Frances E. Baillon
Frances Baillon
Minneapolis
Minnesota (MN)
Employment & Labor
Profile
Frances E. Baillon practices exclusively on behalf of plaintiffs in the area of employment law. Ms. Baillon's litigation experience includes trial and appellate work in both state and federal court. She has argued cases before the Minnesota state and federal district courts, the Minnesota Supreme Court, the Minnesota Court of Appeals and Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals. She has successfully tried and argued cases involving sexual harassment, retaliation, discrimination, wrongful termination and other types of employer misconduct, and cases that involve civil rights or consumer rights violations.
Ms. Baillon received her law degree from William Mitchell College of Law in St. Paul, Minnesota, in 1998, where she was also a participant, and later a board member, of the Rosalie Wahl Moot Court Competition. Prior to becoming a founding partner of Baillon Thome Jozwiak Miller & Wanta, Ms. Baillon was an attorney at Jeff Anderson & Associates and Halunen & Associates. Ms. Baillon has co-authored articles published by Fordham Urban Law Journal, the Minnesota Trial Lawyers Association and the American Association for Justice, and has presented before the MSBA and Minnesota National Employment Lawyers Association. She has been selected for inclusion in Minnesota Law & Politics magazine's "Rising Stars" list on multiple occasions.
Selected To
Minnesota Rising Stars 2011
Minnesota Rising Stars 2009
Minnesota Rising Stars 2008
Minnesota Rising Stars 2005
Minnesota Rising Stars 2004
About Frances Baillon
Admitted: 1998, Minnesota
Professional Webpage: baillonthome.com/profile/frances-e-baillon
Honors and Awards:
- Competitor and Board Member of Rosalie E. Wall Moot Court Competition, William Mitchell College of Law
Bar/Professional Activity:
- Board Member, Minnesota Chapter, National Employment Lawyers Association, 2001 - 2004
- Member, Minnesota Chapter, National Employment Lawyers Association, 1999 - Present
- National Employment Lawyers Association, 1999 - Present
- Minnesota State Bar Association, 1998 - Present
- Minnesota, 1998
- U.S. District Court District of Minnesota, 1999
- U.S. Court of Appeals 8th Circuit, 2000
Scholarly Lectures and Writings:
- "Sexual Harassment Law and Practice," Minnesota Trial Lawyers Association Employment Law Handbook
- "When Clergy Fail Their Flock - Innovative Strategies for Prevention, Healing and Justice," American Association for Justice, 2003
- "The First Amendment: Churches Seeking Sanctuary for the Sins of the Fathers," Fordham Urban Law Journal, Vol. 31, 2004
Representative Clients:
- Gilbert v. MetLife Auto and Home, Civ. No. 09-1990 (Oct. 7, 2011) (finding employees MHRA disability discrimination claim survives her death for purposes of recovering special damages)
- Schmitz v. United States Steel Corp., 2010 WL 4941668 (Minn.Ct.App. Dec. 7, 2010)
- Bahr v. Capella University, 788 N.W.2d 76 (Minn. 2010)
- Kaufenberg v. Schwans Home Services, Inc., 2009 WL 234014, No. A08-0214 (Feb. 3, Minn.App. 2009) (worker’s compensation retaliation case) (cert. denied)
- Moore v. Epperson Underwriting Co., 2007 WL 2332755, No. Civ. 06-2563 (D.Minn. Aug. 15, 2007) (successfully defeated motion for summary judgment in disability and Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA))
- Hayes v. Dapper, 2008 WL 4301018, No. A07-1878 (Sept. 23, Minn. Ct. App. 2008) (reversing dismissal of whistleblower case because a report need not be formal to constitute protected conduct and questions of fact remained whether the report was made in good faith)
- Frieler v. Carlson Marketing Group, 751 N.W.2d 558 (Minn.2008) (establishing standard of liability for supervisor sexual harassment)
Educational Background:
- Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa, B.A. in English, 1995
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