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Laura L. Malugade

Partner

Milwaukee
phone: 414.978.5497
fax: 414.223.5000

email: [email protected]

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Overview

Laura represents management in all aspects of labor and employment matters from counseling to litigation and everything in between.

Her broad range of experience is impressive, but what sets her apart from others is her ability to read people and understand their motives. Her advice on drafting workplace policies, contracts and handbooks as well as discipline and discharges, discrimination claims, restrictive covenant agreements, grievance arbitrations and unfair labor practice charges allows clients to keep up to speed with changing laws and compliance regulations.

Laura has extensive experience litigating claims in state and federal courts and before administrative agencies, including the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development, the National Labor Relations Board, and the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission.

Her experience includes:

Employment-related counseling and litigation regarding Title VII, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) and the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and corresponding state laws
Restrictive covenant counseling and litigation
Labor law compliance and litigation, including union organizing campaigns, collective bargaining negotiations, grievances arbitrations and unfair labor practice changes
Day-to-day counseling on personnel decisions, wage and hour matters, internal complaints, investigations, employee medical leave, and policies and procedures
Occupational safety and health litigation

Industries

Manufacturing

Technology

Transportation

Services

Artificial Intelligence

ERISA & Employee Benefits Litigation

Labor & Employment

Non-Competes & Restrictive Covenants

OFCCP Compliance

Traditional Labor Relations

Workplace Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

Workplace Safety & Health

Recognition

Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch, Labor and Employment Law - Management, 2021-2024
Wisconsin Super Lawyers, Rising Star, 2017-2023

Education

J.D., Marquette University Law School
- cum laude
B.A., University of Utah
- Political Science
- magna cum laude

Admissions

U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin
Wisconsin
U.S. District Court, Western District of Wisconsin

Professional Memberships and Certifications

Certificate in Diversity & Inclusion, Cornell University - School of Industrial and Labor Relations

Blog | March 25, 2024

AI Legislation Update: March 26, 2024

Blog | March 04, 2024

AI Legislation Update: March 6, 2024

Blog | February 13, 2024

AI Legislation Update: February 14, 2024

Legal Updates | January 30, 2024

Bytes and Boundaries: Why You Need an Employee AI Use Policy

Podcast | July 30, 2021

The Labor Law Insider: The Biden Administration - Expected Changes at the NLRB (Part III)

Blog | September 30, 2019

Employers Can Terminate Health Insurance Benefits for Union Employees During a Strike

Seminars | March 21, 2024

2024 Construction Academy in Milwaukee

Webinar | September 21, 2023

2023 Labor & Employment Legal Updates: Illinois/Michigan/Wisconsin Program

Webinar | November 1, 2022

Labor & Employment Virtual Series - 2022 Illinois/Wisconsin Program

Webinar | June 29, 2022

Workplace DE&I: Helping Businesses Move from Ideas to Action

Webinar | November 9, 2021

Labor & Employment Virtual Series - 2021 Wisconsin Program

Webinar | October 2020

Labor & Employment Virtual Series - Wisconsin Program

Seminars | November 1, 2019

Fall Labor and Employment Seminar - Milwaukee

Seminars | May 2, 2019

Labor and Employment Seminar - Madison

Media Mentions | March 29, 2024

The Daily Reporter: 3 construction AI tips for newcomers (log-in required)

News Releases | February 27, 2024

Husch Blackwell Launches Client-Driven Artificial Intelligence Practice Group

News Releases | August 17, 2023

More than 140 Husch Blackwell Attorneys Named to The Best Lawyers in America® Ones to Watch

Media Mentions | November 16, 2022

Wisconsin Law Journal: Husch Blackwell elects 29 to new partner class

News Releases | November 15, 2022

Wisconsin Super Lawyers® and Rising Stars 2022 Recognizes 18 Husch Blackwell Attorneys

News Releases | November 07, 2022

Husch Blackwell Elects 29 to 2023 New Partner Class

News Releases | August 18, 2022

More than 80 Husch Blackwell Attorneys Named to The Best Lawyers in America® Ones to Watch

News Releases | November 16, 2021

Husch Blackwell Attorneys Named to 2021 Wisconsin Super Lawyers/Rising Stars

News Releases | August 19, 2021

More than 70 Husch Blackwell Attorneys Named to The Best Lawyers in America® "Ones to Watch"

News Releases | November 17, 2020

Husch Blackwell Attorneys Named to 2020 Wisconsin Super Lawyers/Rising Stars

Media Mentions | November 03, 2020

Law360: Conagra Shuts Down Retiree's Benefits Calculation Suit

Media Mentions | October 2020

Best Lawyers® 2021: The Midwest Issue

News Releases | August 20, 2020

News Releases | November 11, 2019

26 Husch Blackwell Attorneys Named to 2019 Wisconsin Super Lawyers/Rising Stars

The firm has 16 attorneys named to the Super Lawyers list and 10 attorneys named to the Rising Stars list.

Community Leadership

Laura’s energizing spirit supports a wide range of labor and employment law matters.

These experiences have led her to Board of Director positions for College Possible and Inhabit, Inc where she shares her legal experience to support these nonprofits.

College Possible, Board of Directors
Inhabit Inc., Board of Directors

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