Nicholas Anaclerio > Vedder Price > Chicago, United States > Lawyer Profile
Vedder Price Offices
222 NORTH LASALLE STREET, SUITE 2600
CHICAGO, IL 60601-1003
ILLINOIS
United States
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Nicholas Anaclerio
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.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Transport > Aviation and air travel: finance
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market (sub-$500m)
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market (sub-$500m)
- Transport > Rail and road: finance
Firm Rankings
- Transport > Shipping: finance
- Labor and employment > Labor-management relations
- Investment fund formation and management > Mutual/registered/exchange-traded funds
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense