Caitlin R. Gehlen

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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 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

Health Law Seminar
September 13, 2023
State of Litigation: Football Draft Edition
April 12, 2023
Employment & Labor Law Seminar - Minneapolis Area
May 4, 2022
“Title IX/VAWA Investigator and Adjudicator Training,” Johns Hopkins University
September 11, 2019
“Emerging Workplace Issues — The Peculiar and Ultra-Unique,” co-presenter, Gray Plant Mooty 2019 Employment and Labor Law Seminar
April 9, 2019
“Protecting a Company’s Most Valuable Assets: Effective Use of Non-Competes and Confidentiality Agreements and Beyond,” co-presenter, Gray Plant Mooty 2019 Employment and Labor Law Seminar
April 9, 2019
“Conducting Effective Sexual Harassment Investigations,” co-presenter, Gray Plant Mooty 2018 Employment and Labor Law Seminar
May 1, 2018
"Annual Trauma Informed Training for Investigators and Adjudicators," co-presenter, trainED
August 9, 2017
“Title IX/VAWA Investigator and Adjudicator Training,” co-presenter, trainED
August 9, 2017
trainED - Annual Trauma-Informed Training for Investigators and Adjudicators
July 25, 2017
"Annual Trauma Informed Training for Investigators and Adjudicators," co-presenter, trainED
July 25, 2017
“Title IX and Study Abroad Programs,” co-presenter, trainED
June 22, 2017
“LGBTQ Workplace Rights: An Evolving Civil Rights Frontier,” co-presenter, Gray Plant Mooty 2017 Employment and Labor Law Seminar
May 1, 2017
"Title IX/VAWA Investigator Training," co-presenter, trainED
February 23, 2017
trainED - Title IX/VAWA Investigator Training
February 23, 2017

Presentations

Co-presenter, "Recruiting and Hiring Trends," and "Leave & Accommodations – Deep Dive Into Employers’ Rights and Responsibilities under FMLA, ADA, PWFA and PUMP Act," Lathrop GPM 2023 Employment & Labor Law Seminar, October 5, 2023 (Kansas City); October 24, 2023 (Minneapolis)
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