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J. Kevin Hennessy

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T: 312-609-7868
F: 312-609-5005

Chicago

J. Kevin Hennessy has represented management for over 25 years spanning all aspects of labor and employment law, including successfully handling employment litigation, collective bargaining, labor arbitrations, mergers and acquisitions, non-compete litigation and union organizing campaigns. For example, Mr. Hennessy successfully negotiated six multi-site labor contracts for a national food distributor over an eighteen month period and recently helped lead a nationwide labor negotiation for a major supplier to Big Three Auto. Mr. Hennessy’s overall approach emphasizes practical solutions to employment relations issues in alignment with management’s immediate and long range goals. Mr. Hennessy has been recognized by his peers as an Illinois Leading Lawyer and is ranked in the "Top 100" Labor Attorneys in the United States by the Labor Relations Institute Inc. (2006 and 2007 editions). Mr. Hennessy is a Fellow of The College of Labor and Employment Lawyers.

Mr. Hennessy has litigated successfully on behalf of companies across the country from single plaintiff cases to enterprise-wide class actions involving thousands of employees, and successfully tried many cases to verdict and non-compete violations. He has secured landmark decisions in the Courts of Appeals on sexual harassment, NLRB bargaining orders, wrongful discharge and enforcement of employment arbitration agreements.

Mr. Hennessy is a frequent presenter at seminars on dispute resolution management, successful labor arbitration and managing diversity and EEO issues in the workplace. He is considered an innovator in the field of cost-effective management and supervisory education with the original development of a highly regarded tool chest of interactive multi-media workshops including: Employment Law Solutions Programs and a multi-phase, Successful Arbitration Workshop Series.

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Hennessy

Presentation: Recent Developments in Labor and Employment Law (Standard Club of Chicago and Sofitel Hotel, May 2008)
Presentation: How to Manage Your Workforce (Chicago, November, 2007)
Presentation: Remedies in Arbitration (Grande Naples, Florida, February, 2007)
Presentation: The Multinational Workforce-Immigration Law Issues (Standard Club of Chicago, June 2006)
Presentation: Working with FMLA (Gaylord Texan Conference Center, May 2006)
Training Workshops: HR Survival in the Millenium (Los Angeles, Baltimore, Orlando- Spring, 2006)

J.D., Loyola University of Chicago
B.A., University of Illinois

Illinois, 1976
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. Court of Appeals: 2nd Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals: 4th Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals: 5th Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals: 6th Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals: 7th Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals: 9th Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals: 11th Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals: D. of Columbia
U.S. District Court of Connecticut
U.S. District Court for the E.D. of Wisconsin
U.S. District Court for the Northern and Central Districts of Illinois

Fellow, College of Labor and Employment Lawyers
Member, Human Resources Management Association of Chicago (HRMAC)
Member, Chicago Regional Liaison Division of the EEO Committee of the Section of Labor and Employment Law, ABA
Member, American Bar Association (Equal Employment Opportunity Law, ADR and Employment and Labor Relations Law Committees; and Litigation Section)
Member, Illinois State Bar Association
Member, Trial Bar for the Northern District of Illinois