CHICAGO ― For the second year in a row,
Thomas Y. Mandler, a Partner in the
Chicago office of Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP, has been included in a ranking of the top labor lawyers in the United States. “The Nation’s Most Powerful Employment Attorneys—Top 20 for Labor Law” list was prepared by Lawdragon, a prominent legal media company. It appeared in the June 16, 2011, issue of Human Resource Executive® magazine. Lawdragon created its list through a combination of online balloting, independent research and a vetting of recent cases and activity.
Mr. Mandler has for almost 40 years focused his practice on advising management on all types of labor and employment law matters. He represents private and public sector employers nationally in collective bargaining, grievance and arbitration proceedings, and strikes and injunctions. Mr. Mandler has practiced before governmental agencies enforcing labor, equal employment opportunity, affirmative action and occupational safety and health laws. He handles all matters relating to employees whether or not they are represented by a union, employed pursuant to a written employment agreement, or employed “at-will.” Mr. Mandler devotes much of his practice to proactive training of clients' supervisors, to help prevent or minimize costly legal problems.
Mr. Mandler was elected as a Fellow of the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers. He has twice been named as one of the “Top One Hundred Labor Attorneys in the United States” by the Labor Relations Institute (LRI), an honor that places him in the top one percent of labor attorneys in the country. Mr. Mandler has also been recognized by his peers as a Leading Lawyer in the area of Employment Law: Management, and has been named to the Super Lawyers list in the area of Employment & Labor, by Illinois Super Lawyers magazine. Mr. Mandler holds the AV® Peer Review Rating from Martindale-Hubbell, its highest rating for ethics and legal ability.
Founded in 1934, Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP is a national law firm with approximately 500 lawyers in 24 offices spanning 12 states, including
Arizona,
California,
Florida,
Illinois,
Indiana,
Massachusetts,
Minnesota,
Missouri,
New York,
Oregon,
Rhode Island and
Wisconsin.
Hinshaw offers a full-service practice, with an emphasis in litigation, business law and corporate transactions, environmental, intellectual property, labor and employment law, professional liability defense, estate planning and taxation matters. The firm represents a range of for-profit and not-for-profit clients in industries that include alarm and security services, construction, financial services, health care, hospitality, insurance, lawyers and law firms, manufacturing, real estate, retail and transportation. Hinshaw clients also include government agencies, municipalities and schools.