Ford & Harrison LLP, a national labor and employment law firm, announces the addition of Brian Cunningham as an associate in the firm's Minneapolis office.
Cunningham concentrates his practice on representing employers in employment law disputes as well as traditional labor matters. In addition to his labor and employment law focus, he also advises employers on their business immigration needs, such as handling non-immigrant petitions and applications for adjustment of status.
Prior to joining Ford & Harrison as an associate, Cunningham served as a law clerk and summer associate in the firm's Minneapolis office. He also worked in the University of St. Thomas Legal Services Clinic, where he and his partner successfully represented a client in a U.S. Asylum appeal before the Bloomington Immigration Court. During law school, Cunningham served as president for the University of St. Thomas Chapter of the Black Law Students Association and while pursuing his bachelor's degree, he completed coursework taught in the Spanish language at IES Abroad and the Universitat Complutense de Madrid. Prior to law school, he worked for Wells Fargo, serving a variety of major institutional clients, including the retirement plans of Fortune 500 companies, university endowments, and municipal governments. Cunningham received his J.D. from University of St. Thomas School of Law in 2011.