Atty. Gerald A. Golden
Gerry has developed a well-earned reputation for providing strategic guidance to employers in numerous types of employee relations matters, including labor issues arising out of corporate transactions such as sales and mergers, collective bargaining and compliance with the full range of federal and state labor and employment statutes. He has extensive experience in employment contract disputes and other issues that arise between employers, their employees and union representatives.
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Gerald A. Golden is a employment attorney based in Chicago, Illinois, practicing at Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP. Admitted to practice in Illinois, Illinois State Bar Association. Educated at DePaul University (J.D., 1972) and Northwestern University (M.B.A., 1968). Recognitions include Best Lawyers in America — Employment Law - Management (2026), Best Lawyers in America — Labor Law - Management (2026), and Best Lawyers in America — Special Focus: (2026). Serands clients in Chicago, IL and the surrounding metropolitan area.
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- Gerry has developed a well-earned reputation for providing strategic guidance to employers in numerous types of employee relations matters, including labor issues arising out of corporate transactions such as sales and mergers, collective bargaining and compliance with the full range of federal and state labor and employment statutes
- He has extensive experience in employment contract disputes and other issues that arise between employers, their employees and union representatives
- He has tried jury and nonjury employment claims in federal and state courts as well as before U.S
- Courts of Appeal
- He has successfully managed various transactional and adversarial matters related to unionized workforces, including negotiating labor contracts, managing labor arbitrations, defending a variety of charges brought by the NLRB, and developing strategies for gaining union acceptance of significant institutional policy and procedural changes that often accompany sales and mergers
- In addition to his extensive labor relations practice, Gerry also litigates and provides daily counsel on the full range of traditional employment matters, including defending employment discrimination and retaliation lawsuits, defending wage and hour claims, obtaining temporary and permanent injunctions, defending and prosecuting noncompetition agreement claims and negotiating and preparing noncompetition agreements
- Gerry is a Fellow of the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers, a professional association honoring the leading lawyers nationwide specializing in the practice of labor and employment law
- He conducts regular seminars on a wide variety of labor and employment law issues, including periodic legal updates for attorneys and managers
- Gerry is also an Adjunct Professor of Law at DePaul University College of Law, where he teaches labor law
- He has been recognized as a leader in Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business (recommended in “Labor & Employment”) since 2006
- Chambers notes that clients regard him as “very experienced, responsive and pragmatic.” He has also been selected by his peers in Illinois Super Lawyers since 2005 and recognized in The Best Lawyers in America for Employment Law – Management and Labor Law – Management since 2006
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Employment lawyers represent workers in wrongful termination, discrimination, harassment, wage & hour disputes, and severance negotiations.
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Why local counsel matters in Illinois
Practicing law in Illinois. Legal matters in Illinois are governed by state-specific rules of civil and criminal procedure, statutes of limitations, and substantive law. Cases originating in Chicago are typically filed in the local municipal court or the appropriate Illinois state district court, depending on subject matter and amount in controversy. An attorney licensed in Illinois brings working knowledge of local procedural deadlines, judicial practices in this andnue, and the substantive law that applies to cases brought here. Out-of-state attorneys generally cannot represent clients in Illinois courts without local counsel or pro hac vice admission.
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