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Ms Karla Sanchez
Work Department
Labor & Employment Department; Labor Management Relations Practice Group
Position
Partner, Seyfarth Shaw, LLP.
Career
Karla E. Sanchez is a partner in the Labor & Employment Department of Seyfarth Shaw LLP’s Chicago office. Ms. Sanchez represents management in all aspects of labor and employment matters, including federal and state court ligation and representation before federal and state agencies.
Ms. Sanchez has extensive experience in the area of traditional labor relations law, including representing clients across the country in unfair labor practice proceedings and representation proceedings before the NLRB, labor negotiations, and in arbitrations. Ms. Sanchez’s practice includes a strong emphasis on counseling clients on complex labor relations issues, including corporate campaigns, impasse bargaining, unilateral implementation issues, scope and composition of bargaining units, Section 10(j) relief, lockouts and strikes, and successorship.
Ms. Sanchez also represents clients in state and federal litigation regarding issues under the Fair Labor Standards Act, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, and various other state and federal statutes. Ms. Sanchez’s employment practice also includes advising clients on compliance issues, such as reviewing employer’s handbooks, policies and procedures, counseling employers on investigations and disciplinary procedures, and advising clients on compliance with wage and hour state and federal requirements.
From 2010 to 2011, Ms. Sanchez was an attorney at the National Labor Relations Board, Region 27, Denver, Colorado.
Education
J.D., University of Texas, with honors; B.A. in International Studies and Political Science, University of Chicago, with honors
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Labor and employment > Labor-management relations
(Next Generation Partners)Seyfarth Shaw LLP offers a deep bench of experienced lawyers, handling a full-range of labor-management relations mandates. Praised as ‘top notch’, the team focuses on all matters relating to organized labor: complex labor arbitrations, negotiations pertaining to collective bargaining, unfair labor practice charges, representation before the National Labor Relations Board and union organizing campaigns. Glenn Smith chairs the practice group and is based in New York, with support from vice-chair and Seattle-based Molly Gabel. Washington DC’s Bryan O’Keefe focuses on traditional labor law matters, including NLRB unfair practice charges and administrative law judge trials. In Boston, ‘extraordinary’ lawyer Arthur Telegen advises major clients on complex collective bargaining agreements, alongside general labor-management relations issues. Chicago-based Karla Sanchez maintains her impressive practice in the space, predominantly engaging on unfair labor practice proceedings and representations before the NLRB. Former co-chair Kyllan Kershaw left in October 2022, whilst Bradford Livingston retired in July 2022.
Lawyer Rankings
- Labor-management relations United States > Labor and employment
- Next Generation Partners United States > Labor and employment > Labor-management relations
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Real estate > Construction (including construction litigation)
- Labor and employment > Immigration
- Labor and employment > Labor-management relations
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market (sub-$500m)
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > E-discovery
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
- Labor and employment > ERISA litigation
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Tax > Not-for-profit (nonprofit and tax exempt organizations)
- Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Government > Government contracts
- Real estate > Real estate
- Industry focus > Cannabis
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious