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| Name: | Alan King |  |
| Law Firm: | Gardner Carton & Douglas | |
| Address: | 191
N. Wacker Drive Suite 2900 Chicago, Il. 60606 |
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| Phone Number: | 312-569-1334 | |
| Email: | aking@gcd.com |
| Specialty Areas: | Labor and Employment Law; Litigation |
| Licenses: | Illinois |
| Education and Honors: | Augustana
College - 1985; University of Illinois College of Law - 1988;
Notes Editor, Illinois Bar Journal Named one of "40 Illinois Attorneys Under Forty to Watch" by Law Bulletin Publishing Company-2003 |
| Professional Background: | Alan
S. King is a principal and chair of Gardner, Carton & Douglas,
LLC's Labor and Employment Practice Group. His practice is concentrated
in the area of employment litigation and counseling. Mr. King
has extensive experience on behalf of both private and public
employers in virtually all types of employment-related litigation.
He has successfully litigated cases and advised clients on a
broad range of employment matters, including equal employment
(EEO) issues, employee benefits and ERISA, restrictive covenants,
confidentiality agreements, wrongful discharge, defamation,
and other state and federal statutory and common law employment
compliance issues. Mr. King’s practice includes industrial class action litigation in federal and state courts, and he has considerable experience representing employers before federal, state and local administrative agencies, including the EEOC, OSHA, the NLRB, the Illinois State Labor Relations Board, the Illinois Department of Human Rights, and the U.S. and Illinois Departments of Labor. Mr. King also has significant experience in traditional labor counseling and practice, including collective bargaining and arbitration. Mr. King is a frequent lecturer to bar association and employer groups; his recent topics have included the Americans with Disabilities Act, violence in the workplace, employee handbooks, and at-will employment issues |
| Major Clients: | Chase Manhattan Mortgage Corporation; Duron, Inc.; Bridgford Foods of Illinois, Inc.; Chicago Board of Education; Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., The Boeing Company |
| Public Service/Community Affairs: | Chairman of the Board, Leadership Council for Metropolitan Open Communities; Interim Director of Labor Relations, Chicago Board of Education; Member, Mayor Richard Daley's 21st Century Leadership Council |
| Board Memberships and/or Corporate Directorships: | see above |
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