Tom Luetkemeyer concentrates his practice in the areas of labor and employment law and corporate health care law.

Mr. Luetkemeyer represents management employers around the country in the full range of labor and employment matters. His practice includes work before federal administrative agencies such as the EEOC, the U.S. Department of Labor, the OFCCP and OSHA. He regularly appears before state agencies with jurisdiction over employers, including the Illinois Department of Human Rights and other similar state agencies with responsibility for enforcing laws prohibiting discrimination in the work place.

Mr. Luetkemeyer also is involved with state departments of labor and other similar agencies. He represents employers in a variety of union-related concerns, including organization drives, collective bargaining, strikes, secondary boycotts, decertification and administrative hearings before the National Labor Relations Board.

In his health care practice, Mr. Luetkemeyer regularly represents hospitals, group practices and individual physicians in general corporate matters. He advises clients on organizational and structural issues concerning joint ventures, sales of operating entities, physician recruitment, fraud and abuse, Stark I and II, tax exemption issues, shareholder relations and executive compensation. Mr. Luetkemeyer frequently appears before a variety of Illinois administrative agencies, including the Illinois Department of Professional Regulation, the Illinois Department of Public Aid and the Illinois Department of Public Health. Mr. Luetkemeyer is an Adjunct Professor at Loyola University of Chicago School of Law and teaches labor law, employment law and employment discrimination. His professional affiliations include the Chicago Bar Association and the Illinois State Bar Association.

Mr. Luetkemeyer joined Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP in January 1985. He serves as the in-house counsel on the firm's employment matters.

He has been recognized by his peers as a Leading Lawyer in the category of Employment Law: Management. In addition, Mr. Luetkemeyer holds the AV® Peer Review Rating from Martindale-Hubbell, its highest rating for ethics and legal ability.

Since 2005, Mr. Luetkemeyer has been named annually to the Super Lawyers list in the area of Employment & Labor, by Illinois Super Lawyers magazine. Mr. Luetkemeyer frequently speaks to educational, business, legal and professional association audiences on labor and employment and health care topics, including wage and hour issues and sexual harassment. He also speaks on the impact of other state and federal laws affecting the employee-employer relationship.

His presentations over the past 10 years have included:

• “Risk Management Considerations in Restructuring and Winding-Up Law Firms,” Hinshaw’s annual Legal Malpractice & Risk Management Conference, Chicago, Illinois, March 2010.
• "Managing the Partner with Intellectual Disabilities," Saint Ignatius Law Society, Chicago, Illinois, November 2009.
• “Self-Disclosure,” Hinshaw’s 2009 Health Care Conference, Lisle, Illinois, November 2009.
• "Managing Difficult Communications and Promoting Professionalism in the Workplace," Illinois Attorney General, Chicago, Illinois, May and September, 2009.
• "Intellectual Disabilities and the ADA Amendments," EEOC Technical Assistance Program, Arlington Heights, Illinois, July, 2009.
• "The Basics of Employment Law," American Institute of Architects, Chicago, Illinois, May, 2009.
• "Year in Review--Employment and Health Law Update," College of Imaging Administrators, Downers Grove, Illinois, April, 2009.
• "Best Practices in Discharge," Lorman Educational Conference, Naperville, Illinois, January, 2009.
• “Managing Your Firm’s HR Risk,” 7th Annual Law Firm General Counsels’ Forum, New York, New York, November 2008.
• “Self-Reporting,” Hinshaw’s 2008 Health Care Conference, Lisle, Illinois, November 2008.
• “Best Practices for Discipline and Discharge,” Hinshaw’s 2008 Annual Labor & Employment Seminar, Oak Brook, Illinois, November 2008.
• “Summary Judgment – Mock Argument,” National Employment Lawyers Association seminar, “2008 Representing Workers in Harassment & Retaliation Claims,” Chicago, Illinois, October 2008.
• “When is a Partner Not a Partner,” Association of Legal Administrators, Orlando, Florida, October 2008.
• “Impaired and Poorly Behaving Partners: Managing the Risks,” Hildebrandt Institute and Hinshaw virtual seminar series, July 2008.
• “Dealing with Intellectual Disabilities and Behavioral Issues Under the ADA,” EEOC Technical Assistance Program, Lincolnshire, Illinois, May 2008.
• “Year in Review” and “Legal Update on Stark Developments,” College of Imaging Administrators, Downers Grove, Illinois, April 2008.
• “The Impaired Lawyer,” Hinshaw’s annual Legal Malpractice & Risk Management Conference, Chicago, Illinois, February 2008.
• “Legal Considerations When Expanding a Home Health Care Business,” Philippine American Chamber of Commerce of Greater Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, January 2008.
• “Working Effectively with the EEOC,” Printing Industry of Illinois/Indiana, Chicago, Illinois, January 2008.
• “New and Proposed Stark Regulations,” Hinshaw’s 2007 Health Care Conference: Current Issues Affecting the Governance and Management of Hospitals and Health Systems, Oakbrook, Illinois, November 2007.
• “Covenants and Other Problematic Policies,” Hinshaw’s “Effectively Dealing with Current Labor & Employment Issues” seminar, Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois, November 2007.
• “Discipline and Termination – Documentation and Best Practices,” Illinois Health Care Association, live webinar, June 2007.
• “Corporate Campaigns,” Health Finance Management Association, Chicago, Illinois, January 2007.
• “Union Organizational Activity,” Hinshaw’s 2006 Health Care Conference, “Current Issues Affecting Health System and Hospital Boards and Management,” Chicago, Illinois, September 2006.
• “Accommodating Employees and Applicants with Intellectual Disabilities,” Hinshaw seminar “Effectively Dealing with Current Labor & Employment Issues,” Chicago, Illinois, September 2006.
• “2006 Employment Law Update,” Central Illinois Society for Healthcare Human Resources Administrators, Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois, September 2006.
• “Recent Supreme Court and Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals Jurisprudence,” Hinshaw seminar “Effectively Dealing with Current Labor & Employment Issues,” Lisle, Illinois, November 2005.
• “Top Three Hot Topics in Health Care: Advanced Physician Recruitment, New Hospital Reporting Standards and Contractual Joint Ventures,” Hinshaw’s “2005 Health Care Conference: Current Issues Affecting Health System and Hospital Boards and Management,” Chicago, Illinois, September 2005.
• “An Update on Recent Important Court Decisions,” Hinshaw seminar “Effectively Dealing with Current Labor & Employment Issues, Chicago, Illinois, September 2005.
• “Employment Discrimination and Harassment Laws – Current compliance and Defense Methods,” Hinshaw seminar, “Effectively Dealing with Current Labor & Employment Issues,” Chicago, Illinois, December 2004.
• “Doing the Right Thing: A Review of Employment Practice Issues,” Hinshaw and Euclid Insurance’s seminar “The Annual Review: A 2004 Design Firm Check-up,” Chicago and Oak Brook, Illinois, November 2004.
• "Discipline and Documentation," EEOC Technical Assistance Program, August 2004.
• "Employment Law Developments," College of Imaging Administrators, May 2004.
• "Union Organizing Tactics," St. Mary of Galesberg, April 2004.
• "Employment Issues Roundtable," Pre-School Owners Association, February 2004.
• "Employment Practices Risk," CUNA Mutual Group, June 2003.
• "Employment Practices Liability for the Medical Practice," Kane County Medical Society, May 2003.
• "The Abusive Physician," American Association of Critical Care Nurses, March 2003.
• “HR Tools for the 21st Century,” American Institute of Architects, May 2002.
• “Compliance Issues for Imaging Administrators,” College of Imaging Administrators, April 2002.
• “Nuts and Bolts of Staffing and Other Human Resource Issues,” American Society of Plastic Surgeons, April 2002.
• “The Disruptive Physician and the ADA,” Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education, March 2002.
• “Navigating the Troubled Waters of Employment Law,” American Association of Critical Care Nurses, March 2002.
• “The New 2001 Stark II Regulations,” College of Imaging Administrators, April 2001.
• “Extending Weingarten to the Non-Union Sector,” University of Notre Dame Law School, March 2001.
• Sexual Harassment and the Workplace, NeuroSource, September, 2000.
• “Avoiding Employment Law Claims,” The Chicago Trust Company, October 1999.
• “Developments in Employment Law for the Health Care Client,” Chicago Association of Health Care Executives, May 1999.

Mr. Luetkemeyer also is the author of the “Employment Discrimination” chapter in the Handbook on Employment Termination, Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education, May 2002.