Practice Contacts
Our labor and employment group includes attorneys with a strong and dedicated practice focused on traditional labor law. Our labor attorneys include former Staff Counsel with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), former Chief Labor Counsel to a multi-billion dollar private corporation, and former Compliance Officer for a major public university. This experience helps us to take a more practical and effective approach in resolving often complex labor law issues.
Our attorneys develop a comprehensive understanding of the businesses and industries in which our clients operate and we understand the effect labor disputes have on an employer’s ability to conduct business. Our amply experienced attorneys cover the following matters:
- National Labor Relations Board matters
- Unfair labor practice charges
- Various state labor relations board proceedings
- Collective bargaining agreements and negotiations
- Counseling and training employers and managers in union avoidance strategies
- Counter-organizational campaigns and representation/decertification/deauthorization elections and procedures
- Strikes and picketing
- Secondary boycotts
- Grievances and arbitration
- Industry-specific labor law matters, including Construction and Manufacturing
- Union trust fund audits
- Project labor agreements
- Responsible bidder laws and ordinances
- Prevailing wage laws
News & Press Releases
- PBS NewsHour, December 25, 2014
Blog
Labor & Employment Law Update: www.laborandemploymentlawupdate.com
Alerts
Publications
- Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education, 2015
Presentations & Events
- Home Builders Association of St. Louis & Eastern Missouri, September 13, 2016
- Illinois Chamber of Commerce, Effingham, IL, July 7, 2016
- SmithAmundsen, Webinar, June 22, 2016
- SmithAmundsen, Webinar, December 22, 2015
- Illinois Chamber of Commerce, Bolingbrook, IL, December 8, 2015
- Lorman Education Services, Webinar, December 3, 2015
- The Illinois Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives State Conference, Bloomington, IL, November 5, 2015
- Illinois Chamber of Commerce; Rock Island, IL, October 8, 2015
- Illinois Chamber of Commerce, Webinar, October 7, 2015
- Illinois Chamber of Commerce, Webinar, October 6, 2015
- Lorman Education Services, Webinar, September 29, 2015
- Illinois Chamber of Commerce, Webinar, August 25, 2015
- St. Charles Chamber of Commerce, St. Charles, IL, August 12, 2015
- SmithAmundsen, Webinar, August 6, 2015
- Illinois Chamber of Commerce, Bolingbrook, IL, July 7, 2015
- Illinois Chamber of Commerce, Webinar, June 25, 2015
- Illinois Chamber of Commerce, Webinar, June 16, 2015
- Illinois Chamber of Commerce, Bolingbrook, IL, June 3, 2015
- Kane County Bar Association, Geneva, IL, May 21, 2015
- SmithAmundsen, Webinar and Seminar, Chicago, IL, May 7, 2015
- Webinar, September 9, 2014
- Keller Convention Center, Effingham, IL, July 15, 2014
- Bolingbrook, IL, May 6, 2014
- Naperville, IL, February 19, 2014
- Belleville, IL, October 15, 2013
- Lisle, IL; Springfield, IL, April 10, 2013; May 22, 2013
- Webinar, May 14, 2012
- Aurora, IL, February 22, 2012
- Geneva, IL, January 19, 2012
- July 2011
- Hyatt Rosemont, April 20, 2011
- Aurora, IL, February 20, 2010
