E-Mail: pmharris@martinsquires.com

Pam has practiced employment law in Minnesota for more than 3 decades. Primarily representing small and medium-sized privately held or family-owned businesses and non-profits, she assists them in taking smart prevention steps to avoid or resolve employee disputes.

Pam assists employers with employee medical matters, including ADA, FMLA and workers’ compensation issues; employee discipline and termination; drafting and interpretation of policy and procedure manuals; manager and employee training in all employment law areas; drafting, interpretation and enforcement of employee agreements, including employment, non-compete, and separation agreements; wage and hour issues, including employee classification issues and development of compensation systems; and investigation and resolution of employee complaints of discrimination.

Pam is a frequent lecturer to managers and attorneys on varied employment law topics, and was an adjunct professor of employment law at Hamline University School of Law for 2 academic years. She also taught “Employment Law for Nonprofit Managers” in the Center for Nonprofit Management at the University of St. Thomas for 15 years.

Pam has this to say about her law practice:

I consider it a privilege to have been a business partner to employers in helping to manage some of their most challenging problems since 1978. I understand that employee issues can be uniquely disruptive and may require immediate undivided attention.

Areas of Practice

Labor and Employment

Discrimination and Civil Rights

Wage and Hour

Employment Agreements, including Noncompete Agreements

Manager and Employee Training

Employee Investigations

Education

University of Minnesota, B.A., cum laude, 1970

Hamline University School of Law, J.D., cum laude, 1978

Professional Activities

Admitted to practice in Minnesota state and Federal District courts

Rated “AV” by Martindale-Hubbell

Member of the Board of Directors: Northeast Bank

Trainer: Minnesota Department of Human Rights

Author and Speaker: Minnesota Continuing Legal Education

Member: Ramsey County and Minnesota State Bar Associations

Publications

Editor: Employment Law Statutory Deskbook, published by Minnesota Continuing Legal Education

Author: “American Red Cross 1992 National AIDS in the Workplace Manual and Training Materials”;

Author: “An Employer’s Guide to Employee Handbooks in Minnesota,” in collaboration with the Minnesota Small Business Assistance Office

Author: “Why and How to Conduct a Human Resources Audit in Minnesota,” in collaboration with the Minnesota Small Business Assistance Office

Community Activities

Councilmember: City of Falcon Heights, MN since 2005

Board Member: ServeMinnesota, Minnesota’s Commission on National and Community Service

Board Member: Friends of Ramsey County Libraries

Secretary of the Board: Rasmussen Foundation

Secretary of the Board: Roseville Rotary