Paul J. Lukas

Paul Lukas's aggressive and creative litigation strategies enable him to successfully represent his clients. Paul has been recognized by his peers as one of the "Top 40 Employment Law Lawyers" in Minnesota and is consistently named to the Super Lawyers list. Courageous and persistent, Paul is a committed advocate for employee and consumer's rights.

Having tried nearly fifty cases, Paul is also a trial veteran with proven results. Early in his career, Paul tried a wide variety of criminal cases, including the nationally renowned State v. Porter case. Winning that case at the Minnesota Supreme Court, Paul helped set the standard for prosecutorial misconduct in criminal cases. After honing his trial skills in the criminal arena, Paul focused his practice on employment litigation, obtaining favorable verdicts for employees in overtime, age, race, national origin, sex discrimination, sex harassment, whistleblower, sexual assault, retaliation, and minority shareholder cases. As a member of NKA's National Class and Collective Action Litigation Team, Paul currently litigates wage and hour and consumer class and collective actions. He has represented thousands of employees and consumers in these practice areas, obtaining well over 100 million dollars for those clients.

Paul's energy and charisma have made him a nationally recognized lecturer on topics such as wage and hour law, employment law, and civil litigation strategies.

Email: Paul J. Lukas
Phone: 612.256.3205
FAX: 612.215.6870
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Admissions

Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals

Minnesota Supreme Court

New York Supreme Court

U.S. District Court for Colorado

U.S. District Court for Northern District of Illinois

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan

U.S. District Court for Minnesota

U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma

U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee

U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin

Education

J.D., 1991 William Mitchell College of Law

B.A., 1988 St. John’s University

Publications/Speaking Engagements

2010 American Conference Institute’s 9th National Forum on Wage & Hour Claims and Class Actions, “From the Plaintiffs’ Bar: Adapting Your Defense Strategies to New and Innovative Wage and Hour Claims,” (New York, New York)

2010 Upper Midwest Employment Law Institute: Panelist for “2010 FLSA Update – In-Depth,” (St. Paul, Minnesota)

2010 Upper Midwest Employment Law Institute: Panelist for “FLSA Litigation – The Hottest Issues in the Hottest Cases,” (St. Paul, Minnesota)

2010 Upper Midwest Employment Law Institute: Panelist for “Spotting and Preventing FLSA Landmines Before They Explode,” (St. Paul, Minnesota)


2010 Minnesota CLE: The New Lawyer Experience; Everything But the Kitchen Sink? Conducting Effective and Efficient Written Discovery (Minneapolis, MN)

Highlights of the 2009 Upper Midwest Employment Law Institute; 2009 FLSA Update (Minneapolis, MN)

2009 Minnesota CLE: Critical Employment Issues in Difficult Times (Minneapolis, MN)

2009 Minnesota CLE: Advanced Civil Litigation Institute: Winning Before Trial; Secrets of Case-Changing Depositions (Minneapolis, MN)

2009 Upper Midwest Employment Law Institute; 2009 FLSA Update- In-Depth (St. Paul, MN)

2009 American Conference Institute's 7th National Forum on Wage & Hour Claims and Class Actions (New York, NY)

2009 Minnesota CLE: The New Lawyer Experience; Everything But the Kitchen Sink? Conducting Effective and Efficient Written Discovery (Minneapolis, MN)

2008 Minnesota CLE: Critical Employment Issues in Difficult Times (Minneapolis, MN )

2008 American Conference Institute's 6th National Forum on Wage & Hour Claims and Class Actions (San Francisco, CA)

2008 Indiana NELA: Everything You Wanted to Know About Discovery But Were Afraid to Ask (Indianapolis, IN)

2008 National Employment Lawyers Association, Annual Conference: Turning the Table on Defendants in FLSA Cases (Atlanta, GA)

2008 Upper Midwest Employment Law Institute: Panelist for Advanced Trial Practice, "How to Bring and Defend the FLSA Case," (St. Paul, Minnesota)

2008 Upper Midwest Employment Law Institute: Panelist for Advanced Trial Practice, "Plaintiff's Panel for Winning FLSA Cases," (St. Paul, Minnesota)

2008 6th Annual National Forum on Wage & Hour Litigation: Panelist for "The View from the Plaintiffs’ Bar: Current and Future Targets of Wage & Hour Claims" (Miami, Florida)

2008 7th Annual 7th Circuit NELA Conference: An Employment Case from Soup to Nuts, “Discovery: How to Achieve Constant Pounding,” (Chicago, Illinois)

2008 Minnesota State Bar Association, “The New Lawyer Experience,” (Minneapolis, Minnesota)

2007 American Bar Association Section of Labor and Employment Law, “Litigating Wage and Hour Class Cases from A to Z from Class Certification through Appeal,” (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

2007 National Employment Lawyers Association, Representing Workers in Individual and Collective Actions Under the FLSA, "Advanced Issues in Collective Actions," (New Orleans, Louisiana)

2007 Minnesota State Bar Association Basics of Civil Litigation, “Everything but the Kitchen Sink? Conducting Effective and Efficient Written Discovery,” (Minneapolis, Minnesota)

2007 Minnesota Federal District Court Bar Annual Seminar, “The E-Discovery Amendments: What Standards Are Developing?” (Minneapolis, Minnesota)

2007 Upper Midwest Employment Law Institute, “Cutting Edge Issues in FLSA Litigation,” (St. Paul, Minnesota)

2007 American Conference Institute’s 4th National Forum on Wage & Hour Claims and Class Actions, “From the Plaintiffs’ Bar: What is Coming Down the Pike,” (New York, New York)

2007 NELA Spring Seminar, “It Isn't Just About Title VII - Retaliation Claims Under the ADEA, FLSA and ERISA,” (Chicago, Illinois)

2007 6th Annual 7th Circuit NELA Conference: Strategy & Tactics, “Strategy & Tactics in Employment Litigation – Tentative Steps Toward a Unified Theory,” (Chicago, Illinois)

2007 Metropolitan Washington Employment Lawyers Association, “Conducting Effective and Efficient Discovery in Employment Cases,” (Washington D.C.)

2007 Hennepin County Bar Association, “Hot Topics in Employment Law & Litigation,” (Minneapolis, Minnesota)

2006 17th Annual National NELA Convention, “Developing and Implementing an Effective Discovery Plan,” (San Francisco, California)

2006 Upper Midwest Employment Law Institute, “Recent Developments in the Eighth Circuit,” (St. Paul, Minnesota)

2006 8th Circuit NELA Conference, “A Starting Point – Helpful FLSA Cases for Plaintiffs’ Lawyers,” (Des Moines, Iowa)

2006 Hennepin County Bar Association, “Wage and Hour Claims in the Shadow of the New Regulations,” (Minneapolis, Minnesota)

2006 NELA Mid-Year, “Why Let Them Up For Air?” (San Diego, California)

2005 16th Annual National NELA Convention, “Efficient Discovery in Employment Cases,” (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

2005 Upper Midwest Employment Law Institute, “8th Circuit and Federal District Court Updates,” (St. Paul, Minnesota)

2004 Upper Midwest Employment Law Institute, “Plaintiff Counsels’ Love/Hate Relationship with the FLSA,” (St. Paul, Minnesota)

2004 Hennepin County Bar Association, “Recent Developments in the FLSA,” (Minneapolis, Minnesota)

2004 ABA Annual Meeting, “The Ultimate Arbitration Update,” (San Francisco, California)

2004 Minnesota State Bar Association, “Welcome to the New Mud Puddle – How the New Regulations Impact FLSA Litigation,” (Minneapolis, Minnesota)

2003 Lorman Institute Seminar, “Workers’ Compensation Meets Employment Law,” (St. Paul, Minnesota)

2003 Minnesota State Bar Association, “ADA/FMLA Tough Issues – The ADA and Undue Hardship,” (Minneapolis, Minnesota)

2003 Minnesota State Bar Association, “A Plaintiff Lawyer’s Perspective of the FLSA,” (Minneapolis, Minnesota)

Titles/Awards/Memberships

Named one of the “Top 40 Employment Law Lawyers,” Minnesota Law and Politics
Named to the Super Lawyers list, Minnesota Law and Politics
Named “Top Lawyer,” Mpls./St. Paul Magazine
Named in “Who’s Who in Employment Law,” Minnesota Law and Politics
Received Martindale Hubble, A.V. rating
Federal Labor Standards Legislation Committee Member
National Employment Lawyers Association (NELA) Member
Minnesota National Employment Lawyers Association (MNELA) Member
American Bar Association
Minnesota State Bar Association
New York State Bar Association
National Association of Consumer Advocates Member