David Schlesinger

David represents employees in both individual and collective actions. He has successfully litigated claims involving unpaid wages, retaliation, discrimination, shareholder rights, breach of contract and tortious interference with contract. David’s recent accomplishments include:

• Winning a trial involving issues of corporate successor liability and defending the result on appeal so that a client could collect a significant judgment;
• Winning conditional class certification for hundreds of workers in three FLSA collective actions against major telecommunications companies;
• Defeating a motion for decertification of claims for off-the-clock work in an FLSA collective action;
• Winning reversal of summary judgment in a whistleblower case on appeal and bringing the case to resolution;
• Resolving, with Jim Kaster, a claim for marital status discrimination for $250,000; and
• Working with a team of NKA lawyers to defeat summary judgment in a discrimination case on behalf of 20 Muslim workers.

David volunteers with the Volunteer Lawyers Network and was recently quoted in Marie Claire magazine.

Email: David Schlesinger
Phone: 612-256-3277
FAX: 612-338-4878

Admissions

Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals

Minnesota Supreme Court

Arizona Supreme Court

United States District Court for Minnesota

United States District Court for Arizona

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

United States District Court for North Dakota

Education

J.D., University of Minnesota Law School, Cum Laude
Concentration in Labor and Employment Law
President, student chapter of the American Constitution Society
Student attorney, Civil Practice Clinic

B.A., Mary Washington College, Cum Laude

Publications/Speaking Engagements

2010 The Magically Disappearing Defendant: Successor Liability Under Minnesota Law, Bench & Bar of Minnesota, July 2010, Vol. LXVII, No. VI at 30 - 34.

2010 Hennepin County Bar Association, Labor and Employment Law Section: Litigating Against the Magically Disappearing Defendant: Successor Liability Under State and Federal Law.

2009 Marie Claire Magazine, April issue, quoted in Getting Paid for Booting Up, p. 96.

2008 "Spark" Radio Show, Episode 56, CBC Radio, Interview regarding wage and hour claims and computer boot-up and log-in time.

Titles/Awards/Memberships

American Bar Association Member
Federal Bar Association Member
Minnesota State Bar Association Member
Hennepin County Bar Association Member
National Employment Lawyers Association (NELA) Member