Aaron R. Gelb

Shareholder

T: +1 (312) 609 7844 F: +1 (312) 609 5005

Chicago

Aaron R. Gelb is a Shareholder at Vedder Price and a member of the firm’s Labor and Employment practice area. He represents employers in all aspects of equal employment opportunity, wrongful discharge and labor relations litigation before federal and state courts and federal, state and local fair employment and administrative agencies such as the EEOC, Illinois Department of Human Rights, Cook County Civil Rights Commission, Department of Labor and National Labor Relations Board.

Mr. Gelb regularly counsels employers regarding a variety of labor and employment issues such as discipline and discharge, handbook and/or policy development/revision, disability accommodations, the Family and Medical Leave Act and other types of leaves of absence, harassment and other workplace investigations and management training.  He spent more than eight months as temporary in-house employment counsel for a major client.

Mr. Gelb is a member of the firm’s Associate Hiring Committee and he was Co-Chair of the 2009 Summer Associates Program.

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• Labor and Employment Law Newsletter - November 2011
• A Virtual Minefield: The NLRB and Social Media
• Aaron R. Gelb Comments on Social Media Use in the Workplace in Chicago Tribune
• Labor and Employment Law Newsletter - May 2011

• Arbitration / Grievances / Mediation
• Discrimination Law
• Employment Agreements
• Employment Class Action Defense
• Employment Counseling
• Employment Litigation
• Labor and Employment Law
• Labor Relations
• Legal Services for the Retail Industry
• Supervisor Training
• Wrongful Discharge

• J.D., University of Texas School of Law, 1995
• B.A., with honors, University of Chicago, 1992

• Illinois, 1996
• US District Court, Eastern District of Missouri, 1996
• US District Court, Southern District of Illinois, 1998
• US District Court, Western District of Texas, 1998
• US District Court, Northern District of Illinois, (including Trial Bar)1999
• US District Court, Eastern District of Michigan, 1999
• US District Court, Central District of Illinois, 2001
• US District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin, 2001
• US District Court, District of Colorado, 2002
• US District Court, Eastern District of Texas, 2002
• US District Court, Northern District of Indiana, 2006
• US Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit, 1998

• US Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit, 1999

• Past Co-Chair, Employee Relations Interest Group, Human Resources Management Association of Chicago (HRMAC)
• Member, American Bar Association (EEO Committee)

• Member, Educational Services Committee, Ada S. McKinley Agency

Speaking Engagements

• Speaker, "10 Ways Hospitality Employers Can Minimize Liability for Employment Claims" (December 2010)
• Speaker, Northwest Human Resources Council, "Closing Pandora’s Box ... A Practical Discussion of How Employers Can Recognize and Respond to Employee Misuse of Social Media" (October 2010)
• Speaker, "Use and Misuse of Independent Contractors," Illinois Manufacturers’ Association (September 2010)
• Panelist, "Employee Relations Interest Group—2009 Legal Update," Human Resources Management Association of Chicago (October 2009)
• Panelist, "Discrimination and Retaliation," Law Bulletin Seminars Annual Employment Law Conference (September 2009)
• Guest Lecturer on Employment Law Topics, Robert Morris University, Graduate Level Human Resources Program (August 2009)