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Susan M. Coler

Susan M. Coler

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IDS Center, 80 South 8th Street, #1650, Minneapolis, MN 55402

    About Susan M. Coler

    Practice Areas
    • Whistleblower
    Education
    • Northwestern University School of Law, Chicago, Illinois, 1989
      Juris Doctor
      • Honors: cum laude
      • Honors: Order of the Coif
      • Honors: Legal Clinic
      • Law Review: Northwestern University Law Review, , 1987 - 1989
    • Loyola University
      M.P.S.
      • Major: Pastoral Studies
    • University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory
      M.M.
      • Major: Music History
    • Mundelein College, Chicago, Illinois, 1971
      B.A.
      • Major: Music
      • Honors: summa cum laude
    Classes and Seminars
    • “False CLaims Act 101 – What’s a Whistleblower to Do?”, Eighth Circuit NELA Conference, 2018
    • “Practical Issues in Damages Calculations”, Taxpayers Against Fraud National Conference, 2017
    • “The False Claims Act – Opportunities and Pratfalls”, Minnesota Association for Justice, 35th Annual Convention, 2017
    • “Employment Law: Navigating Lincoln’s Law – The False Claims Act for Employment Lawyers", Minnesota CLE Webcast, 2017
    • “Not to be Overlooked – The Nuts and Bolts of 3730(h) Claims”, Taxpayers Against Fraud National Conference, 2016
    • "There’s No Smoking Gun: Proving Discrimination & Retaliation by Pretext”, National NELA Convention, 2016
    • “Pratfalls, Cat’s Paws, and Fact Questions: Maximizing the Potential in Employee Retaliation Claims”, Minnesota CLE Webcast, 2016
    • “There’s No Smoking Gun: Plaintiffs’ Perspective on Proving Discrimination and Retaliation by Pretext”, Minnesota Employment Law Institute, 2015
    • “Cutting Edge ADEA Issues in Litigation”, Employment Law Institute, 2014
    • “The MHRA Right to a Jury Trial—When Does It Apply?”, Minnesota NELA, 2014
    • “Tips and Strategies for Intersectional Discrimination Claims”, Minnesota NELA, 2014
    • “Whistleblowers and the False Claims Act”, Legal Journal on Business 1570, 2013
    • “New Developments in the False Claims Act and Retaliation”, NELA 8th Circuit Conference, 2012
    • "Recent Developments: Retaliation and Post-Dukes Class Litigation", Minnesota CLE Webcast, 2012
    • "Ethical Issues in Class Actions", NELA's National Convention, 2010
    • "Family Responsibilities Discrimination: New Resources and another Lens for Analyzing and Winning Gender and Caregiver Discrimination Cases", Minn. NELA Monthly Meeting, 2009
    • "Attacking Mass Layoffs", NELA's National Convention, 2009
    • “Hot Topics in Electronic Discovery”, Eighth Circuit NELA Conference, 2008
    • "Representing Immigrant Workers: The Intersection of Employment, Immigration and Human Trafficking Law", Minn. NELA Monthly Meeting, 2008
    • "High-Caliber Litigation of Employment Cases in an Ever Expanding E-World", NELA Eighth Circuit Conference, 2008
    • "Rethinking Remedies: Effective Approaches to Changing a Discriminatory Workplace", Strategic Conference on Title VII Class Actions, Impact Fund, 2007
    • "Attacking Releases and Waivers: A Plaintiff’s Perspective", Employment Law Institute, Minnesota CLE, 2007
    • "Class Actions: Do Big Cases Against Big Defendants Get a Small Office, Big Money, Big Problems or Both?", NELA Eighth Circuit Conference, 2006
    • "Handling Class Actions Under the ADEA", Impact Litigation: Representing Workers in Class, Collective & Multiple Plaintiff Actions, NELA, 2005
    • "Developments in Minnesota Whistleblower Law", MSBA Mid-Winter Labor and Employment Section Lunch Meeting, 2005
    • "Punitive Damages After Kolstad", Employment Law Institute, Minnesota CLE, 2002
    • "Resisting and Limiting Defense Access to Medical and Other Private Information", NELA National Convention, 2001

    Qualifications

    Bar Admissions
    • Minnesota
    • Illinois
    Other Affiliations
    • Tax Payers Against Fraud
    • National Employment Lawyers Association
    • National Employment Lawyers Association, Minnesota Chapter
    • Federal Bar Association
    Past Positions
    • Hon. Robert G. Renner, United States District Court, District of Minnesota, Law Clerk, 1989 - 1991
    • Sprenger & Lang, 1991 - 1997
    • Messerli & Kramer PA, 1997 - 2000
    • Sprenger & Lang, 2001 - 2009

    Articles

    Published Works
    • "Handling Class Actions under the ADEA", (Co-Author with Laurie A. McCann, Cathy Ventrell-Monsees), Employee Rights and Employment Law Journal (Chicago-Kent College of Law/Illinois Institute of Technology), Vol. 10, Number 2, 2006

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    (866) 523-8533,(612) 605-4098
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    Address:
    IDS Center, 80 South 8th Street, #1650, Minneapolis, MN 55402
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