Nicholas Anaclerio > Vedder Price > Chicago, United States > Lawyer Profile

Vedder Price
222 NORTH LASALLE STREET, SUITE 2600
CHICAGO, IL 60601-1003
ILLINOIS
United States

Work Department

Labor & Employment

Position

Shareholder

Career

Mr. Anaclerio has decades of experience as a Labor and Employment trial and appellate attorney helping clients in the defense of wage and hour, discrimination, and other employment class actions, lawsuits and charges involving alleged sexual harassment and retaliation, gender, race, age, national origin, disability and religious discrimination under Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act, the Fair Labor Standards Act, the Illinois Whistleblower Act, the Sarbanes–Oxley Act of 2002 and related state and federal laws. His practice has likewise included hundreds of restrictive covenant and trade secret misappropriation disputes, claims and lawsuits, including numerous high stakes temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction hearings.

He is a seasoned trial attorney with extensive first-chair jury trial, bench trial and arbitration hearing experience. He provides practical and insightful human resource counseling to management clients facing ongoing employee relations and employment law compliance issues, and he has represented corporate and institutional clients in a wide range of industries and professions.

Mr. Anaclerio regularly publishes and speaks on employment topics including the ethical dimension of restrictive covenant and trade secret disputes, wage and hour compliance, sensitive workplace investigations, generational workforce issues, employee privacy, workplace retaliation claims and many others.

Education

  • Loyola University Chicago School of Law, J.D., 1984
  • University of Wisconsin, Madison, B.A., 1981, with honors

Lawyer Rankings

United States > Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)

The group at Vedder Price specializes in assisting management-side clients with the gamut of contentious labor and employment matters. Typical mandates involve discipline, leaves of absence, and wage and hour violations; the team’s expertise extends to union grievances, organizing and bargaining, and the protection of confidential information and trade secrets. It boasts a track record in representing clients in claims of unlawful discrimination, harassment, and class actions alleging violation of EEO laws. Chicago-based Elizabeth Hall steers the practice and is well-versed in defending employers before state and federal courts, administrative agencies, and arbitral forums against discrimination and breach of contract claims. Nicholas Anaclerio and Thomas Petrides are key contacts at the Chicago and Los Angeles offices, respectively.