Chris Amundsen

Chris Amundsen is an attorney at Nilan Johnson Lewis PA whose practice focuses on labor and employment law matters. He helps employers address sensitive workplace issues by combining litigation experience with practical business-focused advice. His work includes defending claims under Title VII, the NLRA, ADA, ADEA, FMLA, and FLSA. He also advises employers on union campaigns, terminations, workplace risk, restrictive covenants, trade secrets, and other employment-related disputes across complex employment matters.

Chris earned his J.D. from the University of Minnesota Law School in 2008. He is admitted to practice in Minnesota. Before returning to private practice, he spent nearly a decade as in-house counsel for a global company. That experience informs his approach to client service, particularly when legal advice must be timely, practical, and aligned with business priorities. He brings both outside-counsel and in-house perspectives to workplace challenges and strategy.

Chris represents employers throughout the labor-management lifecycle, including union elections, collective bargaining, grievance arbitrations, and proceedings before the National Labor Relations Board. His key practice experience includes FLSA and wage-and-hour defense, discrimination defense, restrictive covenant and trade secret litigation, and labor-management relations. He has worked with clients in the retail and manufacturing industries and helps organizations respond when disputes, investigations, or workplace developments require clear legal direction and compliance issues.

Chris Amundsen focuses on helping employers understand legal risk and determine practical next steps when workplace situations evolve quickly. He works to understand how each organization operates, anticipate concerns before they escalate, and provide guidance that can be implemented in day-to-day business settings. His practice combines proactive counseling with litigation experience, allowing him to assist employers with routine employment questions as well as high-pressure labor disputes and complex workplace claims effectively.

Law Office Affiliations

• Attorney, Nilan Johnson Lewis PA
• Member, Minnesota State Bar Association

Licensed State

• Minnesota

Education

• University of Minnesota Law School
  Juris Doctor (JD)

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