Areas of Practice
Clark Baird Smith LLP attorneys provide high-quality, cost effective, and results-oriented legal counsel in various areas related to labor and employment law for both public and private sector clients throughout Illinois.

Labor Relations
Our lawyers provide high-quality labor relations counsel and representation for both public and private sector employers.

Employment Law
Our breadth of experience in the area of employment law extends to providing day-to-day advice on human resources issues, performing reviews of employment policies and auditing other employment-related documents, updating employee handbooks to be consistent with best practices and current law, advising on workplace issues including EEO, FMLA, ADA and other concerns, and investigation of workplace violence issues, harassment claims and other disciplinary matters.

Litigation
Clark Baird Smith LLP attorneys represent employers in administrative proceedings, single plaintiff cases, as well as class actions and pattern and practice litigation filed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Our experienced litigation attorneys have successfully managed litigation cases in these and many other state and federal courts and agencies across the country.

Workplace Training & Counseling
The experienced attorneys at Clark Baird Smith LLP deliver distinctive training programs to a variety of private and public sector employer groups, as well as to groups of employees, so they can stay current on the ever-changing landscape of labor and employment law issues. Our training programs enable both employers and employees to effectively manage labor and employment issues in a proactive and legally defensibly manner.