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Rebekah Lynn Bailey
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Rebekah L. Bailey is a tireless advocate committed to civil rights and social justice. She primarily represents employees, students and consumers across the country fighting against discrimination, government fraud, wage theft, and unfair business practices. She also assists employees with individual disputes, defending professional clients with licensing issues or contract negotiations, and alleging claims of discrimination, sex harassment, and denial of benefits. Rebekah helps every day people find their voice through legal action.
Rebekah believes firmly that there is strength in numbers, which is why she focuses primarily on complex class and collective action litigation, as well as qui tam whistle blower filings. She has over a decade of experience litigating cases in court and arbitration, successfully first chairing a bench trial and defeating primary affirmative defenses through summary judgment on multiple cases. Rebekah is a founding member of the firm’s Civil Rights and Impact team and Consumer Class Action Group, and she has also served as a member of the firm's National Wage and Hour Team. She leads the firm's e-discovery committee. She has spoken at national conferences on various topics such as electronic discovery, arbitration, equal pay, and various wage and hour issues.
Rebekah has been committed to helping those in need throughout her career. Rebekah volunteers through Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid’s Housing Court ERP Project, helping tenants remain in their homes and obtain expungements of eviction actions. In law school, she served as the executive editor of the Journal of Law and Inequality. She previously volunteered with the Michigan Migrant Legal Assistance Project, a non-profit legal organization that provides legal services to indigent migrant farm workers while focusing on wage and hour and landlord/tenant disputes. Rebekah also teaches practical lawyering skills to law students at the University of Minnesota.
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Licensed in Minnesota for 17 years
State: Minnesota
Acquired: 2009
No misconduct found
Licensed in California for 17 years
State: California
Acquired: 2008
No misconduct found
Location
Nichols Kaster, PLLP
4600 Ids Center, 80 S 8th St, Minneapolis, MN, 55402-2100
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Experience
Honors
2019
Minnesota Super Lawyers Honoree, Super Lawyers, 2014-2019
2019
500 Leading Plaintiff Employment Lawyers List, Lawdragon, 2018-2019
2019
Top Women Attorneys in Minnesota, Super Lawyers, 2014-2019
2008
Excellence in Labor and Employment Law, ABA-BNA
Work Experience
2008 - Present
Attorney, Nichols Kaster PLLP
Associations
2018 - Present
ABA Labor & Employment Law SectionEmployee Vice Chair of the ABA LEL Treatise Committee
2017 - Present
The Sedona ConferenceWorking Group 1 Committee Member
2014 - Present
ABA FLSA SubcommitteeAssociate Chapter Editor for the Annual Midwinter Report
National Employment Lawyers Association
Member
Minnesota State Bar Association
Member
National Employment Lawyers Association Minnesota and California (CELA) Chapters
Member
American Bar Association
Member
State Bar of California
Member
Federal Bar Association
Member
2018 - 2019
University of Minnesota School of LawPractitioner Instructor for Law in Practice series
2011 - 2011
Alumni Advisory Board Journal of Law & InequalityBoard Member
2011 - 2014
ABA FLSA SubcommitteeContributor for the Annual Midwinter Report
2009 - 2012
ABA FMLA SubcommitteeContributor for the Annual Midwinter Report
Sample of Legal Cases
Dunham-Sunde v. The Copper Hen Cakery, No. 27-CV-17-17288 (Minn. Dist. Ct. Aug. 28, 2018)
Class certified
Henderson v. 1400 Northside Drive, Inc., 110 F. Supp. 3d 1318 (N.D. Ga. 2015)
Granting in part motion for affirmative summary judgment
Vaughan v. M-Enterm’t Props., LLC, No. 1:14-CV-914 (N.D. Ga. Mar. 15, 2016)
Granting in part motion for affirmative summary judgment
Payne v. WBY, Inc., No. 1:14-cv-913 (N.D. Ga. Sept. 10, 2015)
Motion to compel arbitration denied
Spar v. Cedar Towing & Auction, Inc., Case No. 27-CV-11-24993 (Minn. Dist. Ct., Oct. 16, 2012)
Class Certified
In re Fiola, OAH No. 58-1800-22257-2 (Minn. Office of Admin. Hearings, Mar. 30, 2012)
Determination against maltreatment subsequently adopted by Department of Human Services
Norris-Wilson v. Delta-T Group, Inc., 270 F.R.D. 596 (S.D. Cal. 2010)
Class Certified
Education
2008
University of Minnesota Law School
J.D.
2004
Grand Valley State University
B.S.
Speaking Engagements
2019
The Sedona Conference Working Group 1 Midyear Meeting, Charlotte, NC
"Crafting eDiscovery Requests with Specificity"
2019
Strategic Solutions for Solo & Small Firms Conference, Duluth MN
"The Big Impact of the New Amended Minnesota Rules of Civil Procedure - 7 Ways They are Changing Discovery Practice"
2019
Seminar for the Minnesota Chapter of the Federal Bar Association, Minneapolis, MN
"But I've Always Done It This Way: Tips for More Effective Documents Requests and Responses"
2019
Minnesota CLE's Quick-Draw Litigation Seminar
"A Practical Guide to Early Discovery"
2019
Complex Litigation eDiscovery Forum, Minneapolis MN
"So-Called 'Discovery on Discovery'"
2019
CLE
"How Do We Keep Women Practicing Law?"
2019
ABA/LEL FLSL Committee Midwinter Meeting, Playa del Carmen
"Anatomy of an Equal Pay Act Class and Collective Action"
2018
Upper Midwest Employment Law Institute, St. Paul, MN
"Arbitration Strategy and Tactics"
2018
NELA's Spring Conference: ESI & Technology for the Plaintiff's Employment Lawyer, Vienna, VA
"ESI & The Rule 26 Conference: Everything You Need to Know"
2018
8th Circuit NELA's Biannual Conference
"Practical E-Discovery Strategies for the Plaintiff's Lawyer"
2017
Practising Law Institute, Webinar
"Trump Administration's Wage and Hour Priorities -- The Fate of the Overtime Regulations, Administrator Interpretations and Opinion Letters, and Enforcement Priorities"
2017
NELA’s Litigating Wage & Hour Cases: Challenges and Opportunities Conference
“The Scourge of Bankruptcy: Successful Strategies to Collect Judgments & Prevent Employers from Dissipating Assets.”
2017
Labor & Employment Institute, Minneapolis, MN
"The Changing Nature of Independent Contractor vs. Employee, and Who Is a Joint Employer in the Gig Economy?"
2017
CLE
“The Do’s and Don’ts of Employment Arbitrations.”
2017
ACI’s 30th National Forum on Wage & Hour Claims and Class Actions
“Effective Strategies for Equal Pay Litigation: Addressing the Recent Rapid Rise in Equal Pay Class Actions, Understanding and Mastering the Unique Nuances of These Cases and Mitigating Your Litigation Risks.”
2016
Employment Law for the Mid-Market Employer
"Wage and Hour Class Actions for the Small to Mid-Size Employer: Untangling the Gordian Knot"
2016
24th National Conference on Employment Practices Liability Insurance
"The Intersection of Wage & Hour and EPLI"
2015
Minnesota State Bar Association CLE
"Required Without Pay: Deconstructing Integrity Staffing v. Busk"
2015
Minnesota CLE: New Lawyer Experience
"The New Lawyer Experience; Everything But the Kitchen Sink? Conducting Effective and Efficient Written Discovery"
2015
Federal Bar Association Annual Meeting and Convention
"The Carrot and the Stick: How to Effectively Use Rule 68 Offers and When to Reject Them"
2015
ACI's 25th National Forum on Wage & Hour Claims and Class Actions
"Arbitration on the Wage & Hour Front: Tips, Strategies and Best Practices"
2014
Federal Bar Association Webinar
"Making it Rain: High Stakes Exotic Dancer Litigation in Federal Court"
2013
Strategic Solutions for Solo and Small Firms Conference
"20 Tips to Make Litigation Practice Just a Little Easier"
2012
Strategic Solutions for Solo and Small Firms Conference
"Dealing with Difficult Opposing Counsel: A panel of experienced practitioners share insights into this challenging aspect of your practice.”
2012
Strategic Solutions for Solo and Small Firms Conference
"Your Boss Did What? Employment Law 101 and the ABC's of Finding a Good Case."
2012
Hennepin County Bar Association
“Class Action Waivers in Arbitration Agreements: The state of the law one year after AT&T Mobility v. Concepcion, 131 S. Ct. 1720 (2011).”
Publications
2008
26 LAW & INEQ. 133
Pressing Forward: Connecticut's Approach to Embryonic Stem Cell Research
Languages
English
Activity
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