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Employment Law
Our Twin Cities employment law attorneys dedicate their energy towards advocating for employees’ rights, including employees who have been treated illegally. Our firm’s employment law lawyers assist clients in cases involving:
Sexual Harassment and Retaliation
If you’ve faced sexual harassment or sexual assault in the workplace, you’re not alone. Sexual harassment and sexual assault occur in a variety of ways, but at its core they involve a person’s right to safe and comfortable at work, and free of undesired sexual contact or advances.
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Discrimination and Wrongful Termination
While your employer can fire you without cause, your employment cannot be unlawfully ended. Legally, wrongful termination is when an employer violates the terms of your employment contract, public policy, or an individual law.
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Separation/Severance Agreements
If you’re voluntarily leaving a job or you are terminated, your executive severance package’s terms have a significant impact on your financial and occupational future. Gilbert Law can wisely negotiate the terms of your severance agreement to ensure the deal serves your best interests.
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Minnesota Employment FAQs
Our expert legal advice helps employees decide their next steps if they think that they are wrongfully terminated or believe that their employer has discriminated or retaliated against them.
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Expert Witness Consultation
Employment discrimination happens when an employer or supervisor makes an employment decision due to the employee’s class such as gender, race, disability, or other protected category. Regarding disability, if an employee can perform his or her job’s essential duties with or without reasonable accommodation, the employer or supervisor cannot terminate his or her employment because of the disability. Both state and federal laws protect employees from discrimination. Attorney, Law Professor an…
Failure to Provide Reasonable Accommodation
State and federal laws allow changes in the workplace that enables a qualified employee with a disability to perform the core duties of her job. These cannot create undue hardships by infringing on the rights of other employees, impairing workplace safety, or requiring significant monetary expense.
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Effective Communication for Deaf and Hard of Hearing
The American with Disabilities Act states that people who are deaf, hard of hearing, or deaf-blind have a the right to effective communication. Businesses, government agencies, and nonprofits that serve the public must provide effective communication via auxiliary aids and services.
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Accessibility for Blind/Low Vision
People who are blind or have vision loss have a right to reasonable accommodations at work or in a work related environment and have right to other protections against discrimination. Employers who have fifteen or more employees must follow the ADA.
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Wealth and Estate Planning (Wills & Trusts)
Gilbert Law’s trust and estates attorneys can help you plan for the efficient transfer of your assets to spouses, children, nonprofits, and others. We work together with clients to help them with respect to wills, trusts, charitable donations, educational funding, and estate and trust planning. The Estate Planning Process We strive to make the estate planning process as informative and seamless as possible. We charge a flat-fee, not hourly, and therefore we can take as much time as we need to…
Family Wealth Transfer, Wills and Trusts
Most people want to know what will happen to their assets (personal belongings, real estate, or bank/investment accounts) when they die. Increasingly, younger individuals and families come to us for advice around what happens to minor children.
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Protecting Your Legacy
We help you protect what matters most- the legacy you leave behind to your loved ones. Gilbert Law will review your personal and financial situation and help you implement strategies to protect your assets and intent as they pass to the next generation.
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Healthcare Directives and Powers of Attorney
Now is the time to document your wishes regarding healthcare and appoint trusted individuals to act in your best interest with respect to both your healthcare and your personal finances.
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Minnesota Estate Planning FAQs
Minnesota Law doesn’t require you to retain an attorney to draft your estate planning documents, but it is strongly advised. We understand how the law operates and can save you from making costly errors that often arise when a non-attorney drafts legal documents.
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Business Planning and Transactions
Whether you are starting a new business, raising capital, attempting to grow an existing business, or winding down operations to begin a new venture, we can help advise you on how to appropriately structure your business and transactions. Our attorneys are experienced in each stage of the business life-cycle and provide insight as well as access to resources to keep you moving in the right direction. We advise clients on M&A deals, private equity and private fund formation, general corporate…
Business Formation and Transactions
Starting a new business is both thrilling and full of uncertainty. We help answer some of the questions that keep you up at night, including how to structure your new organization in a manner that is well-tailored to your goals.
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Minnesota Business FAQs
Gilbert Law is neither an investment bank nor and investment adviser so we do not provide this type of advice, however, we employ attorneys with experience in both fields. We may bring in an outside or affiliated firm to provide this type of guidance if necessary.
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Mediation, Consulting and Coaching
Mediation Services
Heather Gilbert is a certified mediator and arbitrator in the State of Minnesota. Her mediation experience related to civil litigation includes employment discrimination disputes and sexual harassment claims. Experience related to family matters includes negotiating parenting time, custody, child support and communication between the parties. Contact us today at (651) 340-9642 to obtain Attorney Gilbert’s CV, mediation methodology and rate sheet. You may also complete the web submission fo…
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Business and Professional Coaching
Heather Gilbert is an experienced attorney coach on the topics of business and personal development. In 2023, she co-founded LexHaven, a Minnesota-based coaching and consulting firm serving solo practice and small firm attorneys nationwide. For more information, please click HERE.
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