Tom Posey is a Shareholder in Buchalter’s Chicago and Los Angeles Offices and National Chair of the Labor Management Relations Group. Mr. Posey solves labor relations and employment law challenges for clients ranging from startups and small businesses to Fortune 500 companies.
Mr. Posey is a labor negotiator, employment litigator, and management counselor who helps clients achieve their business and operational goals while navigating the myriad federal and state employment laws that impact them. He also represents commercial clients in disputes in other areas of law, with an emphasis on federal and state court litigation matters. He serves as chief labor negotiator for hospitality, manufacturing, building trade, transportation, entertainment, health care and other industry clients in collective bargaining. He represents and counsels employers on grievance arbitrations, unfair labor practice proceedings, and responses to union organizing campaigns. Mr. Posey also assists hospitality and real estate development companies with labor issues related to the construction, purchase, and sale of hotel and restaurant facilities and operations. He regularly advises corporate clients on labor relations issues impacting mergers and acquisitions.
Mr. Posey has litigation and trial experience before arbitrators, state and federal judges and juries, and numerous administrative agencies, and has successfully argued cases before the US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. He counsels clients and trains management staff on practical strategies for effective management in unionized environments. He also advises and presents on employment discrimination law, workplace harassment, litigation practice and avoidance, and other human resources and personnel-related topics.