitration involving allegation of unjust dismissal.
• He negotiated a favorable settlement of an unfair competition lawsuit commenced by a Minnesota-based client with national operations against a competitor and former employees.
• Joel counseled a Minnesota-based client with national operations through a company-wide reduction in workforce with no litigation.

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