Affiliations

• American Bar Association (Labor and Employment; Dispute Resolution; Litigation Sections (including the Committee on Class and Derivative Actions and Business Law Sections))
• Chicago Bar Association
• Seventh Circuit Bar Association

Representative Engagements

Class, Multiple Plaintiff and Collective Actions

• Ruffin and Baker, et al. v. Exel Direct, Inc. (alleged multi-count class action challenging defendant’s business model of independent contractor drivers who fulfill customer delivery orders)
• Ellis and Price, et al. v. DHL Express, Inc. (USA) and Deutsche Post World Net (Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) purported class action)
• Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Dukes et al., (131 S. Ct. 2541 (2011)) (provided representation of the Society for Human Resource Management and HR Policy Association as amici curiae in U.S. Supreme Court on class certification)
• Yvonne Dalton, et al. v. North County TImes, et al. (class action alleging workers misclassified as independent contractors and multiple violations of California Labor Code)
• Veronica Becerra, et al. v. The McClatchy Company d/b/a The Fresno Bee (class action alleging workers misclassified as independent contractors and multiple violations of California Labor Code)
• Richard Galindo, et al. v. The McClatchy Company d/b/a The Sacramento Bee (class action alleging workers misclassified as independent contractors and multiple violations of California Labor Code)
• Danny E. Ruffin, et al. v. Exel Direct, Inc. (class action alleging workers misclassified as independent contractors and breach of contract claims)
• John Ellis et al, v. DHL Express, et al. (class action alleging violation of federal  WARN Act)
• Peter Bergman, et al. v. Kindred Healthcare, Inc., et al. (class action alleging failure to compensate for all hours worked based on alleged deduction policy)
• Bobbie Cason, et al. v. Vibra Healthcare, et al. (class action alleging failure to compensate for all hours worked based on alleged deduction policy)
• Allen, et al. v. Komatsu Dresser Company (age discrimination collective action)
• Finnegan, et al. v. Transworld Airlines (age discrimination collective action)
• Halvorson, et al. v. U.S. Komatsu (class action under ERISA )
• Hopkins, et al. v. APCOA/Standard Parking (class action race/national origin discrimination)
• EEOC v. McIntyre Group, Ltd. (EEOC/multiple plaintiff/claimant pattern and practice race discrimination claim)
• EEOC v. Taylor Electric (EEOC and class action alleging sex discrimination under Title VII)
• Xodus v. Wackenhut (religious discrimination suit under Title VII alleging disparate treatment)
• Coleman et al. v. BMMC (multiple plaintiff race harassment, race discrimination claim)
• Garcia, et al. v. AT&T and Lucent (breach of contract class action on behalf of up to 50,000 class members)
• Rice, et al. v. United Cerebral Palsy (Fair Labor Standards Act collective action)
• Albee, et al. v. Village of Bartlett (Fair Labor Standards Act collective action)
• Ooley, et al. v. Schwitzer Corporation (mass action Section 301 breach of contract case)
• Custom Search, Inc., et al. v. The Star Tribune Company (class action brought by advertisers alleging that defendant overstated its circulation figures and overcharged customers for its advertising)

Employment Litigation

• Boothe v. Aaron’s, Inc. and Clayton Lingelbach (sexual harassment, hostile work environment, sex discrimination, race discrimination and retaliation case)
• Alford v. Aaron Rents, Inc. (sexual harassment)
• Oliver v. Procter & Gamble (age discrimination)
• McDaniels v. ISP (whistleblower/wrongful discharge)
• Cage v. Lutheran Brotherhood (race discrimination)
• Jamison v. Dow (Americans with Disabilities Act/race discrimination)
• Klaahsen v. APCOA/Standard Parking (sexual harassment retaliation case)
• Crawford v. APCOA/Standard Parking (Americans with Disabilities Act)
• Hull v. APCOA/Standard Parking (race discrimination; employer’s good faith affirmative defenses)
• McKinney v. Komatsu America (sex harassment and retaliation)
• Foxworth v. Radio One (various state law torts)
• Paulson v. GAF (pregnancy discrimination)
• Miller v. GAF (whistleblower/wrongful discharge)
• Galloway v. Alltel (gender, religion and retaliation)
• Fritz v. PNC Corporation (Americans with Disabilities Act)
• Harris v. Standard Parking (Americans with Disabilities Act)
• Murray v. LSP Florists (Americans With Disabilities Act discrimination claim)
• Crosby v. Continental Grain Company, et al. (race discrimination)
• Bagnell v. Komatsu Dresser Company (national origin discrimination)
• Lacey-Sikich v. Playboy Enterprises (age discrimination)
• Bobruk v. Bulkmatic Transport Company (sex discrimination)
• Johnson v. Pantograph (sex discrimination)
• Dews v. APCOA (Americans with Disabilities Act)

Executive Arbitrations

• Hewlett-Packard Co. v. Hurd, et al. (high profile resignation, violated trade secret agreements)
• Maclin v. Radio One (gender discrimination and retaliation, executive arbitration)
• Dearborn Wire and Cable and Prusak (breach of contract, executive arbitration)

Labor Litigation

• Lid Electric v. IBEW Local 134, Electrical Joint Arbitration Board (defense of motion to vacate arbitration award)
• NLRB v. Landis Plastics (Section 10(j) injunction proceedings under the National Labor Relations Act)
• NLRB v. Modern Drop Forge (Section 10(j) injunction proceeding under National Labor Relations Act)
• Rexam and International B’hood of Teamsters (unfair labor practice/election objections)
• Lakewood Engineering & Mfg. Co. and Teamsters Local 743 (representation case)
• APTCO Auto Auction and UAW (representation case)
• Pace Local 1-149 v. Amerchol (suit to compel arbitration and/or for payment of benefits per ERISA and/or collective bargaining agreement)
• United Steelworkers v. Dow (suit to compel arbitration)
• Dow v. United Steelworkers (suit to vacate arbitration award)
• Roper and Husen v. Dow and United Steelworkers (hybrid Section 310 and duty of fair representation claims)

Publications

• Co-Author, “Supreme Court Hears Oral Argument in Vance v. Ball State University,” Seyfarth Shaw LLP - One Minute Memo (November 26, 2012)
• “A Call for a Simpler Approach: Examining the NLRA’s 10(j) Standard,” 3 University of Pennsylvania Journal of Labor and Employment Law 251 (Winter 2001.)
• “Remedial Gap at the NLRB; the Demise of the Nonmajority Bargaining Order” 1985 University of Wisconsin Law Review 1193