Introduction
Lori-Ann Jones is an associate in the firm’s Employment & Labor Law and Litigation Groups. She focuses her practice on workers’ compensation, OSHA contests and trials, and general tort matters. Lori-Ann has experience taking plaintiff and employee depositions, physician depositions, representing clients in Administrative Hearings, as well as drafting pleadings and motions, including summary judgment motions. Lori-Ann has second-chaired two trials, tried workers’ compensation cases, and written numerous pre-trial memorandums and appellant briefs.
Education
- Tulane University Law School, J.D., 2008
- Oakwood College, B.A., cum laude, 2005
Bar Admissions
- Minnesota, 2008
Practice Areas
Selected Publications & Presentations
- “Workers’ Compensation Claims/ADA/FMLA: How to Make it All Work,” Fredrikson & Byron’s 27th Annual Employment & Labor Law Seminar, November 10, 2011
- “FMLA/ADA/Workers’ Comp-Are You Certain Which One Applies and When?,” Fredrikson & Byron’s 26th Annual Employment & Labor Law Seminar, October 7, 2010
- “OSHA Begins Its National Emphasis Program on Recordkeeping,” FredNEWS: Employment & Labor, January 2010
- Speaker, Workers’ Compensation and Beyond: Key Trends and Developments that Employers Need to Know, May 5, 2009
Professional Activities
- Minnesota Association of Black Lawyers, Vice President
- Minnesota Bar Association
- Tulane University Domestic Violence Clinic, Law Clerk
- Tulane University Legal Assistance Program, Law Clerk
Honors & Distinctions
- Tulane Environmental Law Journal
Community Involvement
- Volunteer Lawyers Network