William Tarnow

Practice Areas

Bill is chair of the firm’s Labor & Employment practice group. He is a litigator who manages employment-related disputes before federal and state courts and administrative agencies throughout the country, and he also serves as a strategic partner to companies and executives concerning the broad spectrum of critical business and employment matters that impact their operations.

Bill’s litigation practice encompasses the full spectrum of employment matters. He litigates and advises clients daily on noncompete and nonsolicitation agreements, trade secrets, breach of fiduciary duty, and breach of contract matters. He also has deep experience counseling on, investigating, and litigating all manner of complaints and claims of discrimination, harassment and retaliation regulated by federal and state counterpart statutes such as Title VII, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) and the Family & Medical Leave Act (FMLA). Bill also advises clients on compensation issues, and defends class action cases across the country involving wage & hour and overtime pay claims regulated by state and federal laws.

Clients benefit every day from Bill’s ability to deliver much more than exceptional litigation management and daily counsel in employment matters – he’s also the clients’ trusted general business advisor and the leader of a team of attorneys charged with ensuring clients have effective strategies in place for every facet of their operations.

In addition to serving clients, Bill regularly publishes articles and provides presentations and training on a variety of workplace considerations and strategies, both to individual employers and at conferences, to address employment matters impacting their businesses. He also appears on television and is quoted in print media as a thought leader to provide his views on trending employment issues.

Personal

University of Illinois College of Law (J.D., 1997) cum laude; University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (B.A., 1994) with honors