Ms. Lengnick has a substantial counseling practice, advising employers in a variety of preventive contexts including sexual harassment training and investigations, workplace discipline, wage and hour issues, non-compete and trade secrets issues, and personnel policy reviews.  She has developed a special expertise on issues related to the Family and Medical Leave Act and Americans with Disabilities Act.

Ms. Lengnick has successfully defended employers in individual and class action litigation in state and federal courts, as well as in administrative proceedings.  Her clients have ranged from start-ups to Fortune 500 corporations in a variety of industries, and have included Big Three automakers, automotive finance companies, suppliers, a global aerospace corporation, a major internet retailer, a large state university, a mid-sized private college, and a variety of non-profit entities.

Ms. Lengnick obtained her law degree magna cum laude from the University of Minnesota in 1995, where she was a member of the Order of the Coif and was Note and Comment Editor for the Minnesota Law Review.  She obtained her undergraduate degree cum laude from Williams College in 1988, where she was the scrum captain and four-time MVP on the women’s rugby team.  Ms. Lengnick also received a master’s degree from the University of Minnesota in 1994, where her studies focused on law, psychology, and statistics.  Before joining the firm’s predecessor, Kienbaum Opperwall Hardy & Pelton, she was a partner in the labor and employment group at Perkins Coie in Seattle, Washington.  Prior to that, she was an associate at Sidley & Austin in Chicago.