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 Area.  He represents employers 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, Cook County Civil Rights Commission, 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 eight months serving as temporary employment counsel for a major client.  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 is a member of the firm’s Associate Hiring Committee and co-chair of the 2009 Summer Program.

Mr. Gelb Co-Chairs the HRMAC Employee Relations Interest Group and is a member of the American Bar Association (EEO Committee) and the Educational Services Committee of the Ada S. McKinley Agency.

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• Reasonable Accommodation Obligations Clarified for Employers
• You’re Not Paranoid if Someone Really Is Watching You: Monitoring Employee Use of Social Media
• Supreme Court Ruling on Employer Monitoring of Employee E-mails and Social Media
• Recent Accomplishments in Labor and Employment Law

• 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
• 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
• Member of the Trial Bar

• Human Resources Management Association of Chicago (HRMAC) – Co-Chair Employee Relations Interest Group
• Member, American Bar Association (EEO Committee)
• Member, Educational Services Committee, Ada S. McKinley Agency  

Speaking Engagements

• October 2008:  Moderated Panel Discussion of Family Responsibilities Discrimination Claims
• November 2008:  Speaker, Hospitality Law Program - Minimizing Liability for Harassment Claims
• December 2008:  Panelist, Ethical Issues in Employment Law
• March 2009:  Panelist, Workplace Bullying
• August 2009:  Robert Morris University, Guest Lecturer on Employment Law Topics, Graduate Level Human Resources Program
• September 2009:  Law Bulletin Seminars Employment Law Conference, Panelist, Discrimination and Retaliation
• October 2009:  Human Resources Management Association of Chicago, Panelist, Annual Legal Update