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   3Lawrence J. CasazzaChicago(312) 609-7770lcasazza@vedderprice.comlcasazza@vedderprice.comVedder Price PCwww.vedderprice.comwww.vedderprice.comcasazzalawrencej.jpgEmployment Law: ManagementADR Law: EmploymentLabor Law: ManagementNLRB MattersCollective BargainingLabor ArbitrationEmployment DiscriminationAlternative Dispute Resolution
Lawrence J. Casazzalcasazza@vedderprice.com
Vedder Price PChttp://www.vedderprice.com
222 N La Salle St Ste 2600
Chicago IL 60601-1100
Ph.(312) 609-7770 Fx.(312) 609-5005
Selected by peers as a Leading Lawyer in:    Extensive Experience in:
Employment Law: Management    NLRB Matters
ADR Law: Employment    Collective Bargaining
Labor Law: Management     Labor Arbitration
    Employment Discrimination
    Alternative Dispute Resolution
Advisory Board Member
County:  Cook
Practice Description:  
Mr. Casazza represents a wide variety of businesses and public sector clients in labor and employment law matters, including NLRB matters, collective bargaining, employment discrimination, employment-at-will and labor arbitration. He also serves as an arbitrator and a mediator. He is a seasoned negotiator who has successfully handled negotiations for bargaining units as large as 8,500 employees. He is vice chair of Vedder Price's Executive Committee.

Notable Cases and Results:  
  • National Union of Hospital & Health Care Employees, American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees v. County of Cook, 692 N.E.2d 1253, 1-96-2690 (Ill. App. Ct. 1998). The court and State Labor Board held that attending physicians at Cook County Hospital are statutory supervisors and so may not organize for purposes of collective bargaining under the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act.

  • Speedrack, Inc. and UAW, 293 NLRB No. 128 (1989). The employer unilaterally implemented a wage decrease of approximately 47%. The Board ruled that the employer had bargained in good faith to impasse, and that an employer normally can unilaterally implement a wage reduction after bargaining to impasse pursuant to a mid-contract wage reopener.


    • Bar Admissions:  
    United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
    Illinois

    Hourly Rate:  $301-$400/hour

    Retainer:  Varies Upon Case

    Date of Birth:  1946

    Law School:  Loyola University Chicago School of Law, J.D., 1972
    Law School Honors/Involvement:  Law Review and Law Review board of editors

    Undergraduate School:  Miami University

    Representative Clients:  
    The County of Cook; University of Chicago Hospitals; ConAgra Foods; Fieldcrest Cannon; McCain Foods; John Hancock Life Insurance Corporation; Turtlewax, Inc.; Evanston/Skokie School District 65; American Rubber Products Corp.; and Aftermarket Technology Corp.

    Employment History:  
    Vedder, Price, Kaufman & Kammholz, 1979 to present
    Chief labor counsel, Swift & Company and Swift Law Department, 1972 to 1979

    Bar/Professional Association Involvement:  
  • Three years as the management co-chair of the American Bar Association Committee on ADR in Labor & Employment Law and several years as management co-chair of various ABA subcommittees

  • Fellow of the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers

  • Listed in the The Best Lawyers in America and member of The National Registry of Who's Who

  • Fellow of the American Bar Foundation

  • Recommended by his peers as being in the top half of the top 1% of Illinois attorneys and serves on the Leading Lawyers Network Advisory Board


    • Community Involvement:  
    He has served on several community boards of directors.

    Published Legal Writing:  
    Labor Arbitration, a Practical Guide for Advocates, BNA
    Elkouri & Elkouri, How Arbitration Works, Fourth and Fifth Editions, BNA
    Contributing editor to Discipline and Discharge in Arbitration, BNA
    Served on the editorial review board of the Illinois Labor Letter
    "Violence in the Workplace: How to Reduce an Employer's Potential Liability," Illinois Public Employee Relations Report, Summer, 1997 Also authored articles for the Loyola Law Journal and Pension World.

    Legal Lectures:  
    Mr. Casazza is a frequent lecturer on labor law matters, having spoken at numerous programs including those conducted by the ABA Labor and Employment Law Section, the ABA Labor Arbitration Advocacy Program, the ABA and Northwestern University Law School National Labor and Employment Law Institute, Federal Publications Seminars, the Chicago Bar Association, the Management Association of Illinois, the Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education, the Illinois Municipal League, the Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce and Fulcrum. He is an adjunct professor of Employment Litigation at Chicago-Kent College of Law.

    Firm Description:  
    Vedder, Price is one of the prominent labor law firms in the United States, with over 40 labor and employment law attorneys.

    Family:  Married to Martha Ellen Casazza, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences of National-Louis University. Two grown sons: Christopher and Justin.

    Additional Office Locations:  New York City and New Jersey.
    1003174
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