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Brian Clauss Related Seminars and Products

Arbitrator Mediator Attorney

Clauss ADR, Inc.

Brian Clauss is a neutral arbitrator and mediator who has served on numerous arbitration and mediation rosters and panels since 2004. Brian has issued over a thousand reasoned arbitration decisions and mediated hundreds of disputes in a wide range of industries and professions. A seasoned attorney who has conducted hundreds of trials, his legal career began as a prosecutor in Chicago, and he later represented Cook County, Illinois in labor, employment, and civil matters.

In 2009, Brian was inducted to the National Academy of Arbitrators and has served on a number of committees, including Chair for the Central Midwest Region and twice as Chair for the Program Committee for the Fall Education Conference.

Brian is also a frequent lecturer at local, national and international continuing legal education events. He has presented numerous training programs, webinars, and workshops for many law schools, bar associations and other organizations. Brian is a frequent author on a variety of legal topics. 

In addition to his dispute resolution practice, Brian was also the Executive Director of the Veterans Legal Support Center at the John Marshall Law School in Chicago – a pro bono legal clinic that provides assistance to veterans in VA benefit appeals. Brian is also part of the team that developed the new ADR Concentration at the University of Arizona Rogers School of Law. His civic and professional activities include: Labor & Employment Relations Association Board of Directors, Chicago and Arizona chapters, North Suburban Bar Association Board of Directors, Lake Forest College Alumni Board, Lutheran General Hospital Oncology Advisory Board, and the German American Cultural Center.

Amy Moor Gaylord, JD Related Seminars and Products

Co-Chair, Traditional Labor Law Practice

Akerman LLP

With over 25 years of experience, Amy Moor Gaylord focuses her practice on traditional labor matters and employment litigation for both public and private sector employers with an emphasis on National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) proceedings, union organizing drives, NLRB-conducted elections, arbitration cases, contract negotiations, and employment discrimination matters. She has experience counseling clients in various industries, including healthcare, higher education, not-for-profit, public safety(fire/rescue, police, 911 emergency dispatch centers), hospitality, and entertainment, among others.

Amy has served as lead negotiator in hundreds of collective bargaining negotiations in both the public and private sectors. She frequently represents employers in state and federal court, including class action and TRO/preliminary injunction proceedings, in arbitrations, and before administrative agencies. In addition, she counsels clients regarding union avoidance, workplace harassment, and compliance with a variety of employment-related statutes, including Title VII, the NLRA, the ADEA, the ADA, the FMLA, and the FLSA.

Amy previously worked as an attorney with the National LaborRelations Board in Peoria, Illinois.

Notable Work

Higher Education:

• Representation of a large community college in contentious labor negotiations where the client was able to avoid a strike through creatively resolving a health insurance issue that was at the center of the conflict.
• Representation of a religiously affiliated college against a union that was trying to organize contingent faculty (adjunct and non-tenure track employees). By proving to the NLRB that the college was exempt from unionization as a religious educational institution, the union ultimately withdrew their petition on the day of the representation hearing rather than litigate the issue.

Public Sector

• Representation of municipal clients in numerous grievance arbitrations and matters brought by the Metropolitan Alliance of Police, the International Association of Fire Fighters, the Teamsters, the International Union of Operating Engineers, and the Service Employees International Union.
• Representation of a police department in arbitration for the discharge of a police officer who was drinking alcohol while wearing parts of his uniform. The arbitrator upheld the discharge.
• Representation of multiple police and fire departments administration and at the state labor board after departments implemented cost-saving measures, including flexible scheduling, layoffs, furloughs, and station closures.

Jerry J. Marzullo Related Seminars and Products

Shareholder

Asher Gittler & D'Alba Ltd.

Jerry Marzullo is a shareholder in the firm of Asher, Gittler & D’Alba Ltd. and concentrates his practice in the representation of Labor Unions and Pension Funds.  He has successfully represented clients in both pension and labor matters, including collective bargaining, discipline, arbitrations, pension hearings (representing Pension Boards), administrative review, and declaratory judgment proceedings at Administrative, State, and Federal Levels.  Jerry has considerable experience in both litigation and appellate work with numerous decisions. He also serves as Deputy General Counsel for the Illinois Public Pension Fund Association and the Metropolitan Alliance of Police.  He serves as an Advisory Committee Member for the IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law’s Illinois Public Sector Labor Relations Law Conference and on the Board of the Chicago Chapter of the Labor and Employment Relations Association.

Jerry received his Juris Doctorate from the Loyola University Chicago School of Law and his Masters in Business Administration (MBA) degree from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business with a dual concentration in Strategic Management and Managerial and Organizational Behavior.

He has previously taught undergraduate, Master’s Degree, and Law School courses in various labor and employment law topics. Jerry has been a frequent speaker on both labor and pension-related issues for the Illinois Public Pension Fund Association, the Metropolitan Alliance of Police, the Associated Firefighters of Illinois, the Illinois Professional Firefighters Association, the Illinois Government Finance Officers Association, and the Chicago-Kent Illinois Public Sector Labor Relations Conference and the American Bar Association. Jerry has authored legal articles for publication, including, most recently, the Illinois Public Employee Relations Report (A Statement of Facts: The Reality of Public Safety Employee Pension Funds in the State of Illinois; Vol. 37 No. 3; Possible Wisdom and Wit regarding the Arbitration of Discipline; Vol. 39 No. 3). He has also helped train command staff police officers and firefighters at the Northeastern Illinois Public Safety Training Academy (NIPSTA).

Jerry is a City of Berwyn Battalion Chief (IAFF-AFFI Local 506), where he currently has 24 years of creditable service and is former President of the City of Berwyn Firefighter's Pension Fund and former Vice-President of IAFF-AFFI Local 506. He is a Certified Fire and Arson Investigator, Advanced Technician Firefighter, and Chief Fire Officer.

Finally, and most importantly, he is happily married to one of Chicago's finest Police Lieutenants and has two evil pugs that he barely restrains from taking over the world.