Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Labor & Employment; Labor Management Relations

Partner, Seyfarth Shaw LLP

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. Mr. Posey also represents commercial clients in disputes in other areas of law, with an emphasis on federal and state court litigation matters. Mr. Posey serves as chief labor negotiator for health care, hospitality, manufacturing, building trade, transportation, 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. Mr. Posey 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.

Mr. Posey spent six months as the interim chief operating officer and general counsel of a private-sector client during that company's national expansion. Prior to attending law school, Mr. Posey spent several years in the child protective services division of a national social service agency.

Academy of Hospitality Industry Attorneys; American Bar Association; Chicago Bar Association; Illinois Hotel and Lodging Association.

JD, Chicago-Kent College of Law, (2003); MSW, University of Illinois at Chicago (1997); BS, Illinois State University (1993).