
Jonathan S. Parritz
Partner
f612.642.8334
jon.parritz@maslon.com
3300 Wells Fargo Center
90 South Seventh Street
Minneapolis, MN 55402
Jon Parritz is Chair of Maslon's Competitive Practices Litigation Group, and also a member of its Business Litigation, Labor and Employment, ERISA Litigation and Insurance and Intellectual Property Litigation Groups.
Jon has more than 20 years' experience handling major complex litigation matters for individual and organizational clients in a wide variety of industries and professions, including insurance, manufacturing, retailing, education, law, medicine, telecommunications, agriculture and finance.
Jon devotes a substantial portion of his practice to counseling clients and litigation regarding complex and novel issues pertaining to employment, executive compensation and benefits, wage and hour law, trade-secret protection, and enforcement of non-competition and confidentiality agreements.
Jon appears often in the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota, and in the courts of Hennepin, Ramsey and Dakota counties. He has argued successful cases before the Minnesota Supreme Court, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, and the Minnesota Court of Appeals, and has been lead author of several briefs to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Jon also regularly handles arbitrations before the American Arbitration Association and other arbitration forums.
He is AV rated by the Martindale-Hubbell National Law Directory peer review for ethical standards and legal ability, that organization's highest rating, and has been recognized as a "Super Lawyer" by the journal, Minnesota Law & Politics. In 2008, Jon was named an Attorney of the Year by Minnesota Lawyer for his work in obtaining a precedent-setting class action verdict on behalf of hourly employees against Wal-Mart following a three-month trial.
Before joining Maslon, Jon served as Judicial Clerk to the Honorable Harry H. MacLaughlin, U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota.
- Litigation
- Appeals
- Business Litigation
- Competitive Practices/Unfair Competition
- Employment Litigation
- Business Ownership and Governance Disputse
- Franchise, Dealership and Distribution Disputes
- Insurance Disputes
- Insurance Regulatory Matters
- Intellectual Property Litigation
- Landlord Tenant Disputes
- Insurance Guaranty Association Law and Litigation
- ERISA Litigation
- Labor & Employment
- Defending Employers
- University of Minnesota Law School, Minneapolis, Minnesota,
1986
J.D.
Honors: Cum Laude
Law Review: Associate Note and Comment Editor, Minnesota Law Review - Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts,
1982
B.A.
Honors: Cum Laude
- Minnesota, 1986
- U.S. District Court District of Minnesota, 1986
- U.S. Tax Court, 1992
- U.S. Court of Appeals Federal Circuit, 1993
- U.S. Court of Appeals 8th Circuit, 1994
- U.S. Supreme Court, 1994
- Federal Bar Association - Member
- American Bar Association - Member
- Minnesota State Bar Association - Member
- Hennepin County Bar Association - Member
- United Jewish Fund & Council of St. Paul, President, 2010-11; President-Elect 2009-10; Gen. Campaign Chr, 2006-07
- Talmud Torah of St. Paul, President, 2000-2002; Director 1998-2004
- Jewish Community Relations Council of Minnesota and the Dakotas, Past Director
- Beth Jacob Congregation, Past Director
- Religion and Law, Discussion Panel Member, Interfaith Law League, University of Minnesota Law School, March 2010
- University of Minnesota Law School Appellate Advocacy Program, Moot Court Judge, University of Minnesota Law School, February 2010
- Minnesota Human Rights Act and Fair Labor Standards Act presentation, Mount Zion Temple, 2009
- Lessons from the Wal-Mart Litigation, Hamline University, 2009
- Litigating Wage & Hour Class Actions, American Law Institute - American Bar Association, January 2009
- The Latest Word on Punitive Damages, Annual Supreme Court Update, Clarion Legal, August 2008
- Stock Option Litigation, The Hot Topics, National Association of Stock Plan Professionals, Twin Cities Chapter Conference, 2002, 2004, 2007
- Trading Talent Without Trading Secrets: How to Protect Your Company's Intellectual Property rights when an employee leaves to join a competitor. What matters. A Maslon Speaker Series. September 2006
- Interstate Conflict in the Enforcement of Non-Competition Agreements, ABA National Convention, Hawaii, 2006
- Advanced Practice Strategies: Noncompetition, Confidentiality and Trade Secret Issues, Upper Midwest Employment Law Institute, 2004
- Use of Noncompetition and Confidentiality Agreements in Protection of Trade Secrets, Minnesota Institute of Legal Education, 1998, 2000
- Emerging Law Regarding Guaranty Association Litigation Privileges, National Organization for Life & Health Insurance Guaranty Associations, 1997
- How "Long" is the Long Arm of Justice? Exercising Maximum Power to Secure Prejudgment Protection of Assets, Findlaw, 2003
- Attorney of the Year, Minnesota Lawyer, 2008
- Minnesota Super Lawyers
- Maslon Edelman Borman & Brand Pro Bono Award, for commitment to pro bono service, 2002
- 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)