Mr. Droke is a partner and the Labor and Employment Co-Department Head. He is also co-Chair of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Practice Group, and member of the Privacy Practice Group, Executive Compensation Team, and Electronic Discovery Practice Group. He is currently the Partner-in-Charge of LegalMine, Dorsey's state-of-the-art document review service. He was Dorsey & Whitney Partner of the Year in 2001.
Capabilities- Litigation Defense And Dispute Resolution: defend technology, financial, manufacturing, agricultural, and other employers in litigation involving claims of wrongful discharge, discrimination, disability rights, harassment, wage and hour claims (including commission pay), non-competition violations and trade secret violations. Successfully resolve lawsuits effectively and efficiently, consistent with the employer’s strategic objectives.
- Preventative Counseling: regularly advise employers on practical, thorough compliance with employment and labor law, with a focus on employers’ operational and strategic needs. Provide strategic advice and operational expertise to clients in support of their strategic direction. Substantive legal issues include sexual and other harassment, employment termination, executive compensation, family and medical leaves of absence, and workplace restructuring (mergers, acquisitions and mass layoffs).
- Union-Management Relations: Chief negotiator for numerous collective bargaining agreements. Successfully obtained several mass picketing injunctions, defended arbitrations, and advised employers on NLRA compliance during strike to avoid 8(a)(5) and 8(a)(3) charges.
- Employment Law Training: provide management training on all aspects of employment law, including managing within the law, fundamentals of effective leadership, sexual harassment prevention and response, leaves of absence, and termination without liability.