Caitlin R. Gehlen
Caitlin Gehlen focuses her practice on higher education and employment law. Caitlin advises and trains colleges and universities on a variety of legal issues including Title IX, the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act, Clery, FERPA, the Fair Housing Act, and the ADA. Caitlin also regularly conducts higher education investigations on behalf of institutions, including sexual misconduct investigations. Caitlin also has experience advising faith-based higher education institutions on issues that are unique to them. In addition, Caitlin advises employers on a wide range of labor and employment matters, including unfair labor practice proceedings, union representation challenges, grievance arbitrations, collective bargaining, discrimination charges and litigation, non-compete issues, whistleblower and retaliation lawsuits, leave and disability issues, and employee handbooks and policies.
Caitlin is an alumna of the firm’s summer associates program. While she was in law school, Caitlin worked as a volunteer student law clerk with the ACLU-MN, Call for Justice, a local nonprofit that provides legal referrals for low-income individuals and families, and as a pro bono law clerk at a major Minneapolis law firm.
Events
Presentations
- Presenter, "Recent Changes in Employment Law for Health Care Providers," Lathrop GPM Health Law Seminar, September 13, 2023
- Co-presenter, "Mission Critical - Updates on Trade Secret Litigation and Non-Compete Agreements," Lathrop GPM 2023 State of Litigation: Draft Edition, April 12, 2023
- Presenter, "Navigating Misclassification Pitfalls: Are Your Nonprofit Workers Employees, Volunteers or Contractors?" Minnesota Association of Cemeteries, September 23, 2022
- Presenter, "Intro to Corporate Structure," Duality Cohort 2, September 23, 2022
- Co-presenter, "Title IX/VAWA Investigator Training," trainED, August 3, 2022
- Co-presenter, "Leave Lessons: Common Misconceptions About the ADA and FMLA," Lathrop GPM 2022 Employment & Labor Law Seminar, May 4, 2022 (Minneapolis)
- Co-presenter, "Title IX/VAWA Investigator Training," trainED, August 4, 2021
- Co-presenter, "Title IX/VAWA Investigator Training," trainED, July 21, 2021
- Co-presenter, "Today’s Unemployment Claims: An Employer’s Guide," LeadingAge Minnesota, November 11, 2020
Client Alerts and Blog Posts
News Releases
Professional Affiliations
- Minnesota Bar Association
- Minnesota Women Lawyers, member
Community Involvement
- United Way Campaign, volunteer
Honors
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“North Star Lawyers,” Minnesota State Bar Association, 2018, 2019

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Minneapolis
80 South Eighth Street500 IDS CenterMinneapolis, MN 55402
Assistant
Court Memberships
- Minnesota
Education
William Mitchell College of Law, J.D., summa cum laude, 2016, William Mitchell Law Review
Michigan State University, B.A., 2009