Overview
Danny provides clients with comprehensive legal guidance to help navigate the increasingly complex landscape of federal, state and local employment laws.
Danny focuses his practice on a broad range of labor and employment law matters, with a specific emphasis on wage and hour advice and litigation. He regularly defends employers against single-plaintiff, class and collective actions before state and federal courts, administrative agencies and arbitration panels involving the following claims:
- Wage and hour
- Discrimination, harassment and retaliation
- Whistleblower
- Leaves and accommodations
Danny also works closely with employers to ensure compliance with specific areas related to employee compensation including:
- Minimum wage
- Overtime compensation
- Incentive compensation plans
- Remote worker compensation
Prior to joining Fredrikson, Danny practiced labor and employment law at an AmLaw 100 firm. After receiving his J.D., Danny served as a judicial clerk for two years at the Kentucky Supreme Court.
Services
Credentials
Education
- University of Tennessee College of Law, J.D., 2018, magna cum laude
- Minnesota State University, Moorhead, B.S., 2015, summa cum laude
Admissions
- Minnesota, 2020
- Kentucky, 2018
- U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota, 2020
- U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee, 2022
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, 2023
Clerkships
- Judicial Law Clerk, Honorable Laurance B. VanMeter, Kentucky Supreme Court, 2018-2020
Recognition
- Order of the Coif
- Order of Barristers
- Clinical Legal Education Association: Outstanding Clinical Student Award
Civic & Professional
Professional Activities
- Ramsey County Bar Association, Member
- Minnesota Bar Association, Member
- Tennessee Law Review, Executive Editor
- Tennessee Journal of Race, Gender, & Social Justice, Managing Editor
