Carl Engstrom

Carl represents employees who have been harmed by retirement plan malfeasance, discrimination, and workplace injuries, as well as whistleblowers seeking to report tips to the Securities and Exchange Commission. Prior to co-founding Engstrom Lee, Carl founded the ERISA Practice Group at a national class action firm. From the time Carl founded the Group in 2015 until he left it to form Engstrom Lee, it recovered more than $300 million on behalf of retirement plan participants through class actions. Carl has served as class counsel in numerous cases including those against Fidelity, McKinsey & Co., Goldman Sachs, Putnam Investments, Allianz Asset Management, Principal Global Investors, JP Morgan Chase Bank, among other Fortune 500 companies.

Before entering private practice, Carl clerked for Judge Hudson of the Minnesota Court of Appeals and Judge Carruthers in Hennepin County District Court. Before attending law school, Carl spent six years working as a financial advisor, earning the Certified Financial Planner (CFP) designation.