Overview

Emily A. McNee represents clients in a variety of labor and employment law matters.

Prior to joining Littler, Emily was a judicial law clerk to the Hon. Louise Dovre Bjorkman at the Minnesota Court of Appeals.

During law school, Emily worked for an employment litigation firm on discrimination and harassment matters, interned in the civil rights division of the U. S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Minnesota, and was a judicial extern for the Hon. Ann D. Montgomery of the U. S. District Court for the District of Minnesota. In addition, she was a managing editor of the Minnesota Law Review and a legal writing instructor.

Focus Areas

Littler X-celerator

Professional & Community Affiliations

Member

American Bar Association

Member

Minnesota State Bar Association

Member

Hennepin County Bar Association

News, Analysis & Press

Workers’ Comp Doesn’t Preclude Discrimination Claim

Minnesota Lawyer

April 10, 2019

Minnesota Supreme Court Reverses Course: Employees May Assert Claims Both for Workers’ Compensation Benefits and for Disability Discrimination

ASAP

March 18, 2019

Littler Names New Leadership to Its Affinity Groups and Diversity & Inclusion Council

February 14, 2019

10 Tips for Developing an Appellate Practice as a Young Lawyer

American Bar Association

May 30, 2017

Supreme Court Upholds Consideration of Race in a College Admissions Program – What Does This Mean for Employer Diversity Efforts?

Insight

June 24, 2016

Minnesota Supreme Court Holds Six-Year Statute of Limitations Applies to Reporting Claims under the Minnesota Whistleblower Act

ASAP

January 22, 2016

NLRB Narrows Employer Limitations on Workplace Communications

Business Management Daily

February 3, 2015

Pregnancy Discrimination in Higher Education: Accommodating Student Pregnancy

20 Cardozo J.L. & Gender 63

2013

Note, Disrupting the Pickering Balance: First Amendment Protections for Teachers in the Digital Age

97 Minn. L. Rev. 1818

2013

Speaking Engagements

EEOC Charges from A to Z

Twin Cities SHRM Chapter (TCSHRM) Webinar

October 18, 2017

Education

  • J.D., University of Minnesota Law School, 2013magna cum laude
  • B.A., St. Olaf College, 2010magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa

Languages

  • French

Bar Admission

Minnesota

Courts

  • U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit
  • Minnesota Supreme Court
  • U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota
  • U.S. District Court, Western District of Wisconsin
  • U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois
  • U.S. District Court, District of North Dakota
  • U.S. District Court, District of Colorado