Mary Ellen Reihsen
Mary Ellen serves as general counsel, providing corporate and employment law services, to technology and media conglomerates operating nationwide; numerous hospitality and live events businesses across the country; as well as start-ups, manufacturers, and eldercare facilities.
Mary Ellen drafts and negotiates complex agreements, protecting her client’s contractual interests, while focusing on and preserving the ongoing business relationship the parties will continue to have.
From a multi-jurisdictional position, Mary Ellen advises clients on data privacy policies and protocols. She provides guidance on the evolving laws and requirements regarding consumer data storage, breach response plans, and removal requests.
Mary Ellen also counsels clients on a wide range of labor and employment issues, including state and federal family leave, disabilities and related leaves and reasonable accommodations, wage and hour, civil rights, discrimination, harassment, and navigating collective bargaining issues. Additionally, Mary Ellen provides evolving guidance to businesses on Coronavirus policies and safety practices.
Assistant
- Gina H. Baumann
- [email protected]
- Phone: 952-746-2146
Experience
- Provide counsel to for national media company, with employees in 40+ US States, addressing issues of discrimination, harassment, whistleblower and retaliation complaints, as well as other complaints under the FMLA, ADA, ADEA, Title VII, Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), the Minnesota Human Rights Act (MHRA), and the Washington Law Against Discrimination (WLAD)
- Complex business-to-business agreements between tech companies addressing, detailed limited licensing, for $1 million plus in annual revenues
- Navigating plant closures, and expanding locations into new regions by offering incentive and retirement packages, executive retention agreements, and assisting employers with all necessary compliance and procedure requirements
- Draft, review and negotiation of commercial leases for companies expanding into multiple locations
- Counsels companies and individuals on non-disclosure, non-compete, non-solicitation, confidentiality and other restrictive covenants
- Representation and agreement drafting and negotiation of international textile manufacturers and importation companies
- Assist with international hiring and employment outside the US
- Assist businesses in response to audits from regulatory agencies; DOL, IRS, DOH, etc.
- Work with employers in recognizing protected unionizing activity, and addressing collective bargaining concerns
- Mergers and acquisitions for large healthcare facility addressing the sale of assets, and retention of key employees
- Negotiation of employment offers for executives addressing equity grants, bonus structure, and complex terms surrounding restrictive covenants
- Complex business-to-client master service agreements addressing services, liabilities, payment strategies, safety policies, and jurisdictionally specific protections
- Corporate document drafting and review (Operation and Shareholder Agreements, Amendments and Restatements, Resolutions)
- Regular speaker for the hospitality and live event industry member organizations nationwide
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Affiliations:
- Member, Saint Paul Chamber of Commerce Ambassadors Group
- Member and Presenter, Woodbury Chamber of Commerce
Honors & Awards:
- Moot Court Negotiation Team – National Champions, 2007
- Rotary International Exchange Student – Brazil, 1999
Past Seminars
- Legal & Business Issues Affecting Contractors 2020
- 2019 Community Association Fall Seminar
- CLE: Millennials and Gen Xers Are in Your Jury – Are You Ready?
- 2019 Community Association Spring Seminar
- 2019 Community Association Spring Seminar
- Legal and Business Issues Affecting Contractors 2019
- Community Association Seminar Fall 2018
- Divorce Litigation from Start to Finish
- New Overtime Rules Seminar 2016
- Second Saturday Divorce Seminar
- Community Association Seminar Fall 2016
- Revocable Living Trusts from Start to Finish
- Entertainment Law
- Revocable Trusts from A to Z
- Business Decisions You Can Bank On
- Cyberliability Insurance Session
- Intellectual Property – Armor for Entrepreneurs
- Small Business Series: Wage and Hour Issues
- Mastering Fiduciary Accounting Income
- Small Business Series: Succession Planning
- Drafting IRA Trusts
- Proactive vs. Reactive: Charitable Giving Seminar
- 2017 Women’s Entrepreneurship Conference
- Small Business Series: Intellectual Property
- Community Association Seminar Spring 2017
- Trusts From A to Z
- 2017 Probate & Trust Law Conference
- What Can You Do With Property Nobody Wants?
- How Not to Get Sued
- Estate Planning: The Ultimate Guide
- How To Get It Done: A Homeowners Guide
- Accommodation Requests Under the Fair Housing Act
- Small Business Series: Business Banking
- Legal and Business Issues Affecting Contractors 2017
- Commercial RE Seminar: Environmental Due Diligence
- ABA Property Insurance Law Spring CLE Conference
- Community Association Seminar Spring 2018
- Preventative Maintenance & Const. Defect Claims
- Single Member LLCs
- Revocable Living Trusts 101
- Trust Taxation: The Ultimate Guide
- Legal and Business Issues Affecting Contractors 2018
- Intellectual Property: Start to Finish
- 2017 Greater Mankato MHA Conference and Trade Show
- Community Association Seminar Fall 2017
- Drafting IRA Trusts
- Small Business Series: Non-Competes & More
- Rochester Community Association Seminar 2017
- What’s Your End Game? Succession Planning
- Handling the Sale of a Business
- “Guilty Until Proven Innocent” Flooring Seminar