The primary focus of Mr. Stolzenburg's practice is labor-management relations.
He negotiates collective bargaining agreements, represents employers in labor arbitrations, counsels employers on day-to-day issues regarding the collective bargaining relationship (such as strikes, grievances and interpreting collective bargaining agreements), assists employers with union organizing and decertification campaigns, represents employers before the National Labor Relations Board, handles labor-related litigation in federal and state courts and represents employers in ERISA lawsuits filed by union Taft-Hartley pension and benefit funds. He represents clients in a variety of industries, including transportation and logistics, hospitals and other medical facilities, manufacturing, and construction.
Mr. Stolzenburg also has extensive experience representing management in employment litigation before federal and state courts, in addition to administrative agencies such as the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, involving laws including Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act and similar employment-related statutes. He also counsels employers on how to avoid such litigation.
Prior to joining Vedder Price, Mr. Stolzenburg served as a field attorney at the National Labor Relations Board in Peoria, Illinois.
