Clark Baird Smith

Clark Baird Smith LLP is a law firm comprised of some of the Midwest’s foremost attorneys practicing labor and employment law on behalf of management clients. It’s no stretch to say the lawyers at Clark Baird Smith LLP helped write the book on modern labor relations law. Our most senior partner, Ted Clark, wrote the most definitive textbook on public sector labor law – one that is still used in law schools today. We have direct experience working at the National Labor Relations Board and our attorneys have authored or edited several books for the American Bar Association and other organizations, as well as authored hundreds of articles on labor and employment law. Our three most senior lawyers are Fellows in the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers. We are exceedingly active in various American Bar Association labor and employment law committees, and we serve as general counsel to state and national employer associations. Our attorneys have represented hundreds of municipalities, units of state and federal government, and private sector corporations and entities in Illinois and throughout the nation on matters ranging from collective bargaining and interest arbitration to grievance arbitration proceedings, disciplinary hearings, Equal Employment Opportunity charges, day-to-day employee counseling issues, investigations, and trials. We have also successfully handled numerous bargaining unit petitions and unfair labor practice hearings. In addition, we regularly advise our clients on Fair Labor Standards Act and wage and hour matters, Americans with Disabilities Act and Family Medical Leave Act, pension and Public Safety Employee Benefits Act issues, and engage in all types of Equal Employment Opportunity and labor relations training. At Clark Baird Smith LLP, everything we do is based on the principle that clients facing complex challenges in a difficult economy should not have to sacrifice quality, value or results in the name of cutting costs.