Jade Jorgenson is an associate with Fredrikson & Byron’s labor and employment group, focusing her practice on defending employers in employment-related litigation and advising clients on a variety of day-to-day employment and business disputes.
Jade represents employers in all stages of litigation in state and federal courts, as well as federal, state and municipal agencies (including the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the Minnesota Department of Human Rights), on a full range of employment issues, including discrimination, retaliation, wrongful discharge, contract, noncompetition, trade secret, defamation, whistleblower claims and sexual harassment.
Jade also prepares and reviews a variety of employment agreement policies, including employment contracts, separation agreements, employee handbooks and non-competition and confidentiality agreements.
Jade has also advised and represented school districts on a number of school-related issues.
Prior to joining Fredrikson & Byron, Jade served as a Judicial Law Clerk to the Honorable Kathleen A. Mottl of the Tenth Judicial District. After receiving her J.D. from the University of Minnesota Law School, she served as a Judicial Law Clerk for two Magistrate and four Circuit Court Judges in the Unified Judicial System in the Fourth Judicial Circuit of South Dakota.
EDUCATION
- University of Minnesota Law School, J.D., 2014, cum laude
- South Dakota State University, B.S., 2011, magna cum laude
BAR ADMISSIONS
- Minnesota, 2015
- U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota, 2017
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, 2017
- North Dakota, 2016
- U.S. District Court, District of North Dakota, 2016
- South Dakota, 2015
- U.S. District Court, District of South Dakota, 2017
HONORS
- Minnesota State Bar Association, North Star Lawyer, 2017
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
- Judicial Law Clerk, Honorable Kathleen A. Mottl, Tenth Judicial District of Minnesota, 2015
- Judicial Law Clerk, Unified Judicial System – Fourth Judicial Circuit of South Dakota, 2014-2015
- Law Clerk, United States Attorney’s Office – District of South Dakota, 2013
- Intern, United States House Representatives, 2012
