Danny A. Bihrle

Danny provides clients with comprehensive legal guidance to help navigate the increasingly complex landscape of federal, state and local employment laws.

Danny focuses his practice on a broad range of labor and employment law matters, with a specific emphasis on wage and hour advice and litigation. He regularly defends employers against single-plaintiff, class and collective actions before state and federal courts, administrative agencies and arbitration panels involving the following claims:

• Wage and hour
• Discrimination, harassment and retaliation
• Whistleblower
• Leaves and accommodations

Danny also works closely with employers to ensure compliance with specific areas related to employee compensation including:

• Minimum wage
• Overtime compensation
• Incentive compensation plans
• Remote worker compensation

Prior to joining Fredrikson, Danny practiced labor and employment law at an AmLaw 100 firm. After receiving his J.D., Danny served as a judicial clerk for two years at the Kentucky Supreme Court.

Education

• University of Tennessee College of Law, J.D., 2018, magna cum laude
• Minnesota State University, Moorhead, B.S., 2015, summa cum laude

Admissions

• Minnesota, 2020
• Kentucky, 2018
• U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota, 2020
• U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee, 2022
• U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, 2023

Clerkships

• Judicial Law Clerk, Honorable Laurance B. VanMeter, Kentucky Supreme Court, 2018-2020

• Order of the Coif
• Order of Barristers
• Clinical Legal Education Association: Outstanding Clinical Student Award

Professional Activities

• Ramsey County Bar Association, Member
• Minnesota Bar Association, Member
• Tennessee Law Review, Executive Editor
• Tennessee Journal of Race, Gender, & Social Justice, Managing Editor