Sheila Engelmeier

Bar / Professional Activity

• Minnesota

Special Licenses / Certifications

• MSBA Certified Labor and Employment Law Specialist
• Qualified Neutral Under Rule 114 of the Minnesota General Rules of Practice

Scholarly Lectures / Writings

• Presenter, Changing Culture of Business: Workplace Lawyers’ Perspectives, May 2018
• Transfer on Death Deeds A Useful Tool in the Right Places
• Improving Law Firm Culture: The beginning of the discussion
• Supporting Transgender Employees
• The 2019 Proposed Pro-Employee Bills
• Minnesota Supreme Court Determines “Resident Trusts” Statute Unconstitutional in Assessing Income Taxes Against Four Irrevocable Trusts
• Two Racing Commission Officials Being Investigated by State
• Racing Commission Officials Say They're Being Unfairly Targeted
• Advice to Use Before a Life Ends
• Everyone Can Fit a Gift Into Their Monthly Plan
• Paid Leave: Expansion of Workers' Rights in the Twin Cities Faces Challenges
• Norwegian Consulate Sued Over Claim of Unequal Pay
• March 2011 Update on Two Aspects of the Law on Harassment: (1) What is Severe or Pervasive Enough to State a Claim and (2) What Suffices as Training that Effectively Avoids Harassment and/or Discrimination
• Judge: Norway Law Applies in Minneapolis Job-Bias Lawsuit
• Managing (Mis) Behaviour in Executives Key Employees and Board Members
• Don’t Yap if You Agreed to Shut Your Trap!
• How Will The New Overtime Law Affect You
• U.S. Supreme Court Hands Unionized Employers a Victory in FLSA Cases, But Legal Landscape for Non-Unionized Employers Remains Unsettled
• Paid Sick Leave in Minnesota
• Employers MUST Consider Job Restructuring as a Reasonable Accommodation
• Blowing the Whistle on Fraud Against the Government
• Kmart pays over $100,000 to settle discrimination lawsuit over inflexible drug testing policy
• "Mark of the Beast" hand-scanner costs employer $150,000 in religious accommodation lawsuit 
• Data Detective Helps Solve Legal Cases
• Minnesota Lawyer Selects Four From E&U for Attorney of the Year 2015!
• Blast From the Past: An Old Cause of Action Finds New Life in Minnesota Courts
• You and the Law: I Know the World is Flat - My Client Told Me So
• Planning Personal Legal Needs: Seven Ways to Take Care of Yourself
• What To Do When You Believe Your Employee May Be Committing Crimes or Other Bad Acts While Employed By You
• Quick Tips for Legally Interviewing and Hiring the Right Candidate
• The Joker's Wild: Understanding, Preventing and Responding to Harassment
• Effectively Executing the Termination Process: A Step by Step Guide
• Discovery 101: The Strategy and Practice of Information Gathering in the Employment Lawsuit
• Discrimination and Harassment Training
• The Deepening Divide: Minnesota and Federal Employment Laws
• Top 10 Mistakes Employers Make
• Top 10 Don'ts for Employers Who Want to Avoid Litigation: A Practical, Common-Sense Guide to Staying Out of Court
• The 10 Biggest Mistakes Made by Employment Lawyers on Both Sides of the Aisle
• Jobs Bill
• Terminating the "Disabled" Employee Who is Not Performing Without Inviting Lawsuits
• Recent Developments in the Law on Retaliation Against Employees
• Recent Developments in Retaliation Law
• DOL Releases New Model FMLA Forms
• 7th Circuit Holds That Cat's Paw Theory Supports Individual Liability Under §1981
• E & U Wins Trial and Recovers $456,000 in Disability Case!

Honors

• Super Lawyer
• Top 40 Employment Super Lawyer
• Distinguished Neural, National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals
• Power 30 Employment Attorney, Power 30, 2021
• Best Plaintiff Lawyer of the Year, Best Lawyers, 2023
• Best Lawyers by Minnesota Monthly, Minnesota Monthly, 2020
• Selected by the Business Journal as a "Woman to Watch" in the Twin Cities' business community
• Top 100 Super Lawyer by Minnesota Law & Politics
• Top 50 Woman Super Lawyer

“Sheila is the most talented lawyer in employment law in the twin cities.”

“Sheila was a great, tough mediator - she was able to successfully mediate a case with serious roadblocks.”

“One of the best mediators in town.”