The 2026 listing of leading Employee-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 employee representation focus and who have been identified by the city’s employment lawyers for their expertise and abilities in these areas.
Showing all 55 lawyers
Tiers are in rank order. Within a tier, names are alphabetical and are not ranked against one another.
Preeminent
| Lawyer | Firm | Doyle’s ranking record |
|---|---|---|
| Vicki Lafer Abrahamson | Abrahamson Rdzanek & Wilkins LLC | Doyle’s ranking record: Vicki Lafer Abrahamson |
| M. Nieves Bolaños | Hawks Quindel | Doyle’s ranking record: M. Nieves Bolaños |
| Kristin Case | Case + Sedey LLC | Doyle’s ranking record: Kristin Case |
| M. Megan O'Malley | O'Malley & Madden | Doyle’s ranking record: M. Megan O'Malley |
Leading
| Lawyer | Firm | Doyle’s ranking record |
|---|---|---|
| Margaret Angelucci | Asher Gittler & D'Alba | Doyle’s ranking record: Margaret Angelucci |
| Melissa Auerbach | Dowd Bloch Bennett Cervone Auerbach & Yokich LLP | Doyle’s ranking record: Melissa Auerbach |
| Max Barack | Garfinkel Group LLC | Doyle’s ranking record: Max Barack |
| Barry Bennett | Dowd Bloch Bennett Cervone Auerbach & Yokich LLP | Doyle’s ranking record: Barry Bennett |
| Robert Bloch | Dowd Bloch Bennett Cervone Auerbach & Yokich LLP | Doyle’s ranking record: Robert Bloch |
| Deane Brown | Hughes Socol Piers Resnick & Dym | Doyle’s ranking record: Deane Brown |
| Danielle Burns | Jacobs Burns Orlove & Hernandez LLP | Doyle’s ranking record: Danielle Burns |
| Alejandro Caffarelli | Caffarelli & Martin | Doyle’s ranking record: Alejandro Caffarelli |
| Lori Deem | Hughes Socol Piers Resnick & Dym | Doyle’s ranking record: Lori Deem |
| Lori Ecker | Law Office of Lori D Ecker | Doyle’s ranking record: Lori Ecker |
| Dennis Favaro | Favaro & Gorman | Doyle’s ranking record: Dennis Favaro |
| Laura Feldman | The Prinz Law Firm | Doyle’s ranking record: Laura Feldman |
| David Fish | Workplace Law Partners | Doyle’s ranking record: David Fish |
| Linda Friedman | Stowell & Friedman | Doyle’s ranking record: Linda Friedman |
| Marisel Hernandez | Jacobs Burns Orlove & Hernandez LLP | Doyle’s ranking record: Marisel Hernandez |
| Jonathan Karmel | Karmel & Torres LLC | Doyle’s ranking record: Jonathan Karmel |
| Wesley Kennedy | Allison Slutsky & Kennedy | Doyle’s ranking record: Wesley Kennedy |
| Jerry Marzullo | Asher Gittler & D'Alba | Doyle’s ranking record: Jerry Marzullo |
| Susan Matta | Allison Slutsky & Kennedy | Doyle’s ranking record: Susan Matta |
| Kate Sedey | Case + Sedey LLC | Doyle’s ranking record: Kate Sedey |
| Matthew Singer | Matt Singer Law LLC | Doyle’s ranking record: Matthew Singer |
| Sherrie Voyles | Jacobs Burns Orlove & Hernandez LLP | Doyle’s ranking record: Sherrie Voyles |
| Marni Willenson | Willenson Law LLC | Doyle’s ranking record: Marni Willenson |
| Christopher Wilmes | Hughes Socol Piers Resnick & Dym | Doyle’s ranking record: Christopher Wilmes |
Recommended
| Lawyer | Firm | Doyle’s ranking record |
|---|---|---|
| David Baltmanis | Miner Barnhill & Galland | Doyle’s ranking record: David Baltmanis |
| Laurel Bellows | The Bellows Law Group | Doyle’s ranking record: Laurel Bellows |
| Frank Bertuca | Katz Friedman Eisenstein Johnson Bareck & Bertuca | Doyle’s ranking record: Frank Bertuca |
| Amit Bindra | The Prinz Law Firm | Doyle’s ranking record: Amit Bindra |
| Suzanne Bish | Stowell & Friedman | Doyle’s ranking record: Suzanne Bish |
| Patrick Dolan | Conti & Dolan LLC | Doyle’s ranking record: Patrick Dolan |
| Gail Schnitzer Eisenberg | Loftus & Eisenberg | Doyle’s ranking record: Gail Schnitzer Eisenberg |
| Haskell Garfinkel | Garfinkel Group LLC | Doyle’s ranking record: Haskell Garfinkel |
| Lori Goldstein | Law Office of Lori A Goldstein LLC | Doyle’s ranking record: Lori Goldstein |
| Bridgette Kolb | Katz Friedman Eisenstein Johnson Bareck & Bertuca | Doyle’s ranking record: Bridgette Kolb |
| Rafael Lázaro | Lázaro Law Group LLC | Doyle’s ranking record: Rafael Lázaro |
| David Lee | Law Offices of David L Lee | Doyle’s ranking record: David Lee |
| Michael Leonard | Leonard Trial Lawyers | Doyle’s ranking record: Michael Leonard |
| John Madden | O'Malley & Madden | Doyle’s ranking record: John Madden |
| Aaron Maduff | Barrett & Farahany | Doyle’s ranking record: Aaron Maduff |
| Ruth Major | Law Offices of Ruth I. Major | Doyle’s ranking record: Ruth Major |
| Bradley Manewith | Lichten & Liss-Riordan | Doyle’s ranking record: Bradley Manewith |
| Alexis Martin | Caffarelli & Martin | Doyle’s ranking record: Alexis Martin |
| Timothy Nolan | Nolan Law Office | Doyle’s ranking record: Timothy Nolan |
| Matthew Pierce | Asher Gittler & D'Alba | Doyle’s ranking record: Matthew Pierce |
| Kristen Prinz | The Prinz Law Firm | Doyle’s ranking record: Kristen Prinz |
| Maureen Salas | Werman Salas | Doyle’s ranking record: Maureen Salas |
| Jill Weinstein | Pedersen & Weinstein LLP | Doyle’s ranking record: Jill Weinstein |
| Douglas Werman | Werman Salas | Doyle’s ranking record: Douglas Werman |
| J. Bryan Wood | Kaplan Law Firm PLLC | Doyle’s ranking record: J. Bryan Wood |
| Charlie Wysong | Hughes Socol Piers Resnick & Dym | Doyle’s ranking record: Charlie Wysong |
| James Zouras | Stephan Zouras LLC | Doyle’s ranking record: James Zouras |
No lawyers match these filters.
Spotted an error in this list? Report a correction.