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Paul J. Lukas's aggressive and creative litigation strategies enable him to successfully represent his clients. Paul has been recognized by his peers as one of the "Top 40 Employment Law Lawyers" in Minnesota and is consistently named to the Super Lawyers list. Courageous and persistent, Paul is a committed advocate for employee and consumer' rights.
Having tried nearly fifty cases, Paul is also a trial veteran with proven results. Early in his career, Paul tried a wide variety of criminal cases, including the nationally renowned State v. Porter case. Winning that case at the Minnesota Supreme Court, Paul helped set the standard for prosecutorial misconduct in criminal cases. After honing his trial skills in the criminal arena, Paul focused his practice on employment litigation, obtaining favorable verdicts for employees in overtime, age, race, national origin, sex discrimination, sex harassment, whistleblower, sexual assault, retaliation, and minority shareholder cases. Paul is a member of Nichols Kaster's National Class and Collective Action Litigation Team and the firm's Consumer Class Action Team. Paul is currently litigating numerous wage and hour and consumer class and collective actions. He has represented thousands of employees and consumers in these practice areas, obtaining well over 100 million dollars for those clients.
Paul's energy and charisma have made him a nationally recognized lecturer on topics such as wage and hour law, employment law, and civil litigation strategies
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Acquired: 2007
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State: Minnesota
Acquired: 1991
No misconduct found
80 S Eighth St #4600, Minneapolis, MN, 55402-2242
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Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers Magazine
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Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers Magazine
2011
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers Magazine
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Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers Magazine
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Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers Magazine
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Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers Magazine
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Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers Magazine
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Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers Magazine
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Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers Magazine
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Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers Magazine
2003
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers Magazine
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Top 40 Employment Law Lawyers, Minnesota Law & Politics Magazine
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Top Lawyer, Minneapolis/St. Paul Magazine
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Who's Who in Employment Law, Minnesota Law & Politics Magazine
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AV Rated, Martindale-Hubbell
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1991
J.D.
1988
B.A.
2014
Panelist for ”To Arbitrate or Not to Arbitrate? Good Question!”
2014
The New Lawyer Experience: Conducting Effective and Efficient Written Discovery
2014
Panelist for "Wage and Hour Litigation"
2014
Panelist for ”Views from The Plaintiff’s Bar: Adapting Your Strategies to New and Innovative Techniques and Tactics.”
2014
Moderator for ”Judges Panel.“
2014
Wage & Hour and EPLI: Assessing How the Market Has Responded to Coverage Needs and Best Practices for Mitigating Exposure to Claims
2014
Panelist for "Views from The Plaintiff's Bar"
2014
Panelist for "Class Communications and Settlement that Judges Will Tolerate"
2013
Moderator for "FLSA – Conditional Certification and Judicial Notice"
2013
Panelist for "Trying the FLSA Case"
2013
Panelist for "2013 FLSA Case Update"
2013
Panelist for "Trying Wage & Hour Class and Collective Actions"
2013
Panelist for " Best Practices for Reclassifying Employees" and "Hot Topics in Wage and Hour"
2013
Using Arbitration Agreements to Your Tactical Advantage
2013
Panelist for "Tried and True Effective Deposition Techniques"
2013
Panelist for "To Arbitrate or Not to Arbitrate? Good Question!"
2013
Panelist for The Evolution of Wage and Hour and EPLI: Offering and Obtaining Coverage for and Reducing Exposure to Wage and Hour Claims
2013
Panelist for View From the Plaintiffs’ Bar: Adapting Your Defense Strategies to New and Innovative Techniques and Tactics
2012
Face Time Speaker
2012
2012 FLSA Case Update – In-Depth; FLSA Off the Clock Litigation – The Hottest Issues in the Hottest Cases
2012
Unique Opportunities with the FLSA in the Post-Dukes and Concepcion World
2012
Effective Discovery Strategies in Class Action Litigation: Leveraging Trends and Best Practices for Depositions, Expert Witnesses and E-Discovery
2012
The Counter Intuitive Wage & Hour Trial, Lessons Learned in 2011
2012
The Whistleblower Laws You Need to Know
2012
Wage and Hour Opportunities in the Post-Dukes and Concepcion World
2012
Common Employer Mistakes in the Wage-Hour Area – A Plaintiffs’ Attorney Perspective.
2012
Expanding Your Practice: The Big Employment Cases You Don't Even Know You Have
2012
Fair Labor Standards Act Cases: Overview and Best Practices
2012
Using Dukes and Concepcion to Your Advantage in Wage and Hour Cases
2012
Panelist for Views from the Plaintiffs’ Bar: Adapting Your Defense Strategies to New and Innovative Techniques and Tactics
2012
Panelist for "Wage & Hour and EPLI: Coverage Options and Best Practices for Minimizing Your Exposure to Claims."
2011
FLSA Case Update – In-Depth; FLSA Litigation – The Procedural Battles
2011
Conducting Effective and Efficient Written Discovery
2011
Panelist for “View from the Plaintiffs’ Bar: Adapting Your Defense Strategies to New and Innovative Wage and Hour Claims"
2011
View from the Plaintiff's Bar: The Newest and Most Innovative Wage Claims Being Brought
2010
Spotting and Preventing FLSA Landmines Before They Explode
2010
The Hottest Issues in the Hottest Cases
2010
In-depth
2010
Everything But the Kitchen Sink? Conducting Effective and Efficient Written Discovery
2010
Adapting Your Litigation Strategies in Light of New and Innovative Claims
2010
Adapting Your Litigation Strategies in Light of New and Innovative Claims II
2009
Critical Employment Issues in Difficult Times
2009
Highlights of the 2009 Upper Midwest Employment Law Institute
2009
Kitchen Sink: Conducting Effective and Efficient Written Discovery
2009
2009 FLSA Update: In-depth
2009
Winning Before Trial Starts
2009
Wage & Hour Claims
2008
Winning FLSA Cases
2008
How to Bring and Defend the FLSA Case
2008
Everything You Wanted to Know about Discovery But Were Afraid to Ask
2008
Discovery: How to Achieve Constant Pounding
2008
Turning the Table on Defendants in FLSA Cases
2008
The New Lawyer Experience
2008
Critical Employment Issues in Difficult Times
2008
Wage & Hour Claims
2008
Current and Future Targets of Wage & Hour Claims
2007
Cutting Edge Isues in FLSA Litigation
2007
It Isn't Just About Tittle VII
2007
Strategy and Tactics in Employment Litigation
2007
Collective Actions
2007
The E-Discovery Amendments
2007
Conducting Effective and Efficient Discovery
2007
Hot Topics in Employment Law
2007
Litigating Wage and Hour Class Cases from A to Z
2007
Conducting Effective and Efficient Written Discovery
2007
What is Coming Down the Pike?
2006
Recent Developments in the Eighth Circuit
2006
Why Let them Up for Air?
2006
Discovery in Employment Cases
2006
A Starting Point - Helpful FLSA Cases
2006
Wage and Hour Claims in the Shadow of the New Regulation
2006
Developing and Implementing and Effective Discovery Plan
2005
8th Circuit and Federal District Court Updates
2004
Plaintiff Counsels’ Love/Hate Relationship with the FLSA
2004
Welcome to the New Mud Puddle - New Regulations
2004
Recent Developments in the FLSA
2004
The Ultimate Arbitration Update
2003
A Plaintiff Lawyer's Perspective of FLSA
2003
ADA/FMLA Tough Issues
2003
Workers' Compensation Meets Employment Law
2011
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