Eleanor Frisch

Eleanor Frisch, an associate in Cohen Milstein’s Employee Benefits/ERISA practice, represents the interests of employees, retirees, plan participants and beneficiaries in ERISA class-action lawsuits across the country. 

Prior to joining Cohen Milstein, Eleanor spent several years at an appellate litigation boutique representing employees and consumers before the federal courts of appeals. Before that, they were an associate at a highly regarded national plaintiffs’ law firm, where they represented clients in employee benefits/ERISA, employment and consumer class actions. 

Before entering private practice, Eleanor served as a law clerk to the Honorable Roger L. Wollman on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.  

Eleanor is one of the founding board members of the Minnesota Disability Bar Association. They have moderated or spoken on a number of panels about disabilities in the legal profession and are committed to promoting equity and accessibility for attorneys with disabilities. 

Some of their legal publications include: 

• Coauthor, Building a More Accessible Bar, Minnesota State Bar Association (Jan. 30, 2023), available at https://www.lexblog.com/2023/01/30/building-a-more-accessible-bar/. 
• Coauthor, “The Fair Labor Standards Act,” ch. 2, Minnesota Continuing Legal Education, The Complete Employment Lawyer’s Quick Answer Book (May 2017) 
• State Sexual Harassment Definitions and Disaggregation of Sex Discrimination Claims, 98 Minn. L. Rev. 1943 (2014) 
• Coauthor, The Canary Sings Again: New Life for the Minnesota Whistleblower Act, Bench & B. Minn. (Sept. 2013) 

In law school, Eleanor was an executive board member of the Minnesota Law Review and a member of the Order of the Coif.