Grant T. Collins

Practice Areas

• Labor Law
  • NLRB Representation Cases, Unit Clarification Cases, and Unfair Labor Practice Cases
  • Labor Arbitration
  • Strikes and Lockouts
  • Contract Interpretation
• Employment Law
  • Wage & Hour Compliance
  • Higher Education Employee Relations
  • Public Employer Employee Relations
• Employment Litigation
  • Hybrid Class/Collective Actions
  • Employment Discrimination
  • EEOC Charge Responses
• Social Networking

Professional Certifications, Awards and Designations

• Named a Rising Star by Super Lawyers ® 2017

Representative Work

Moseley et al. v. Fairview Health Services, Inc., (Minn. Dist. Ct. 2013) – Successfully defend class certification attempt and obtain complete dismissal of all of plaintiffs’ claims

• Magee v. Trustees of the Hamline University, No. 11-CV-00949 (D. Minn. 2012) – Obtain complete dismissal of former employee’s state and federal claims
• Energy Center, LLC v. Falls and Pinnacle Owners’ Assocation, 2012 WL 254500 (Minn. Ct. App. 2012) – Minnesota Court of Appeals affirms district court’s grant of summary judgment in client’s favor
• Lawson v. South Metro Human Services, 2011 WL 1576512 (D. Minn. 2011) – Obtain partial dismissal of complaint in a wrongful death action
• Cruz v. Lawson Software, Inc., 764 F. Supp. 2d 1050 (D. Minn. 2011) – Provide litigation support in hybrid class/collective action under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act and state law. Ultimately prevail on summary judgment.
• Fearn v. Blazin’ Beier Ranch, Inc., No. 11-cv-00743 (D. Minn. 2011) – Negotiate favorable settlement in hybrid class/collective action under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act and state law

Bar Admissions

• Minnesota, 2010

Professional Activities and Memberships

• Minnesota State Bar Association
• Hennepin County Bar Association
• Federal Bar Association

Education

• J.D., University of Minnesota Law School, magna cum laude;  core concentration in Labor and Employment Law, 2009
• B.A., University of Wisconsin-Madison, with distinction,Political Science, Legal Studies, 2005, Phi Beta Kappa

Articles

• Grant T. Collins & Sara G. McGrane, Monitoring Employee Email—Traps for Unwary Employers, The Bridge (July 2010)
• Grant T. Collins & Penelope J. Phillips, Cost-Cutting Measures that Could Cost You: ‘Off-the-Clock’ Work and Independent Contractors, Minnesota Lawyer (June 2010)
• Grant T. Collins & Penelope J. Phillips, Drafting Disciplinary Memos, Discipline and Discharge Handbook (Minnesota CLE 2010)
• Grant T. Collins & Penelope J. Phillips, Overview of Reasonable Accommodation and the Shifting Emphasis from Who is Disabled to Who Can Work, 34 Hamline L. Rev. 469 (2011)
  Presentations
• Grant T. Collins & Sara G. McGrane, Retaliation: Snatching Defeat from the Jaws of Victory, 2012 Felhaber Labor & Employment Law Seminar, Minneapolis, Minnesota (Oct. 2012)
• Grant T. Collins & Sara G. McGrane, Workplace Social Networking – The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, West Central Minnesota Employment Law Update, Alexandria, Minnesota (May 2012)
• Grant T. Collins & Sara G. McGrane, Your Tweeting Workforce, 2011 Felhaber Labor & Employment Law Seminar, Minneapolis, Minnesota (Nov. 2012)
• Grant T. Collins & Jessica M. Marsh, Labor Law Update: The Obama Board and Beyond, Paramount Seminar, Minneapolis, Minnesota (Aug. 2010)

Teaching

• University of Minnesota Law School, Legal Writing Instructor

• Child Neurology Foundation (Steering Committee)
• MAP for Nonprofits (Volunteer)