Overview

Grant Goerke’s practice includes a variety of labor and employment matters. He focuses on wage and hour class action and single plaintiff litigation, as well as drug and alcohol testing litigation and policy review. He has presented to a variety of groups on Minnesota’s drug and alcohol testing laws and recent changes to the treatment of marijuana.

Before joining Littler, Grant was an insurance defense lawyer at a law firm in Minneapolis, where he also worked on employment issues, including employer responses to Minnesota’s medical cannabis law. Grant previously clerked at the Minnesota Court of Appeals for the Hon. Judges Michelle A. Larkin, Jill Flaskamp Hallbrooks, Kevin G. Ross, and Carol Hooten. During law school, he was a member of the William Mitchell Law Review.

Grant also works as a pro bono attorney with the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota.

Professional & Community Affiliations

Member

Minnesota State Bar Association

Member

Minnesota Defense Lawyers Association

Member

Hennepin County Bar Association

Recognition

Named, Ones to Watch

The Best Lawyers in America®

2022-2024

Named, North Star Lawyer

MSBA

2018

Speaking Engagements

Risks and Strategies for Employers as Minnesota Expands Marijuana Access

Twin Cities Society for Human Resource Management – 2023 Legal Summit, Minneapolis, MN

February 2023

THC Legalization and the Impacts on the Workplace

Southwest Human Resource Association, Marshall, MN

January 2023

2021 Upper Midwest Virtual Regional Employer Conference

Minneapolis, MN

October 20, 2021

Marijuana and the Workplace

Minneapolis, MN

December 5, 2019

Tough Terminations in Five Steps: A Panel Discussion

Nonprofit Insurance Trust Employment Practices Seminar, Eagan, MN

September 2018

Crime & Management: Handling Employees’ Criminal Charges Before and After Hiring

Nonprofit Insurance Trust Employment Practices Seminar, Eagan, MN

June 2017

Education

  • J.D., William Mitchell College of Law, 2013magna cum laude
  • B.A., University of St. Thomas, 2010magna cum laude

Bar Admission

Minnesota

Courts

  • U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota
  • U.S. District Court, District of North Dakota
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan