Mr Brian Stolzenbach > Seyfarth Shaw LLP > Chicago, United States > Lawyer Profile
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Mr Brian Stolzenbach
Work Department
Labor and Employment Department; Labor and Employee Relations Practice Group; Employment Litigation Practice Group; ERISA and Employee Benefits Litigation Practice Group; Workplace Counseling and Solutions Practice Group
Position
Partner
Career
Brian Stolzenbach is a partner in the Chicago office of Seyfarth Shaw LLP.
Consistent with his adaptable approach, Brian has significant experience representing and counseling employers in many different industries, including construction, health care, higher education, hospitality, energy, financial services, manufacturing, print and broadcast media, professional sports, retail, telecommunications, transportation, distribution and logistics, utilities, and waste management.
Brian is particularly well versed in the field of labor relations law. Within this realm, he represents clients in:
- Collective bargaining
- Grievance and interest arbitrations
- Representation proceedings
- Unfair labor practice litigation
- Labor relations litigation in the courts
In addition to representing employers in labor relations litigation and collective bargaining, Brian also provides his clients with positive employee relations training and legal and practical advice on a wide spectrum of labor relations issues, including lockouts and strikes, card-check and neutrality agreements, corporate campaigns, traditional organizing campaigns, withdrawal liability and other employee benefits matters, successorship and other subjects related to mergers and acquisitions, leased employees, employee committees, and labor-related bankruptcy issues. Over the years, Brian has represented or counseled employers in labor relations matters involving virtually every major private sector labor union in the country.
Brian also maintains a robust employment litigation practice. Equally comfortable pursuing victory on a motion or at trial, at ease before a jury, private arbitrator, trial judge, or appellate panel, he defends employers throughout the country against any kind of legal claim their employees and former employees can imagine. He has defended statutory claims of discrimination and retaliation, various claims under ERISA, and common law claims for breach of contract, fraud and misrepresentation, promissory estoppel, defamation, breach of fiduciary duty, and more. Even so, he also works proactively with his clients on a daily basis to mitigate legal risk by training and counseling them on employment law and sound employee relations.
Finally, although his practice is focused almost entirely on labor and employment law, Brian also defends lawsuits filed by students against educational institutions, and he has represented clients in litigation involving municipal contracting and the 14th Amendment, the separation of powers within local government, and the alleged intimidation of witnesses. During law school, he also served as a Felony Trial Division Intern in the Office of the Prosecuting Attorney for Washtenaw County, Michigan, where he tried and won several cases and provided substantial assistance in the successful prosecution of murderers and sex offenders. He also served as a judicial intern for the Honorable Patrick J. Duggan of the US District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.
Memberships
Mr. Stolzenbach has been with Seyfarth Shaw since graduating law school and has been a partner with the Firm since 2008.
Education
JD, University of Michigan, cum laude (2000)
AB, University of Missouri, cum laude (1997)
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Labor and employment > Labor-management relations
Glenn Smith, Molly Gabel and Karla Sanchez head up Seyfarth Shaw LLP‘s team and are split between New York, Seattle and Chicago respectively. The group as a whole utilizes a ‘strong overall labor strategy‘ and a nationwide presence to handle unfair labor practice charges and representation proceedings in front of the National Labor Relations Board regularly. More broadly, the group tackles complex labor arbitrations, negotiations relating to collective bargaining, unfair labor practice charges, representation, and union organizing campaigns. This strategy is embodied by Arthur Telegen in Boston, a notable practitioner in the team who ‘is a leader in labor strategy and execution and is remarkably smart and practical.’ Sanchez is a dedicated labor lawyer with a strong focus on traditional labor law matters, and Brian Stolzenbach, who operates out of the firm’s Chicago office, is a ‘highly trusted go-to lawyer on complex labor matters‘. Bryan O’Keefe is key for the group’s traditional labor law matters.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Real estate > Construction (including construction litigation)
- Labor and employment > Immigration
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Labor and employment > Labor-management relations
- Labor and employment > Immigration
- Labor and employment > Immigration
- Labor and employment > Immigration
- 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
- Government > Government contracts
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market (sub-$500m)
- Tax > Not-for-profit (Fortune 1000 private foundations, national trade associations, and charities)
- Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- 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