also known as Kaarin Steen Nelson
Kaarin Nelson Schaffer is the founding partner at Nelson Schaffer and a fierce advocate for her clients. Driven by a desire for fairness and justice, Kaarin litigates on behalf of employees across a range of employment discrimination, harassment and retaliation claims, including gender and pregnancy discrimination, whistleblower retaliation and other forms of unlawful workplace conduct by employers.
Kaarin has been named to the list of Minnesota Rising Stars and Super Lawyer in employment litigation every year since 2014, and she regularly presents at conferences on employment law. Kaarin was named Attorney of the Year for the work she did in the George Floyd case. She is a cum laude graduate of the University of St. Thomas School of Law.
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222 South 9th Street, Suite 1600, Minneapolis, MN, 55402
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Posted by Tom | December 20, 2017 | Hired Attorney
My case was a wrongful termination. I had a medical condition which required surgery. Two weeks after surgery my employer terminated me, even though the previous month my annual review was all positive and indicated everything was fine. To add additional injury I was over 60 years old yet not old eno...
Posted by Deb | July 18, 2017 | Hired Attorney
Kaarin's name came to me on accident while I was desperately searching for someone to help me with an employment issue - and it made all the difference. From our first conversation she listened, asked great questions, and then listened more. She appreciated my view and always took the time to give ...
Posted by anonymous | August 27, 2015 | Hired Attorney
Kaarin is an excellent attorney, great communication, compassionate, always had my best interest at heart. I could not have had a better attorney handle my case
"I refer my employment law cases to Kaarin with great confidence. Kaarin is one of the best lawyers I know. She is one of the few whose advice I trust, and I would hire her personally if I ever had the need."
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Top 40 Under 40, The National Trial Lawyers
2020 - 2023
Owner/Partner/Attorney, Conard Nelson Schaffer
2018 - 2020
Partner, Baillon Thome Jozwiak & Wanta
2013 - 2018
Partner, Halunen Law
2012 - 2013
Attorney, Law Offices of Kassius O Benson
2019 - Present
National Trial LawyersMinnesota NTL Civil Plaintiff - Top 100 Lawyers
2017 - Present
Innocence Project of MinnesotaBoard Member
2016 - Present
Minnesota Women Lawyers
2014 - Present
Minnesota Association for Justice
A jury found in favor of Ms. Johnson
2006
JD - Juris Doctor
2002
MA - Masters
2001
BA - Bachelor of Arts
2019
Strategies for Summary Judgment in Sexual Harassment Cases, Panelist with Cynthia Bremer and Lawrence Schaefer
2019
Avoiding 10 Discipline & Discharge Mistakes Employers Make - A Plaintiffs' Attorney Perspective
2018
What’s the Harm? - Evaluating and Proving Damages, Panelist with Sheila Engelmeier, Anna Prakash and Brian Rochel
2018
Proving Damages in Employment Cases
2018
10 Mistakes Employers Make Related to Employee Leave
2018
Avoiding 10 Leave Mistakes Employers Make - A Plaintiffs' Attorney Perspective
2017
Considerations and Strategies for Pregnancy Related Litigation
2017
LaPoint, Sanchez, and Friedlander – Good News from the Minnesota Supreme Court… And How to Keep It That Way
2017
Sexual Harassment, Harvey Weinstein and Non-Disclosure Agreements
2017
Recent Retaliation Cases
2016
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) Update
2016
Supremely Unique: Significant Supreme Court Opinions in 2016
2012
Criminal Law
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