Brian V. Alcala

Brian practices exclusively in employment and labor relations matters. His experience includes:

• Practicing extensively in the area of non-compete litigation with a focus on the development and protection of employer trade secrets and other proprietary information.
• Representing private employers in employment discrimination matters including alleged violations of Title VII (race, color, religion, national origin, gender, pregnancy and sexual harassment), ADEA (age), ADA (disability), state law analogues (e.g. Illinois Human Rights Act), workers’ compensation retaliation and other wrongful discharge claims in eight states – Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, Ohio, Michigan, Kentucky, New Jersey, California and Mississippi.
• Securing “no probable cause” findings in at least 50 EEOC and state human rights agency employment and housing discrimination investigations in six states – Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, California, Colorado and New Jersey.
• Securing summary judgment and other dismissals for employers in numerous employment discrimination cases.
• Defending and filing over 20 unfair labor practice (ULP) charges before the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”).
• Representing private employers in traditional labor law matters including collective bargaining, arbitrations, strikes and unionization attempts.
• Representing employers before federal and state appellate courts involving employment and traditional labor law matters.
• Representing private employers before state and local employment agencies such as the Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES) and Chicago Commission on Human Relations (CCHR).
• Counseling clients with regard to FLSA (wage and hour issues, including white collar exemptions), WARN (plant closings), FMLA and VESSA (medical and personal leave), USERRA (military leave), sexual harassment training, employer handbooks and general personnel issues.