Aaron R. Gelb

Shareholder

T: 312-609-7844 F: 312-609-5005

Chicago

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

Mr. Gelb is particularly attuned to the demands and responsibilities of inside counsel having spent more than three months serving as temporary labor and employment counsel for a major client while the in-house attorney was on leave.  Mr. Gelb also partners with human resources consultants to develop a multi-disciplinary approach that combines the operations expertise of experienced HR professionals with an attorney’s legal knowledge to develop real-world solutions in a cost-effective manner.

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.

Mr. Gelb speaks to industry and association groups on different employment law topics and has presented mock deposition programs used to train human resources professionals.

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• Vedder Price Wins Trial for The Post-Tribune Company
• For Better or for Worse, in Sickness and in Health
• Q&A: Spotlight on USERRA
• Cookie-Cutter Employment Policies Don't Cut It

• Arbitration / Grievances / Mediation
• Discrimination Law
• Employment Agreements
• Employment Class Action Defense
• Employment Counseling
• Employment Litigation
• Labor & Employment Law
• Labor Relations
• Retail Industry Service Team (“RIST”)
• Supervisor Training
• Wrongful Discharge

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

• Illinois, 1996
• Missouri, 1995
• U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri, 1996
• U.S. District Court, Southern District of Illinois, 1998
• U. S. District Court, Western District of Texas, 1998
• U. S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, 1999
• U. S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan, 1999
• U. S. District Court, Central District of Illinois, 2001
• U. S. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin, 2001
• U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, 1998
• U. S. Court of Appeals, 7th Circuit, 1999 
• U.S. District Court, Colorado, 2002
• U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas, 2002

• U.S. District Court, Northern District of Indiana, 2006

• Chair, Educational Services Committee, Ada S. McKinley Agency
• Member, American Bar Association (EEO Committee)
• Human Resources Management Association of Chicago (HRMAC) – Employment Relations Group
• American Cancer Society, Chicago Associate Board
• Delegate, Lance Armstrong Foundation 2006 LIVESTRONG Summit