David A. Schooler

Partner

  • Office Contact Info
  • Biography

    Dave Schooler is a proven high-stakes trial attorney who has tried over 150 jury and bench trials across a wide variety of substantive legal areas. He has been nationally recognized by the bench and bar in numerous peer-elected elite trial organizations based on his skills, experience, and ethics, including ABOTA, IADC, and FDCC. He is a national and state board-certified civil trial specialist. Dave is regularly listed by Benchmark as one of 30 leading employment lawyers in Minnesota. He has been an AV top-rated attorney by Martindale Hubbell since 2002.

    Admissions

    • Minnesota
    • North Dakota
    • U.S. District Court Central District of Illinois
    • U.S. District Court District of Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota
    • U.S. District Court Western District of Wisconsin

    Memberships

    • The Academy of Certified Trial Lawyers of Minnesota
    • American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA)
    • International Association of Defense Counsel, Elected Member
    • Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel, Elected Member
    • State Bar of Minnesota, Member
    • Hennepin County Bar Association, Member
    • Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel (FDCC)
    • Minnesota Defense Lawyers Association (MDLA)
    • American Bar Association
    • Federal Bar Association, Member Defense Research Institute (DRI)
  • Practice Areas
  • Representative Experience
    • Trial experience with cases to jury verdict in employment, non-compete/trade secret, professional liability claims, product liability, intellectual property, shareholder disputes, fraud, fiduciary duty, breach of contract, tortuous interference, transportation, and property damage claims
    • Lead counsel for many Federal and State wage and hour class action disputes
    • Successfully resolved more than 100 employment lawsuits involving discrimination, reasonable accommodation, retaliation, harassment and wrongful termination
    • Successfully obtained numerous preliminary injunctions and verdicts for clients in non-compete, trade secret, and duty of loyalty cases
    • Serves as litigation counsel for a Fortune 500 bank for employment litigation and investigations
    • Serves as litigation counsel for a Fortune 500 bank for banking litigation
    • Serves as litigation counsel for a Fortune 500 mining company in the defense of more than 100 mass tort lawsuits
       
  • Publications & Presentations

    Publications 

    • Author, The Eight Defenses to Retaliation Claims, Upper Midwest Employment Law Institute, May 2019
    • Author, Employment Law for the Mid-Market Employer Staying “In The Know” on Employment Trends in 2016, August 2016

    Presentations

    • Speaker, Social Media and Data Privacy Policies and Pitfalls, Lloyd’s of London Professional Liability Summit, May 2017
  • Education

    Education

    J.D., cum laude, William Mitchell College of Law, 1992

    B.A., St. Olaf College, 1987

    Honors

    Best Lawyers in America® distinction in Commercial Litigation (2025)

    Benchmark Litigation, Labor & Employment Star – Midwest

    Named one of “America’s Top 100 High Stakes Litigators”

    American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA), Fellow 

    AV Preeminent, Martindale-Hubbell

    Super Lawyer, Minnesota Super Lawyers
     

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