Justin D. Cummins

Justin D. Cummins is an attorney at Cummins & Cummins, LLP in Minneapolis, Minnesota, where he focuses on labor and employment law, civil rights, and nonprofit matters. Cummins prosecutes claims involving retaliation, harassment, and discrimination in employment, housing, and other settings. He also handles compensation, non-compete, leave, fraud, contract, labor law, and constitutional claims and provides strategic advice to individuals, labor organizations, community groups, and nonprofit organizations.

Cummins earned his J.D. from the University of Minnesota Law School, an M.A. from the Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs, and a B.A. from Haverford College. His education supports a practice that combines employment law, civil rights advocacy, public policy, and litigation. He has also taught employment law and civil rights litigation at the University of Minnesota Law School and Mitchell Hamline School of Law and helped develop the Workers’ Rights Clinic at the University of Minnesota.

Cummins represents clients in litigation and strategic counseling involving workplace rights, labor issues, contractual disputes, and constitutional claims. His practice includes matters concerning discrimination, harassment, retaliation, compensation, leave rights, non-compete restrictions, fraud, and employment-related contracts. He is admitted in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Illinois, as well as before the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals, and the U.S. Supreme Court.

Justin D. Cummins is an MSBA Board Certified Labor & Employment Law Specialist and a Fellow of the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers. Best Lawyers, Super Lawyers, Minnesota Lawyer, and other professional organizations have also recognized him. Cummins is a past chair of the Minnesota State Bar Association’s Labor & Employment Law Section and a past officer of the National Employment Lawyers Association’s Eighth Circuit and Minnesota boards.

Law Office Affiliations

• Attorney, Cummins & Cummins, LLP
• Member, American Association for Justice
• Member, American Constitution Society
• Member, National Employment Lawyers Association
• Member, National Lawyers Guild
• Member, Minnesota Association for Justice
• Member, Minnesota State Bar Association, Labor & Employment Law, Civil Litigation, and Consumer Litigation Sections
• Member, Hennepin County Bar Association, Labor & Employment Law and Civil Litigation Sections

Licensed State

• Iowa
• Minnesota
• Wisconsin

Education

• University of Minnesota Law School
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs
  Master of Arts (MA)
• Haverford College
  Bachelor of Arts (BA)