Howard B. Tarkow
Partner
f612.642.8348
howard.tarkow@maslon.com
3300 Wells Fargo Center
90 South Seventh Street
Minneapolis, MN 55402
Howard Tarkow's law practice focuses on representing employers on their workplace issues and concerns. For more than 25 years, Howard has advised Maslon's business and non-profit clients to help them maintain positive employee relations and minimize the risk of expensive and disruptive legal claims. He provides timely, service-oriented, cost-effective, and practical advice and counsel. His litigation practice includes representing employers before judges, juries, and arbitrators. Howard also represents employers in matters involving unions, including at the National Labor Relations Board, in grievance and arbitration cases, at the collective bargaining table, and in labor campaigns. He is licensed to practice law in the State of Minnesota and is not licensed to practice regularly in any other jurisdiction.
- Business & Securities
- Business Counseling
- Closely Held Businesses
- Employee Benefits
- Executive Compensation & Agreements
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Litigation
- Competitive Practices/Unfair Competition
- Employment Litigation
- Labor & Employment
- Counseling Employers
- Defending Employers
- Labor-Management Relations
- Washington University School of Law, St Louis, Missouri,
1982
J.D.
Law Review: Articles Editor, Urban Law Annual, 1981 - 1982 - University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin,
1975
B.A.
Honors: With Distinction
Major: Journalism
- Minnesota, 1982
- U.S. District Court District of Minnesota, 1982
- U.S. Court of Appeals 8th Circuit, 1991
- American Bar Association, Section of Labor and Employment Law - Member
- Minnesota State Bar Association - Member
- Hennepin County Bar Association - Member
- Sabes Jewish Community Center of Greater Minneapolis - Former Officer and Director
- Minneapolis Federation for Jewish Service - Former Director
- Jewish Community Relations Council/Anti-Defamation League of Minnesota and the Dakotas - Former Officer and Director
- Arthritis Foundation, Minnesota Chapter - Former Director
- Maslon Edelman Borman & Brand, LLP - Governance Committee Chair, 1999-2003
- Jewish Family and Children's Service of Minneapolis - Director, 2006-Present
- Hiring Best Practices to Minimize Your Legal Risk, Webinar, Verifications, Inc., March 16, 2010
- Multicultural Forum on Workplace Diversity, continuing legal education speaker, 2009, 2008, 2006
- Bridging Troubled Waters. Getting Internal Investigations Right. What Matters. A Maslon speaker series. February 2007
- Labor-Management Relations Arising from Minnesota Citizens' Personal Protection Act of 2003, Labor and Employment Law Institute, Minnesota Continuing Legal Education, 2003
- Compensation Law, University of Minnesota, Employer Education Service, 1988 - 1999
- Injunctions and Jurisdictional Disputes, Sections 10(j), 10(k) of the National Labor Relations Act, American Bar Association of Labor and Employment Law, 1999
- Employment Issues in a Union Setting, Minnesota State Bar Association, Continuing Legal Education, Upper Midwest Employment Law Institute, 1998
- Employment and Labor Law in Minnesota, Lorman Education Services, 1997
- Managing Managers and Avoiding the 10 Top Legal Problems They Can Cause, Council on Education in Management, 1996
- Do's and Don'ts of Summary Judgment Practice, Minnesota State Bar Association, Labor and Employment Law Institute, 1995
- Union Organizing is Back in Business, Council on Education in Management, 1994
- Sexual Harassment by Co-workers, Minnesota State Bar Association, Labor and Employment Institute, 1992
- U.S. Immigration Laws - Immigration Reform and Control Act, Minnesota Institute of Legal Education, 1989
- Numerous customized training classes for employers and their supervisors
- Low Power Television: A New Opportunity For Broadcasting in The Public Interest, 23 Urban Law Annual 189, 1982
- Punitive Damages in Minnesota: The Common Law and Developments Under Section 549.20 of the Minnesota Statute (Co-Author), 11 William Mitchell Law Review 2, 1985
- Leading Individual Attorney in Minnesota for Labor & Employment, Chambers USA, 2009 and 2010
- Minnesota Super Lawyers
- Top 40 Employment Minnesota Super Lawyers
- AV Rating, Martindale-Hubbell (AV, BV, and CV are registered certification marks of Reed Elsevier Properties, Inc., used in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies)
