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The Illinois office based in Chicago is a flagship office of our national labor and employment firm. The office features top national practitioners in the labor, employment, and benefits areas with a growing reputation as a powerhouse in the local market. In fact, according to the filings in the Northern District of Illinois federal court (Chicago), since 2016, Ogletree Deakins has appeared as defense counsel for employers more often than any other firm.
Our employment lawyers are leading national employment counsel for several major corporations in matters spanning the country, including bet-the-company, high-end non-compete litigation and advice, and its wage and hour collective action group services clients locally as well as nationally.
The office is recognized for its construction industry labor relations practice. It represents contractor associations in multiple states and negotiates agreements with construction trades that are used to establish prevailing wage standards in Northern Illinois. The office has expertise in processing job impediment claims to the National Plan for the Settlement of Jurisdictional Disputes, in Washington, D.C.
Ogletree Deakins’ Chicago benefits practitioners routinely work on multiemployer trust fund advice and litigation, and have a national reputation for representing and advising employers on withdrawal liability assessments by multiemployer pension funds.
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Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, PC has an accomplished team that represents major corporations in a range of labor and employment matters. The group is experienced in discrimination and wage and hour issues and restrictive covenant disputes. It possesses notable expertise in labor relations matters in the construction industry.
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The firm was very responsive and brought a high level strategic view but at the same time was also very diligent.
The firm was very responsive and brought a high level strategic view but at the same time was also very diligent.
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Anne Larson is an experienced litigator with broad-based expertise including handling BIPA class actions, retaliation claims and termination disputes.
She is a trusted resource with a wealth of knowledge. She understands the complexities of a large organization with many different business units and provides her advices accordingly.
Tobias Schlueter is recognized for his employment litigation experience, including age discrimination cases and unfair competition matters. He co-chairs the unfair competition and trade secrets team at Ogletree.
He understands the market and his advice is incredibly pragmatic.
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Daniel Canales
John M. Dickman
Michael H. Cramer
Richard L. Samson
Thomas E. Deer
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