Ethan G. Zelizer has extensive experience representing and advising employers in various industries including financial services, aerospace, manufacturing, and food distribution, in all aspects of labor and employment law. He regularly appears before federal and state courts, federal arbitration panels, Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), and the Illinois Department of Human Rights, and the Human Rights Commission.
Ethan handles compliance with non-competition agreements and other restrictive covenants. He regularly appears in federal and state courts across the country to litigate non-competition, non-solicitation, and trade secret misappropriation matters.
Ethan has significant experience working with clients in the financial services industry. He regularly represents clients before FINRA regarding matters related to wrongful termination, employment discrimination, compensation disputes, advance loan disputes, FINRA Form U5 defamation, employee raiding and poaching, and related FINRA investigations.
Ethan has expertise with federal, state and local anti-discrimination laws as well as the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, the Fair Labor Standards Act, the Illinois Minimum Wage Law, the Illinois Wage Payment and Collection Act, the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, the Older Workers Benefits Protection Act, the National Labor Relations Act, and the Family and Medical Leave Act. He also assists clients with:
- Corporate reorganizations
- Reductions-in-force
- Group employee terminations
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Drug and alcohol policies and issues
- Employee handbooks and policies
- Union grievances and unfair labor charges
- Social media issues
Ethan teaches Labor and Employment law and Negotiations at Loyola University Chicago and coaches the University's Negotiations Team. He regularly speaks on a variety of employment law topics for clients and organizations and has given presentations on employee misclassification issues and harassment training, among other issues. Ethan has held various offices for the Chicago and American Bar Associations and serves as an editor on bar and industry-related publications.
RECOGNITION
- Named, Coach of the Year - Loyola University Chicago, 2010 and 2011
PUBLICATIONS AND PRESS
- November 1, 2012Littler ASAP
- July 7, 2011Law360.com
- September 2010An Employer's Response to H1N1 in the WorkplaceCBA Record
- January 2010Embracing and Controlling Social Media in the Workplace: Ten RulesHR Advisor
BOOKS & BOOK CHAPTERS
- Family and Medical Leave Act Treatise, American Bar Association, contributing editor, 2010-2012
- Seventh Circuit, Employee Mobility, Restrictive Covenants, and Trade Secrets Treatise, American Bar Association, editor, 2011
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
- Spring 2012Social Media – Using It For Litigation
14th Annual Labor and Employment Law Update - Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education - April 2012Updates on Non-Competes, Employee Raiding and other Restrictive Covenant Litigation
American Bar Association Teleconference - March 2012Social Media and Employment Law
Chicago Bar Association - December 2011Updates on Non-Competes, Employee Raiding and other Restrictive Covenant Litigation
Chicago Bar Association - October 2010Non-Statutory Employment Claims: Employer-Employee Privacy Concerns in Social Media
2010 CLE Conference, Section of Labor and Employment Law - American Bar Association, Chicago, IL
