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1 Michael G. Congiu Shareholder E mcongiu@littler.com (mailto:mcongiu@littler.com) D (612) (tel:(612) ) VCARD (/VCARD/39805) ( CONGIU/4/729/382) CONTACT ASSISTANT Offices Minneapolis Chicago Minneapolis (/locations/minneapolis) 1300 IDS Center O (612) 80 South 8th Street F (612) Minneapolis, MN COMING SOON International Business & Human Rights: What the Corporate Legal Department Should Know (/events /international-business-human-rights-what-corporate-legal-department-should-know) Tuesday, October 13, 2015 VIEW ALL (/EVENTS) Overview DOWNLOAD BIO ( Michael Congiu complements his broad labor and employment litigation and counseling practice with three specific and distinct areas of expertise: 1 of 6 10/13/15 10:04 AM

2 Littler Michael Mendelson regularly P.C. handles all aspects of federal and state court litigation, arbitrations, and administrative agency practice, involving claims for employment discrimination and retaliation, individual and class-wide wage and hour disputes, independent contractor misclassification claims, non-competition and trade secret disputes, and other employment law issues. Michael's broad litigation practice includes specific expertise regarding multiemployer pension plans. He regularly counsels and represents employers with issues involving the interplay between collective bargaining, multiemployer pension plan obligations, and withdrawal liability touching on the following laws: The Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) The Taft-Hartley Act The Pension Protection Act The Multiemployer Pension Plan Amendments Act Focus Areas ERISA and Benefit Plan Litigation (/erisa-and-benefit-plan-litigation) International Employment Law (/international-employment-law) Leaves of Absence and Disability Accommodation (/leaves-absence-and-disability-accommodation) Discrimination and Harassment (/discrimination-and-harassment) Class Actions (/practice-areas/class-actions) Professional & Community Affiliations American Bar Association International Bar Association Federal Bar Association Illinois Bar Association 2 of 6 10/13/15 10:04 AM

3 Recognition Recipient, CALI Award for Excellence in International Employment Law Publications & Press The Advent of Privately Developed Corporate Human Rights Reporting Frameworks (/publicationpress/publication /advent-privatelydeveloped-corporatehuman-rightsreporting-framewor-0) Insight House Bill Would Require Public Disclosure of Company Policies to Combat Supply Chain Trafficking (/publicationpress/publication /house-bill-wouldrequire-publicdisclosure-companypolicies-combat) HOT TOPIC: Converging Developments Spur Corporations to Focus on Human Rights (/publicationpress/press/hot-topicconvergingdevelopmentsspur-corporationsfocus-human-rights) InsideCounsel Supply Chain Management And The Alien Tort Claims Act (/publicationpress/press/supplychain-managementand-alientort-claims-act) Law360.com October 28, 2014 September 9, 2015 Insight June 1, 2015 August 4, 2015 Ninth Circuit Case Portends Implications for Alien Tort Claims Act Liability Throughout Corporate Supply Chains (/ninthcircuit-case-portendsimplications-alientort-claims-act-liability- An Estimate is Just That - The Seventh Circuit Highlights Several Important Lessons for Employers Navigating Intermittent FMLA Leave (/estimate- just-seventh-circuit- 3 of 6 10/13/15 10:04 AM

4 September 22, 2014 intermittent) Insight August 21, 2014 Ill. High Court Holds The Line On Employees Classification (/publicationpress/press/ill-highcourt-holdsline-employeesclassification) Law360.com April 15, 2014 Illinois high court affirms viability of construction industry classification law (/publicationpress/press/illinoishigh-court-affirmsviability-constructionindustryclassification-l) Chicago Daily Law Bulletin April 2, 2014 MORE Books & Book Chapters Whistleblowing & Retaliation: A Guide for Human Resources Professionals & Counsel, LexisNexis and Littler Mendelson, International Whistleblowing Issues, Chapter 10, 5th Ed., Chapter Co-Authors: P. Berkowitz and L. Wijekoon, 2014 Leveling the Playing Field: Examining Firestone Deference in Delinquent Contribution Lawsuits, Chapter 2, 2014 Employment Law Update, Wolters Kluwer, chapter co-authors: Stefanie H. Kastrinsky and Lavanga V. Wijekoon, 2014, The Soft-Law Revolution International Labour Standards and Human Rights,The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Employment & Labour Law 2012, Global Legal Group, chapter author, 2012, International Whistleblowing Issues, Chapter 10, Whistleblowing & Retaliation: A Guide for Human Resources Professionals & Counsel, LexisNexis and Littler Mendelson, 3rd Ed., chapter author, 2010, Speaking Engagements 4 of 6 10/13/15 10:04 AM

5 Employer Considerations for Operations in Mexico (/events/employerconsiderationsoperations-mexico) Chicago, IL November 4, 2015 International Business & Human Rights: What the Corporate Legal Department Should Know (/events /internationalbusiness-human-rightswhat-corporate-legaldepartmentshould-know) October 13, 2015 Coverage of the Instrument: [transnational entities] and other Business Enterprises Concepts and Legal Nature in International Law United Nations Human Rights Council July 7, 2015 Business and Human Rights: The Increased Expectations Placed on Companies to Respect Human Rights and Strategies to Mitigate the Adverse Impact The 2015 Executive Employer Conference Littler Mendelson, Phoenix, AZ May 6, 2015 Business and Human Rights: The Increased Expectations Placed on Companies to Respect Human Rights and Strategies to Mitigate the Adverse Impact Littler Global Latin America Conference Littler Mendelson, Miami, FL March 6, 2015 Improving access to remedy: What needs to be done International Conference on Business and Human Rights - International Organisation of Employers and the Fédération des Entreprises Romandes Genève (IOE-FER), Genève. Switzerland The 2014 Charlotte Employer International Edition (/events/2014- charlotte-employerinternational-edition) Charlotte, NC September 23, 2014 The Contrasting Positions of the EEOC and the Courts on Key ADA Issues What's An Employer to Do? (/events/contrastingpositions-eeoc-andcourts-key-ada-issueswhats-employer-do) February 26, 2013 November 19, 2014 MORE Education J.D., Chicago-Kent College of Law, 2006 B.A., University of Wisconsin, Madison, of 6 10/13/15 10:04 AM

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