Quinlivan & Hughes and Brown, Krueger & Vancura are excited to announce the successful merger between the Long Prairie based BKV and the St. Cloud based Q&H effective April 1, 2021. Along with adding two talented attorneys and expanding the practice areas...
Firm News
Jessie Sogge Becomes a Shareholder of Q&H
Quinlivan & Hughes announced today that Jessie (Becker) Sogge has been elected a shareholder of the firm. Born and raised in central Minnesota, Sogge returned to her roots after obtaining her Juris Doctorate to practice law from Hamline University Law School. She...
Reasonable Accommodations for Employees With Disabilities
Employers with 15 or more employees are legally required to provide reasonable accommodations for any employees with a disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The ADA requires these reasonable accommodations to ensure that people with qualifying...
Ebert, Schwegman, Kjellberg-Nelson Named Super Lawyers and Sogge Receives Rising Star Honor
Four attorneys at Quinlivan & Hughes have again been recognized among the best attorneys in Minnesota by Super Lawyers. Dyan Ebert, Steven Schwegman, and Cally Kjellberg-Nelson have been named 2020 Super Lawyers and Jessie Sogge has been named a 2020 Rising Star....
Dyan Ebert Named President of the Minnesota State Bar Association
Dyan Ebert of Quinlivan & Hughes has been named President of the Minnesota State Bar Association and will serve as president over the next year starting July 1, 2020. The passing of the gavel took place at the MSBA Virtual Convention on Thursday, June 25, 2020....
Coping with an Employee Death
Losing a valued employee can be like losing a family member. Whether their death was expected or not, there are some ways in which an employer can cope with, and show respect, during this somber and tumultuous time. It is always difficult to determine how to...
Reasonable Accommodation Tips for the Workplace
We are willing to bet that every employer has an employee that can be classified as disabled as that term is defined under state and federal law. The result is that employers must have an understanding of how to address reasonable accommodation requests or needs that...
The Minnesota Supreme Court issued a decision in Getz v. Peace, et. al. that will impact recovery for Medicaid beneficiaries in personal injury cases.
On October 16, 2019, the Minnesota Supreme Court issued a decision in Getz v. Peace, et. al. that will impact recovery for Medicaid beneficiaries in personal injury cases. The Supreme Court held that discounts received by Medicaid are not collateral sources subject to...
Minnesota Supreme Court Limits Right Of Public Employers To Restructure Operations When Doing So Threatens Elimination Of Union
In the recent case of Firefighters Union Local 4725 v. City of Brainerd, the Minnesota Supreme Court ruled that despite a provision in the Public Employment Labor Relations Act (PELRA) that allows public employers to restructure their operations without an obligation...
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