Brian T. Rochel
612-208-8943
800-522-7967 (Toll Free)
Brian T. Rochel litigates individual employment cases and has been involved in three trials since starting at Halunen & Associates. Recently, he second-chaired a jury trial on behalf of a terminated truck driver that resulted in a $361,000 verdict against G&K Services, including $111,000 for lost wages and emotional distress and $250,000 in punitive damages. Mr. Rochel also works on consumer litigation and is on the False Claims Act or qui tam team.
Mr. Rochel joined Halunen & Associates after graduating summa cum laude from Hamline University School of Law. In both his undergraduate and law school tenure at Hamline, he received numerous awards for trial and appellate advocacy skills. During law school, Mr. Rochel also served as the Articles Editor of the Journal of Public Law & Policy, participated on the Jessup International Moot Court competition, represented clients as a student, mediated cases in the Mediation Clinic, and served as a judicial extern to the Honorable Paul A. Magnuson, United States District Court. While a law student, Mr. Rochel also clerked for Halunen & Associates, gaining extensive experience in employment and consumer class action litigation, including discrimination, retaliation, whistleblower actions, consumer fraud and wage and hour violations.
Areas of Practice
- Employment Law – Employee
- Labor and Employment
- Sexual Harassment
- Civil Rights
- Litigation
- Class Action
Bar Admissions
- Minnesota
Education
- Hamline University School of Law, St. Paul, Minnesota
- J.D. (Summa Cum Laude) - 2010
- Law Journal: Hamline Journal of Public Law & Policy, Articles Editor
- Hamline University, St. Paul, Minnesota
- B.A. (Magna Cum Laude) - 2007
Classes/Seminars
- "Civil Causes of Action Related to the Minnesota Workers' Compensation Act: §176.82", MAJ 2012 Worker's Compensation Seminar, February 10, 2012
- "The Constitutional Right to a Jury Trial in MHRA Claims", Minnesota State Bar Association Human Rights Committee, February 13, 2012
Professional Associations and Memberships
- National Employment Lawyers Association
- National Employment Lawyers Association, Minnesota Chapter
- American Bar Association
- Minnesota State Bar Association
- Hennepin County Bar Association
- MSBA Human Rights Committee
