Effect of Janus on Public Sector Unions

Tracey Abman Related Seminars and Products

Associate Director

AFSCME Council 31

Tracey Abman serves as the Associate Director for AFSCME Council 31. Tracey had been a union organizer for over 30 years, starting first with AFSCME’s national union in 1984 and then becoming Council 31’s Organizing Director in 1993. Prior to that, Tracey was a community organizer in Chicago for almost 5 years. AFSCME Council 31 represents 100,000 active and retired public service employees in Illinois.

Arnoldo Fabela Related Seminars and Products

Director of Field and Organizing

Illinois Federation of Teachers

Michael Kuczwara Jr. Related Seminars and Products

Partner

Laner Muchin

Michael joined Laner Muchin in 2015. He concentrates on representing public and private sector employers in numerous areas of labor and employment law, including collective bargaining negotiations, grievance and interest arbitrations. He also represents employers before administrative agencies such as the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Illinois Department of Human Rights and the Illinois Department of Labor. Additionally, he represents public employers in representation petitions and unfair labor practice charges filed before the Illinois Labor Relations Board and National Labor Relations Board.

Michael has tried fifteen jury trials to verdict, both in state and federal court, and he has successfully argued in the Illinois Appellate Court and the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals.

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Marron Mahoney Related Seminars and Products

Partner

Laner Muchin

Marron joined Laner Muchin as Of Counsel in 2022 and became a partner at the Firm in 2024. She concentrates her practice on representing public and private sector employers in numerous areas of labor and employment law, including collective bargaining negotiations, grievances, investigations
and employment counseling.

Prior to joining Laner Muchin, Marron was the Chief Legal Counsel for the
Will County Executive’s Office and the General Counsel and Chief of Staff for the Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice, where she gained experience in collective bargaining negotiations, grievance resolutions and employment counseling. She has also practiced at Am Law 50 law firms and has argued in the Illinois Appellate Court and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.

Additionally, Marron served as a judicial law clerk for Judge Sharon Prost of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, Judge James Holderman of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois and Justice Laura Liu of the Illinois Appellate Court, First District.

Marron also is a moot court coach at Loyola Law School, where she previously taught legal writing as an adjunct professor.