Flaherty & Hood attorney/shareholder Brandon Fitzsimmons successfully represented the City of Owatonna in a recent labor contract arbitration in which the arbitrator awarded a general wage increase for a law enforcement bargaining unit consistent with Owatonna’s internal wage pattern and denied the union’s request for a “market” wage increase in 2012 and 2013.
Flaherty & Hood Senior Attorney Robert Scott recently won a victory for the City of Le Sueur in the Minnesota Court of Appeals in a lawsuit filed by residents who sought to compel the City to hold a special election on their petition to enact an ordinance pursuant to the initiative process outlined in the City’s Charter.
We are pleased to welcome Julie Liew as Flaherty & Hood's new communications specialist/client support manager. An East Grand Forks native, Liew graduated from Bemidji State University with a bachelor’s
Flaherty & Hood played a major role in the creation of the Greater Minnesota Partnership (GMNP), a new non-profit organization that brings together businesses, economic development organizations, local governments and
Flaherty & Hood, P.A. is pleased to welcome its newest lobbyist, Dan Dorman! Dorman was hired to serve as the executive director/lobbyist of the newly formed Greater Minnesota Partnership (GMNP),
Flaherty & Hood Senior Attorney Robert Scott successfully defended a Greater Minnesota city in District Court in a lawsuit brought by residents of the City who sought to compel the City to hold a special election on their petition to enact an ordinance pursuant to the initiative process outlined the City’s Charter.
Flaherty & Hood staffed the Coalition of Greater Minnesota Cities' Fall Conference, Nov. 14-16 at Arrowwood Resort and Conference Center in Alexandria.
Steve Nyhus and Elizabeth Wefel assisted in hosting the 2012 Fall Meeting of the Minnesota Environmental Science and Economic Review Board (MESERB) in Fergus Falls.
Despite the fact that there have been modest Capital Investment bills the last two sessions, there is still a lot of pent up demand for a bonding bill in 2013.
Flaherty & Hood would like to welcome our new Senior Lobbyist Mike Miller.
Throughout the summer and fall, Glen Fladeboe and Bradley Peterson have been traveling around Greater Minnesota to lead community leader roundtable discussions on the importance of the local government aid (LGA) program.
On behalf of the Coalition of Greater Minnesota Cities (CGMC), Flaherty & Hood staff organized candidate forums for open and competitive legislative races throughout Greater Minnesota.
Amanda Duerr has been promoted to Lobbyist/Communications Director. Prior to working at the firm, she was a Researcher for the Minnesota Senate Transportation Committee.
On behalf of the CGMC Labor and Employee Relations Committee, Brandon Fitzsimmons and Chris Hood led two Labor and Employee Relations Seminars this summer: May 31 in St. Peter and June 14 in Staples.
Again this summer, Flaherty & Hood is directing the “Thank LGA” public relations campaign created by Glen Fladeboe.
Senior Attorney/Lobbyist J.D. Burton recently helped secure a key transportation victory for the Highway 14 Partnership when Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton announced over $20 million for the four-lane expansion of Highway 14 in southern Minnesota between North Mankato and Nicollet.