Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Labor and Employment Department; Labor and Employee Relations Practice Group; Employment Litigation Practice Group; ERISA and Employee Benefits Litigation Practice Group; Workplace Counseling and Solutions Practice Group

Partner

Brian Stolzenbach is a partner in the Chicago office of Seyfarth Shaw LLP.

Consistent with his adaptable approach, Brian has significant experience representing and counseling employers in many different industries, including construction, health care, higher education, hospitality, energy, financial services, manufacturing, print and broadcast media, professional sports, retail, telecommunications, transportation, distribution and logistics, utilities, and waste management.Brian is particularly well versed in the field of labor relations law. Within this realm, he represents clients in:

Collective bargaining Grievance and interest arbitrations Representation proceedings Unfair labor practice litigation Labor relations litigation in the courts

In addition to representing employers in labor relations litigation and collective bargaining, Brian also provides his clients with positive employee relations training and legal and practical advice on a wide spectrum of labor relations issues, including lockouts and strikes, card-check and neutrality agreements, corporate campaigns, traditional organizing campaigns, withdrawal liability and other employee benefits matters, successorship and other subjects related to mergers and acquisitions, leased employees, employee committees, and labor-related bankruptcy issues. Over the years, Brian has represented or counseled employers in labor relations matters involving virtually every major private sector labor union in the country.Brian also maintains a robust employment litigation practice. Equally comfortable pursuing victory on a motion or at trial, at ease before a jury, private arbitrator, trial judge, or appellate panel, he defends employers throughout the country against any kind of legal claim their employees and former employees can imagine. He has defended statutory claims of discrimination and retaliation, various claims under ERISA, and common law claims for breach of contract, fraud and misrepresentation, promissory estoppel, defamation, breach of fiduciary duty, and more. Even so, he also works proactively with his clients on a daily basis to mitigate legal risk by training and counseling them on employment law and sound employee relations.Finally, although his practice is focused almost entirely on labor and employment law, Brian also defends lawsuits filed by students against educational institutions, and he has represented clients in litigation involving municipal contracting and the 14th Amendment, the separation of powers within local government, and the alleged intimidation of witnesses. During law school, he also served as a Felony Trial Division Intern in the Office of the Prosecuting Attorney for Washtenaw County, Michigan, where he tried and won several cases and provided substantial assistance in the successful prosecution of murderers and sex offenders. He also served as a judicial intern for the Honorable Patrick J. Duggan of the US District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.

Mr. Stolzenbach has been with Seyfarth Shaw since graduating law school and has been a partner with the Firm since 2008. 

JD, University of Michigan, cum laude (2000)AB, University of Missouri, cum laude (1997)