Andrew Martone is the President and CEO of the Firm concentrating in the practice of labor and employment law, with a background in industry and human resources. Andy routinely handles matters before the NLRB, EEOC, the Department of Labor, OSHA and numerous state agencies. He regularly represents clients in employment-related litigation in federal and state courts throughout the country (including cases based on race, gender, disability, religion, harassment, national origin, FMLA, veteran status, retaliatory discharge, the False Claims Act and public policy discharge cases). Andy has defended clients in more than 275 federal cases.

Andy has extensive experience in opposing union organizing campaigns, union decertification, negotiating labor agreements and arbitrating contract grievances and has advised clients in labor and employment matters in 49 states, Canada, Mexico, Singapore, Japan, Saigon and Puerto Rico. Andy regularly negotiates an average of 12 collective bargaining agreements per year, advises clients on labor relations issues on a day-to-day basis and arbitrates several cases each year. Andy has acted as nationwide counsel for labor and employment matters for a number of companies and represents many regional and national employers, including full service hospitals, extended care facilities, dairies, mines, power plants, marketing concerns, retailers, builders, construction companies, logistics providers, municipalities, law enforcement and not-for-profits.

Andy has also counseled many clients on the complicated issues relating to pension withdrawal liability and the Central States Pension Fund, and is a frequent speaker on both topics.

In his prior life, Andy worked on an automobile assembly line and within the human resources department for a Big Three automaker. Andy trains clients and their managers on such topics as human resources practice, affirmative action, union negotiating and avoidance, discipline and discharge, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Occupational Safety and Health Act, Workers’ Compensation and topics involving wrongful discharge.

The Labor Relations Institute repeatedly named Andy one of the Top 100 Labor Attorneys in America. The award is based on an objective evaluation of case results, and places Andy in the top 1% of all labor attorneys nationwide.

Andy was named one of The Best Lawyers in America in the specialty of Labor and Employment Law, and he has received the highest possible rating (“AV – Preeminent”) from Martindale-Hubbell.

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We provide advice to employers concerning every facet of labor relations and employment matters on a daily basis. Our labor and employment law practice includes drafting all types of employment policies, handbooks and contracts, representing employers with respect to labor contract negotiations, arbitrations, union avoidance and union election campaigns, defense of employment discrimination and wrongful discharge cases before federal and state agencies and federal and state courts (including claims brought under Title VII, the Fair Labor Standards Act, National Labor Relations Act, OSHA, the False Claims Act, the various federal and state civil rights acts, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act and the Family and Medical Leave Act).

We have successfully defended cases brought by the DOL, the OFCCP, the U.S. Attorney (False Claims Act cases), the EEOC, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, and by private plaintiffs as individuals and in multi-plaintiff actions.

We are also proficient on all issues surrounding the enforcement of restrictive employment covenants, from the drafting and negotiation stage through the process of obtaining/opposing injunctive relief.

We represent clients in complex civil litigation in courts and before arbitration panels throughout the Midwest. We also counsel clients in connection with commercial and real estate transactions.