Mark T. Berhow
Mark T. Berhow
Partner
He/Him
"I strive to provide my clients with creative, pro-active, and practical solutions that align with their best interests and advance their business goals."
Mark T. Berhow
Partner
He/Him
"I strive to provide my clients with creative, pro-active, and practical solutions that align with their best interests and advance their business goals."
About Mark
Mark represents corporations, employers, and educational institutions in complex matters, ranging from real estate, contractual disputes, and high stakes personal injury cases to collective, class, and hybrid actions under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), state wage and hour laws, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and state human rights acts. Drawing on over two decades of experience, he also defends officers, directors, and corporations in commercial and shareholder disputes, including class actions.
Mark advises senior executives, business owners, medical providers, lenders, and both for-profit and nonprofit corporations in complex litigation involving covenants not to compete, severance agreements, trade secrets, professional, financial, and breach of fiduciary duty claims.
His experience extends to employment law, financial services, education, insurance, privacy, professional services, and construction.
Mark currently serves on the firm’s Executive Committee.
Areas of Focus
Industries:
Experience
- Defended a university in a highly publicized case, securing a dismissal of all claims, including defamation, reprisal, breach of contract, and intentional infliction of emotional distress.
- Defended officers and directors in a $200 million breach of fiduciary duty claim, resulting in a dismissal.
- Obtained a $10 million summary judgment award for a commercial lender in a complex breach of guaranty action involving significant counterclaims.
- Defended numerous matters before the Minnesota Department of Human Rights, obtaining no probable cause determinations and successful predetermination resolutions.
- Defended and resolved a variety of Equal Employment Opportunity Commission claims against employers both prior to and during the conciliation process.
Recognition
- Minnesota Super Lawyers, Rising Star, 2009 – 2015
- University of Minnesota Law School, Dean's List; Journal of Law and Inequality, Writer
Credentials
Education
- University of Minnesota Law School, JD, cum laude, 2001
- University of Minnesota, BA, summa cum laude, 1998
Bar Admissions
- Minnesota
Court Admissions
- US Supreme Court
- US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
- US District Court for the District of Colorado
- US District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
- US District Court for the District of Minnesota
- US District Court for the District of North Dakota
- US District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin
Thought Leadership
Interests
Community/Civic Activities
- Summit Hill Association, Vice President; Board of Directors; Zoning and Land Use Committee, Chair
Thought Leadership
Mark's Insights
Employment Law Observer
Nov 14, 2019
Employment Law Observer
Jun 26, 2017
Minneapolis and St. Paul Sick and Safe Time Ordinances Set to Take Effect July 1st
Employment Law Observer
Nov 14, 2019
Employment Law Observer
Jun 26, 2017
Minneapolis and St. Paul Sick and Safe Time Ordinances Set to Take Effect July 1st
