Thomas E. Marshall, Esq.

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Tom Marshall primarily practices in several areas of workplace law, including discrimination matters, disability management issues, the enforcement or challenges to restrictive covenants, trade secrets and related obligations, as well as training and counseling on policies, handbooks and other day to day employment issues. He has helped employers and employees obtain appropriate and effective resolution of disputes including a $2.6 Million federal verdict in favor of an employee who suffered disability discrimination. Tom has represented employers and employees in trials, appeals, mediations, arbitrations, administrative hearings and all other aspects of litigation in Minnesota and other parts of the country. He has tried over 30 jury cases to verdict in state and federal courts.

As an adjunct, he taught trial advocacy at William Mitchell College of Law for eight years. He speaks often about employment matters and litigation techniques.

Areas of Practice:

• Employment Counseling and Litigation
• Restrictive Covenants/Trade Secrets
• Unfair Competition and Shareholder Disagreements
• Executive Compensation and Contract Disputes
• Civil Litigation

Bar Admissions:

• State of Minnesota
• State of Wisconsin
• U.S. District Court for Minnesota
• U.S. District Court for Wisconsin (Eastern and Western)
• Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals
• Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals
• U.S. Supreme Court

Education:

• William Mitchell College of Law, J.D. cum laude
• William Mitchell Trial Competition Champion
• Finalist in the ALTA National Trial Competition
• Alumni Association Award of Merit
• Insurance Counsel Trial Academy (sponsored by the International Association of Defense Counsel)
• University of Minnesota-Duluth

Awards:

Recognition by Minnesota Law & Politics Magazine as an employment litigation Super Lawyer in its 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011 polls of Minnesota attorneys. He has received the President's Award from the Minnesota Defense Lawyers Association and is AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell.

Professional Associations and Memberships:

• Past President of the Minnesota Defense Lawyers Association and co-chair of its Law Improvement Committee
• Defense Research Institute
• Minnesota State Bar Association
• Anoka County Bar Association
• Million Dollar Advocates Forum

Publications and Presentations:

• Minnesota Defamation 1997: Presumptions Lost? The Hennepin Lawyer Vol. 67, No. 1, January 1998
• Offers of Judgment and Fee Shifting Statutes: The "Un-American" Rule, Minnesota Defense, Vol. 28, No. 3, Summer 2007
• The ADA Amendments Act of 2008 And Its Impact On The Minnesota Employment Claims, Minnesota Defense, Vol. 30, No. 1, Winter 2009