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I am a Minnesota employment law attorney (V. John Ella) practicing in the areas of employment defense, executive law, non-compete and trade secret litigation, breach of duty of loyalty litigation, tortious interference, executive compensation, stock options, defamation, employment contracts, employment agreements, handbooks, drug testing law, privacy law, commission claims, fraud, sexual harassment claims, employment and housing discrimination, ERISA benefits litigation, public accommodations under Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act and state law, wage and hour compliance, whistleblower and Sarbanes-Oxley claims, professional licensing issues, appeals, manufacturer sales representative contracts, and closely-held corporation and partnership disputes. I am also...

A veteran litigator and trial lawyer with the proven ability to:

• analyze and understand complex technologies, facts, and law;

• develop strategy and legal positions to suit the client’s ultimate goals;

• build and lead teams of legal and technical personnel; and

• communicate persuasively with stakeholders, judges and juries.

Have had more than 25 years of experience in civil and criminal court, and more than 20 years of experience litigating complex cases. As a military prosecutor and Special Assistant U.S. Attorney, secured convictions in all but three of hundreds of cases handled and tried twenty-nine criminal cases to verdict.

Before co-founding the Trustwell Law...

BS Economics, City College of New York, 1963
MILR, Cornell University, 1965
JD, cum laude, NYU, 1969
Editor, NYU Law Review

Fordham College BS 1955
1st Lt. U.S. Army
Columbia Law School LLB 1960
Adjunct Professor Maritime Law Hofstra Law School
Member Maritime Law Association of the U.S.
Member New York State Bar Association