Dan Prokott advises businesses regarding complex workplace matters.  He represents employers of all sizes, including public and private companies, emerging businesses and non-profit organizations. Dan's clients include businesses across many different industries, including medical technology, financial services, and manufacturing and industrials.

Representative work includes:

• Advising businesses regarding hiring practices, including issues related to non-discrimination, non-competition, pre-employment testing and background checks
• Reviewing and drafting offer-of-employment letters and employee handbooks
• Preparing executive and sales compensation agreements
• Preparing non-competition and confidentiality agreements, and advising clients on the enforceability of these types of agreements
• Advising employers regarding employee rights under the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA), the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
• Assisting employers with complex employee discipline and discharge matters, including drafting disciplinary documentation, severance plans and separation and release agreements
• Counseling employers on best practices for managing and implementing employee restructurings and voluntary and involuntary workforce reductions, including release requirements under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) and the Older Workers Benefits Protection Act (OWBPA), and compliance with the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN)

In his counseling practice, Dan draws upon his experience defending employers against age, race, sex, national origin, religious, disability, sexual orientation and retaliation claims, including defending employers in multiple plaintiff and class action litigation. This litigation experience enables Dan to better advise employers regarding employment decisions by understanding how such decisions may be questioned and will be defended if challenged by employees in court or before administrative agencies, including the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Minnesota Department of Human Rights, or other state and local administrative agencies.

Dan is chair of the firm's Electronic Discovery Practice and regularly counsels clients on records management and legal hold practices to limit the costs and risks of electronic discovery in litigation.

Dan's experience also includes defending companies in multimillion-dollar contract disputes and representing clients before the Minnesota Legislature.

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