Profile
Susan M. Coler is a member of Halunen & Associates, an employment and consumer protection law firm with offices in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and Chicago, Illinois. Her practice at the firm focuses on the litigation of class and collective actions on behalf of consumers and employees, individual employment discrimination and sexual harassment cases, qui tam actions brought under the False Claims Act, whistleblower protection cases, severance disputes, consumer law violations and violations of wage and hour laws.
Susan graduated cum laude from Northwestern University School of Law in Chicago, in 1989, and then began her legal career serving as a law clerk to the Honorable Robert G. Renner of the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota. She practices in both states and is board certified as a specialist in labor and employment law by the Minnesota State Bar Association. Susan is also a published author, a frequent speaker on class action and employment law issues at local, regional and national legal conferences, and an active member of several professional organizations, including the National Employment Lawyers Association.
About Susan Coler
Law School: Northwestern University School of Law
Admitted: 1989, Minnesota
Professional Webpage: www.halunenlaw.com/news/attorney-profiles/attorney-profile-s...
Honors and Awards:
- Northwestern University School of Law, Cum Laude
Scholarly Lectures and Writings:
- "Handling Class Actions under the ADEA," Employee Rights and Employment Law Journal (Chicago-Kent College of Law/Illinois Institute of Technology) (With Laurie A. McCann, Cathy Ventrell-Monsees) ,Vol. 10, Number 2/ 2006.
- "Resisting and Limiting Defense Access to Medical and Other Private Information," NELA National Convention, 2001
- "Punitive Damages After Kolstad," Employment Law Institute, Minnesota CLE, 2002
- "Developments in Minnesota Whistleblower Law," MSBA Mid-Winter Labor and Employment Section Lunch Meeting, 2005
- "Handling Class Actions Under the ADEA," Impact Litigation: Representing Workers in Class, Collective & Multiple Plaintiff Actions, NELA, 2005
- "Class Actions: Do Big Cases Against Big Defendants Get a Small Office, Big Money, Big Problems or Both?" NELA Eighth Circuit Conference, 2006
- "Attacking Releases and Waivers: A Plaintiff’s Perspective," Employment Law Institute, Minnesota CLE, 2007
- "Rethinking Remedies: Effective Approaches to Changing a Discriminatory Workplace," Strategic Conference on Title VII Class Actions, Impact Fund 2007
- "Representing Immigrant Workers: The Intersection of Employment, Immigration and Human Trafficking Law,"Minn. NELA Monthly Meeting, 2008
- "Attacking Mass Layoffs," NELA' National Convention, 2009
- "High-Caliber Litigation of Employment Cases in an Ever Expanding E-World," NELA Eighth Circuit Conference, 2008
- "Family Responsibilities Discrimination: New Resources and another Lens for Analyzing and Winning Gender and Caregiver Discrimination Cases," Minn. NELA Monthly Meeting, 2009
- "Ethical Issues in Class Actions," NELA's National Convention, 2010
Educational Background:
- Mundelein College, B.A., Music, summa cum Laude
- University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, M.M., Music History
- Loyola University, M.P.S., Pastoral Studies
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