Employment law has always been a core component of Partner Mack Reed’s practice. After beginning his practice litigating claims involving post-employment restrictive covenants and employee “raiding” claims, Mack began branching out into complex commercial litigation as well. While Mack currently focuses on plaintiff-side employment litigation, he has extensive experience in employment counseling and litigation on the defense/management side. He also has extensive experience handling business litigation matters on behalf of both plaintiffs and defendants, including closely-held shareholder and member disputes, fraud claims, unfair competition claims, and professional liability claims. 

Mack began practicing law in Chicago in 2005 and relocated to Minneapolis in 2016, where he joined a plaintiff-side employment firm. After ending his tenure there as co-chair of that firm’s employment practice group, Mack then spent over four years as a partner at a high-end business litigation boutique before joining Schaefer Halleen. 

Mack’s approach to practicing law is simple: radical competence and integrity. His clients appreciate his no-nonsense approach, creativity, and attention to detail. Mack’s extensive defense-side employment work and complex commercial litigation work on behalf of both plaintiffs and defendants gives him a unique perspective on representing victims of workplace misconduct.

Areas of Practice:

• Employment Litigation
• Complex Commercial Litigation
• Shareholder & Member Disputes
• Fraud, Unfair Competition and Professional Liability Claims

Bar Admissions:

• Illinois, 2005 
• Minnesota, 2016 
• Supreme Court of the United States, 2013 
• United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit, 2017 
• United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 2021 
• United States District Court, Northern District of Illinois, 2008 
• United States District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin, 2015 
• United States District Court, District of Minnesota, 2017 
• United States District Court, District of North Dakota, 2022 

Education

• JD, University of Pennsylvania, 2005 
• MA, Humanities, University of Chicago, 2001 
• BA, magna cum laude, Philosophy, University of Delaware, 2000