Interest Arbitration

Gary Bailey Related Seminars and Products

Attorney

Illinois Fraternal Order of Police Labor Council

           Gary Bailey has served as a labor attorney for the Illinois Fraternal Order of Police Labor Council for over 35 years. Gary is involved in negotiations, grievance arbitrations and interest arbitrations on behalf of sworn peace officers and law enforcement personnel across the State of Illinois.

Gary is an active member of the American Bar Association’s Section of Labor and Employment Law. Gary served on the LEL Section Council for eight years and is currently a Section Delegate to the ABA House of Delegates. Gary has been a member of the Section’s State and Local Government Bargaining and Employment Law Committee since 1992 and was the Union Co-Chairman of the Committee from 2009-2012. Gary contributes each year to the Committee’s Annual Report on Interest Arbitrations that occur across the country.

Gary received his undergraduate degree from Northwestern University and his juris doctor from Chicago-Kent College of Law. Gary was inducted as a Fellow of the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers in 2008. 

Lisa R. Callaway Related Seminars and Products

Partner

Engler Callaway Baasten & Sraga LLC

Ms. Callaway earned her undergraduate degree cum laude, Juris Doctor degree, and Masters of Science in Industrial Relations, all from Loyola University of Chicago. Ms. Callaway concentrates her practice in the areas of labor and employment law. Before joining Engler Callaway Baasten & Sraga LLC, Lisa was a partner at Clark Baird Smith LLP, Vice President and General Counsel for the Management Association of Illinois, and an associate practicing in labor and employment law at two other Chicago law firms. Over the past decades, she has represented municipalities, school districts, community colleges, other local governmental entities, and private companies. Lisa has a wealth of experience negotiating public and private sector collective bargaining agreements, and has also represented public and private sector clients in federal and State court litigation and before the National Labor Relations Board, the Equal Employment Opportunities Commission, the State and federal departments of Labor, the Illinois Human Rights Commission, and the Illinois Educational and Public Labor Relations Boards. She frequently lectures on labor and employment law issues at local, State and national conferences and has authored articles on topics such as collective bargaining, employment discrimination, employment termination, and workplace Internet/e-mail misuse. Lisa is also a Fellow in The College of Labor and Employment Lawyers.

Amanda R Clark Related Seminars and Products

Shareholder

Asher Gittler & D'Alba Ltd.

Amanda Clark is a shareholder at Asher, Gittler & D’Alba, Ltd., starting with the firm in 2011 as a law clerk. Amanda has experience in public sector labor law across Illinois, representing bargaining units of firefighters, trades employees and educational employees. Her experience includes contract negotiations, grievance arbitrations, disciplinary hearings, and IELRB and ILRB proceedings, and state and federal litigation.

Amanda is a 2012 graduate of Chicago Kent College of Law with a certificate from the Martin H. Malin Institute for Law and the Workplace. She received her undergraduate degree from North Park University. Amanda is an active member of the American Bar Association Section of Labor and Employment Law. She currently serves as the Union Co-Chair of the State and Local Government Bargaining and Employment Law Committee. She is also currently a Co-Vice-Chair of the ABA Labor and Employment Law 17th Annual Conference Committee. Amanda has co-authored an annual report reviewing public sector grievance arbitration decisions for the State and Local Government Bargaining and Employment Law Committee, as well as co-authored papers on the impact of the U.S. Supreme Courts Janus decision, and the Illinois Workers’ Rights Constitutional Amendment.

Peter M. Kramer Related Seminars and Products

General Counsel

Cook County Sheriff's Department