Aubrey J. Zuger

Aubrey represents clients in a wide range of complex business matters. She focuses her practice on commercial litigation, including contract disputes, employment disputes, securities litigation, construction claims, shareholder disputes, business torts and real estate litigation.

Aubrey assists employers in a variety of employment-related disputes, including claims for discrimination, harassment, retaliation and wrongful termination. Aubrey has represented clients in disputes, including in arbitration, over collective bargaining agreements. Aubrey regularly appears in federal and state court in North Dakota and Minnesota, as well as before state agencies such as the Department of Labor and Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

Aubrey’s experience includes successfully defending a national broker-dealer at trial, as well as obtaining favorable trial verdicts, summary judgment rulings and settlements for other business clients. Aubrey has represented construction companies, in court and in arbitration, in actions arising from bonds, injuries on job sites and in disputes over non-payment of claims. Aubrey also handles probate and trust-related disputes, including breach of fiduciary duty claims, will disputes and guardian/conservator actions.

Aubrey also assists employers in a variety of employment-related disputes, including claims for discrimination, harassment, retaliation and wrongful termination. Aubrey regularly appears in federal and state court in North Dakota and Minnesota, as well as in arbitrations and before state agencies.

Prior to joining Fredrikson, Aubrey served as a judicial law clerk for the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit and the North Dakota Supreme Court. Aubrey works out of the Fargo, N.D., office.

Education

• University of North Dakota School of Law, J.D. 2008, with distinction
• University of Mary, B.S., 2004, magna cum laude

Admissions

• Minnesota, 2011
• North Dakota, 2008
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, 2009

Clerkships

• Judicial Law Clerk, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
• Judicial Law Clerk, North Dakota Supreme Court

• Best Lawyers in America, Employment Law - Management, 2021-2025; Litigation - Real Estate, 2021-2025; Commercial Litigation, 2022-2025
• Great Plains Super Lawyers, Business Litigation, 2020-2024
• Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, North Dakota - Labor & Employment, 2019-2024
• Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, North Dakota - Litigation: General Commercial, 2019-2024
• Prairie Business, 40 Under 40, 2018
• Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, North Dakota - Labor & Employment, Up and Coming, 2017-2018
• Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, North Dakota - Litigation: General Commercial, Up and Coming, 2017-2018
• Great Plains Super Lawyers Rising Star, Business Litigation, 2014-2018
• North Star Lawyer, Minnesota State Bar Association, 2013, 2017
• Order of the Coif
• Order of the Barristers

Professional Activities

• Board of Governors of the State Bar Association of North Dakota, President
• State Bar Association of North Dakota, Former President-Elect and Secretary-Treasurer
• Client Protection Committee of the State Bar Association of North Dakota, Member
• Volunteer Lawyer Program Committee of the State Bar Association of North Dakota, Member
• Joint Law School/State Bar Association of North Dakota Committee, Member
• State Bar Association of North Dakota, Member
• Eighth Circuit Bar Association, Member
• Cass County Bar Association, Member
• University of North Dakota School of Law’s External Moot Court Team, Coach, 2012
• University of North Dakota School of Law’s Trial Team, Coach, 2009
• North Dakota Law Review Board of Editors, 2007-2008

Community

• Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Red River Valley, Former Member of the Board of Directors