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Rick Pins is a shareholder in Leonard, Street and Deinard’s Labor and Employment Law practice group. He splits his practice equally between the labor and employment disciplines, and both counsels and litigates on behalf of clients. Rick also has considerable commercial litigation experience.
Rick has appeared before numerous state and federal judges and administrative agencies, including the Department of Labor, the National Labor Relations Board, and the EEOC. Rick has first chaired multiple trials and countless arbitrations, both labor and otherwise, and has argued before several state and federal district courts, as well as Minnesota and South Dakota courts of appeal.
Rick counsels clients daily in a variety of employment-related areas, including wage and hour, drug and alcohol testing, FMLA, discrimination, hiring, discipline, separation, privacy, background checking, record keeping and workplace violence. Rick also counsels clients on compliance with state and federal prevailing wage laws and transportation regulations. Rick frequently trains supervisors and employees on the basics of employment law, positive employee relations, and preventing workplace harassment and discrimination.
Rick has represented management in numerous collective bargaining negotiations, and in strikes and other labor disputes. Rick’s labor experience spans numerous industries, including, among others, the manufacturing, service, construction, hospitality, energy, communications, entertainment and health care industries. He has been recognized as a "Super Lawyer®" by Minnesota Law & Politics magazine.
PROFESSIONAL AND CIVIC ACTIVITIES
Member, Federal Bar Association
Member, American Bar Association
Member, Minnesota State Bar Association
Member, Hennepin County Bar Association
EDUCATION
J.D., cum laude, University of Minnesota Law School, 1995
B.A., with distinction, Economics and Political Science, University of
Wisconsin-Madison, 1992
ADMISSIONS
State of Minnesota, 1995
State of Wisconsin, 2003
U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, 1995
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, 2002 | 