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
- Union pension fund withdrawal liability
News & Press Releases
- Crain's Chicago Business, September 15, 2017
- Equality Illinois, August 1, 2017
- Business Insurance, May 2, 2017
- Chicago Tribune; Chicago Sun Times, March 5, 2017
- Law360, February 23, 2017
- February 21, 2017
- February 21, 2017
- February 13, 2017
- SmithAmundsen, January 13, 2017
- October 2016
- Crain's Chicago Business, September 10, 2016
- August 15, 2016
- The American Lawyer, August 2016
- Equality Illinois, July 8, 2016
- Above the Law, April 18, 2016
- Above the Law, April 13, 2016
- PBS NewsHour, December 25, 2014
Blog
Labor & Employment Law Update: www.laborandemploymentlawupdate.com
Alerts
- March 29, 2017
- February 16, 2017
- November 16, 2016
- June 24, 2016
- May 18, 2016
- August 28, 2015
Publications
- Illinois Municipal League Review, April 2017
- USLAW Magazine, Spring 2017
- Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education, 2015
Presentations & Events
- Illinois Chamber of Commerce; Chicago, IL, October 24, 2017
- Arizona Automatic Merchandising Council & California Automatic Vendors Council Annual Meeting; San Diego, CA, September 21, 2017
- Illinois Chamber of Commerce; Seminar; Troy, IL, September 20, 2017
- SmithAmundsen Seminar; Lombard, IL, September 13, 2017
- Illinois Chamber of Commerce; Webinar, September 12, 2017
- Illinois Chamber of Commerce; Edwardsville, IL, August 29, 2017
- Clear Law Institute; Webinar, August 1, 2017
- Illinois Chamber of Commerce; Tinley Park, IL, July 27, 2017
- Clear Law Institute; Webinar, July 19, 2017
- Illinois Chamber of Commerce; Springfield, IL, July 19, 2017
- Illinois Chamber of Commece; Effingham, IL, July 13, 2017
- Illinois Chamber of Commerce; Chicago, IL, June 20, 2017
- Illinois Chamber of Commerce; Glen Ellyn, IL, May 31, 2017
- Illinois Chamber of Commerce; Naperville, IL, May 18, 2017
- Illinois Chamber of Commerce; Webinar, May 11, 2017
- SmithAmundsen, Seminar; Chicago, IL, May 11, 2017
- Compli; Webinar, May 11, 2017
- Illinois Chamber of Commerce; Naperville, IL, April 27, 2017
- Illinois Chamber of Commerce, Seminar; Waukegan, IL, April 20, 2017
- National Automatic Merchandising Association's OneShow; Las Vegas, NV, April 19, 2017
- SmithAmundsen, Webinar, April 19, 2017
- Illinois Chamber of Commerce; Webinar, April 18, 2017
- Illinois Chamber of Commerce; Seminar; Edwardsville, IL, April 12, 2017
- Illinois Chamber of Commerce; Webinar, April 5, 2017
- Illinois Chamber of Commerce, Seminar; Effingham, IL, March 16, 2017
- Illinois Chamber of Commerce; Webinar, March 8, 2017
- Illinois Chamber of Commerce, Seminar; Naperville, IL, February 23, 2017
- SmithAmundsen, Seminar; Chicago, IL, February 16, 2017
- Mid America Regional Bargaining Association, Seminar; Lombard, IL, February 7, 2017
- Illinois Chamber of Commerce; Webinar, January 31, 2017
- Illinois Chamber of Commerce, Seminar; Peoria, IL, January 26, 2017
- SmithAmundsen, Lombard, IL, January 24, 2017
- National Business Institute, Seminar; Chicago, IL, December 5, 2016
- Chicago-Kent College of Law, Conference; Chicago, IL, December 2, 2016
- Illinois Chamber of Commerce, Seminar, November 30, 2016
- National Automatic Merchandising Association, Webinar, November 15, 2016
- SmithAmundsen Chicago, IL; Webinar, November 10, 2016
- Illinois Chamber of Commerce; Rock Island, IL, October 25, 2016
- 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
