Labor & Employment: The Elite
USA Guide 2024 : Illinois
Band 3
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Provided by Vedder Price PC
With a reputations as one of the premier labor and employment law firms in the country since our founding in 1952, Vedder Price has evolved into a full service employment litigation and counseling practice balanced with a highly sophisticated executive compensation and employee benefits practice. Our extensive knowledge of the vast array of labor and employment laws, as well as our decades of experience representing clients across a multitude of diverse industries enables us to understand the complex and ever evolving issues employers face. Vedder Price’s labor and employment team boasts attorneys with deep expertise and experience in all aspects of union-management relations, discrimination law counseling and litigation, restrictive covenant advice and litigation, wage and hour litigation (including sophisticated class and collective action litigation), and the vast array of federal, state and local employment regulatory topics. Our team also regularly conducts workplace investigations and trains employers and their employees on a vast array of workplace issues.
Chambers Review
Vedder Price defends employers in class actions, wrongful discharge and discrimination litigation. The group is noted for its counsel on collective bargaining and union organizing issues. It regularly represents major corporations in a range of industries including pharmaceutical, financial services, healthcare and retail. The firm also provides clients with counsel on internal personnel policy and litigation avoidance strategies.
Work Highlights
- Vedder Price represented Quick Supply in Chicagoland-area labor negotiations with the Laborers International and Local 681.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Vedder Price has a great deal of practical and legal knowledge."
"Vedder's labor and employment group includes several sophisticated attorneys covering all areas of labor and employment law."
"Vedder Price has a great deal of practical and legal knowledge."
"Vedder's labor and employment group includes several sophisticated attorneys covering all areas of labor and employment law."
Notable Practitioners
Kenneth Sparks continues to serve as chair of the traditional labor group at Vedder Price. He works on collective bargaining agreements, among other matters.
"Kenneth is an excellent lawyer."
Thomas Wilde regularly advises employers on wage and hour litigation and harassment claims, as well as collective bargaining matters.
Elizabeth Hall is a highly regarded labor and employment attorney. She regularly defends clients in class action claims.
"Elizabeth is a very good attorney who is very skilled with clients."
Ranked Lawyers at
Vedder Price PC
Illinois