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Phillip J. Trobaugh 
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Shareholder
phone (612) 339-4295
fax (612) 339-3161
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Mr. Trobaugh is a shareholder with Mansfield, Tanick & Cohen. In addition to Chairing the firm's Education Law Department, his practices include Civil Litigation and Employment Law. Mr. Trobaugh is licensed to practice in all courts in Minnesota and the U.S. Supreme Court and is the former President of the Hennepin County Bar Foundation, the charitable arm of the Hennepin County Bar Association. Mr. Trobaugh was Co-Chair of the Hennepin County Lawyer Committee (1997-2000), which oversees the bar association's monthly magazine of the same name. Mr. Trobaugh has taught as an adjunct professor at the University of Minnesota School of Law (2003) and the Hamline University School of Law (2000), in the area of Privacy Law.

Mr. Trobaugh received his J.D. from Hamline University School of Law, where he was Production Editor of the Journal of Public Law & Policy and recipient of the Stevens Brothers Scholarship. Mr. Trobaugh is an honors graduate of Ripon College in Wisconsin. He also studied at American University and was a Congressional Intern.

Mr. Trobaugh is the author of many articles. Among the titles are: Student Websites: 1st Amendment Issues & Challenges; Another One Drives the Bus - School Bus Law in Minnesota; The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act - Basics of a Bright IDEA; Re-employment Insurance: 10 Tips for Claimants and Employers at re-employment Appeal Hearings; Ten Tips for Dealing with Workplace Problems for Educational Personnel; and Top Ten Tips for Workplace Success. Mr. Trobaugh co-authored with Marshall H. Tanick the article entitled: From Tinker to "Bong," which appeared in Bench & Bar, the official magazine of the Minnesota State Bar Association.

Areas of Practice:
Contracts
Employment Law --Employer
Employment Law - Employee
Labor Law
Education law
Colleges & Universities
Student Rights
Tenure
Municipal Employment
Whistleblower - Employee
Whistleblower - Employer
Wrongful Termination - Employee
Wrongful Termination - Employer
Employment Contracts - Employee
Employment Contracts - Employer
Litigation Percentage:
100% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
Bar Admissions:
Minnesota, 1991
U.S. District Court District of Minnesota, 1993
U.S. Court of Appeals 8th Circuit, 1994
U.S. Supreme Court, 1999
Education:
Hamline University School of Law, St. Paul, Minnesota, 1991
J.D.
Honors: Stevens Brothers Scholarship
Law Journal: Hamline Journal of Public Law & Policy, Production Editor and Associate, 1989 - 1991


Ripon College, Ripon, Wisconsin, 1988
B.A.
Honors: With Honors
Major:  History
Major:  Politics & Government


American University, Washington, District of Columbia, 1985
Honors: Foreign Policy Semester Program; Congressional Intern


Published Works:
Student Websites: 1st Amendment Issues & Challenges, Mansfield Tanick & Cohen, P.A., 2001


Another One Drives the Bus - School Bus Law in Minnesota, The Hennepin Lawyer, October, 2001


The Individual with Disabilities Education Act - Basics of a Bright IDEA, Mansfield Tanick & Cohen, P.A., 2001


Re-employment Insurance - 10 Tips for Claimants and Employers at Re-employment Appeal Hearings, Mansfield, Tanick & Cohen, P.A., 2000


Ten Tips For Workplace Success, Mansfield, Tanick & Cohen, 1998


Ten Tips For Dealing With Workplace Problems For Educational Personnel, Employment Issues In School Are Not Academic, Mansfield, Tanick & Cohen, 1996


Classes/Seminars Taught:
Adjunct Professor (Privacy Law), University of Minnesota, Walter F. Mondale School of Law, 2003


Adjunct Professor (Privacy Law), Hamline University School of Law, 2000


Guest Lecturer, University of Minnesota


Guest Lecturer, William Mitchell College of Law


Honors and Awards:
Rising Star, Minnesota Law & Politics Magazine, 1999


Rising Star, Minnesota Law & Politics Magazine, 2002


Professional Associations and Memberships:
Minnesota State Bar Association
Member


Hennepin County Bar Association, 1997 - 2000
Co-Chair, The Hennepin Lawyer Committee


Hennepin County Bar Association, 1994 - Present
Member


Mansfield, Tanick & Cohen
Chair, Education Law Department


LawCall Radio Program, KLBB AM-1400
Executive Producer


Hennepin County Bar Foundation, 2003 - Present
President


Pro Bono Activities:
Southern Minnesota Regional Legal Services, 1991 - Present

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