For over thirty years Joni M. Thome has focused her practice working on behalf of employees who have been wrongfully terminated from their jobs due to discrimination, harassment and/or retaliation. Joni is a founding member of Wanta Thome PLC and was a founding...
Wanta Thome PLC attorneys Frances Baillon and Joni Thome were named to the Minnesota Lawyer’s POWER 30 list for the 2022 edition. Minnesota Lawyer focused on “employment lawyers whose mere presence on a case signifies the stakes, who have influenced the direction of...
November 18, 2016 – This week, a Minnesota court declared that transgender patients could not be denied medical assistance or Minnesota Care benefits for medically necessary treatment, including transition-related services. This is an important victory for...
With North Carolina’s controversial new law restricting public restroom use to the gender listed on a person’s birth certificate and the mounting national debate, you may be wondering where we stand in Minnesota on transgendered bathroom rights. While federal laws...
In a groundbreaking turnaround, the EEOC has ruled that sexual orientation discrimination is illegal under Title VII, effectively declaring discrimination against the LGBT community unlawful in all 50 states. The EEOC had previously found that Title VII protected...
