The 2026 listing of leading Employer-focused Chicago Employment Lawyers details attorneys practising within the areas of employment and industrial relations matters across the greater Chicago legal market whose practice has a strong employer representation focus and who have been identified by the city’s employment lawyers for their expertise and abilities in these areas.
Preeminent
Jeremy Glenn, Cozen O’Connor
Jeff Nowak, Littler Mendelson
Camille Olson, Seyfarth Shaw
Anna Wermuth, Cozen O’Connor
Leading
Sari Alamuddin, Morgan Lewis & Bockius
Tracy Billows, Seyfarth Shaw
Michael Cramer, Ogletree Deakins
William Dugan, Baker McKenzie
Noah Finkel, Seyfarth Shaw
James Franczek Jr, Franczek
Michael Gray, Jones Day
Barry Hartstein, Littler Mendelson
Gerald Maatman Jr, Duane Morris
Ellen McLaughlin, Seyfarth Shaw
Jill O’Brien, Laner Muchin
Steven Pearlman, Proskauer Rose
Thomas Piskorski, Seyfarth Shaw
Robert Smith Jr, Clark Baird Smith
Nigel Telman, Proskauer Rose
Joseph Tilson, Cozen O’Connor
Joseph Torres, Jenner & Block
Recommended
Nadine Abrahams, Jackson Lewis
Brian Alcala, Nixon Peabody
Nicholas Anaclerio, Vedder Price
Craig Annunziata, Fisher Phillips
Paul Bateman, Littler Mendelson
Susan Best, Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani
Rachel Cowen, Dechert
Thomas Deer, Ogletree Deakins
Neil Dishman, Jackson Lewis
Kenneth Dolin, Seyfarth Shaw
Jeremy Edelson, Laner Muchin
Erin McAdams Franzblau, Croke Fairchild Duarte & Beres
Laura Friedel, Levenfeld Pearlstein
Benjamin Gehrt, Clark Baird Smith
Peter Gillespie, Laner Muchin
Andrew Goldberg, Laner Muchin
Gerald Golden, Neal Gerber & Eisenberg
Marcia Goodman, Mayer Brown
David Haase, Littler Mendelson
Sheryl Jaffee Halpern, Much
Daniel Kaufman, Michael Best & Friedrich
Jason Kim, Neal Gerber & Eisenberg
Anne Larson, Ogletree Deakins
Abad Lopez, Dykema
Gray Mateo-Harris, Fox Rothschild
Elizabeth McRee, Jones Day
Kirsten Milton, Jackson Lewis
Kerryann Haase Minton, Michael Best & Friedrich
Karl Ottosen, Ottosen DiNolfo Hasenbalg & Castaldo
Brian Paul, Michael Best & Friedrich
Gerald Pauling, Seyfarth Shaw
Michael Phillips, McGuireWoods
Allison Powers, Blank Rome
David Radelet, Littler Mendelson
Victoria Richter, DLA Piper
David Ritter, Barnes & Thornburg
Andrew Rosenman, Mayer Brown
Tobias Schlueter, Ogletree Deakins
Michael Sheehan, Dechert
Kenneth Sparks, Vedder Price
Joel Spitz, McGuireWoods
Julie Furer Stahr, ArentFox Schiff
William Tarnow, Neal Gerber & Eisenberg
E. Jason Tremblay, Saul Ewing
Jill Vorobiev, Morgan Lewis & Bockius
Michael Warner Jr, Franczek
Thomas Wilde, Vedder Price
Ami Wynne, Morgan Lewis & Bockius