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Learn from NLRB officials and practitioners about how to effectively and efficiently work with the NLRB when filing or defending a charge or representation petition – from case filing to settlement
Angie Cowan Hamada is the Regional Director of Region 13 of the National Labor Relations Board. Prior to starting as Regional Director in July 2022, Director Hamada was a shareholder at Allison, Slutsky & Kennedy based in Chicago where she represented unions and employees in labor and employment law matters before state and federal agencies, courts, as well as in arbitration, mediation and negotiations. She was also previously a Commissioner on the Cook County Human Rights Commission and Chaired that Commission. She graduated from Chicago Kent Law School in 2005 with a certificate in Labor and Employment Law. Director Hamada was previously the program co-chair of the ABA’s Developing Labor Law Section, and is an editor of the treatise The Developing Labor Law: The Board, the Courts and the National Labor Relations Act.
Mark L. Stolzenburg focuses on labor/management relations and matters arising under the National Labor Relations Act. He negotiates collective bargaining agreements and represents employers in labor arbitrations. He also advises employers on day-to-day issues regarding collective bargaining relationships, such as strikes, grievances, and interpreting collective bargaining agreements. Mark assists employers with union organizing and decertification campaigns and represents employers before the National Labor Relations Board, where he formerly served as a field attorney, in representation and unfair labor practice proceedings. Mark handles labor-related litigation in federal and state courts and represents employers in disputes with Taft-Hartley pension and benefit funds. He also advises regarding traditional labor issues relating to corporate transactions.
Joshua File joined the Labor and Employment practice of Katz, Friedman in 2011. Prior to becoming an associate, Josh worked as a law clerk with the firm in both the Workers' Compensation and Labor and Employment practices throughout his three years of law school.
Josh earned his Juris Doctor from DePaul University, College of Law in 2011, where he graduated with a certificate in Business Law and was the recipient of the CALI Excellence for the Future Award in Litigation Strategies. He earned his Bachelor of Science in Public Affairs from Indiana University in 2007, where he graduated with a major in Legal Studies and a minor in Business Management.
Josh is a member of the Illinois Bar and is admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of Illinoi, the United States District Courts for the Northern District and Central Districts of Illinois, and the United States Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals. He is a member of the Illinois State Bar Association, the Chicago Bar Association, the AFL-CIO Union Lawyers Alliance, and he also serves on the Advisory Board for the IIT Chicago-Kent Law School's Institute for Law in the Workplace.