Lawyers / Professionals

Chair of the firm's Labor and Employment Department, Mr. Spitz is an experienced litigator in the employment discrimination area, having handled hundreds of discrimination cases, including multiparty and class action cases involving Title VII, ADA, ADEA, ERISA, FMLA, FLSA, the Illinois Human Rights Act, (and various other federal, state and local discrimination and labor statutes and ordinances).

He also regularly counsels employers on how to avoid discrimination charges and lawsuits. Among other things, he assists corporations and businesses on a variety of labor and employment matters, including employee rights issues, disciplinary decisions, employee handbooks, employment contracts, drug testing, family medical leave, sexual harassment investigations and covenants not to compete. He has also represented employers in onsite investigations conducted by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the U.S. Department of Labor, and the Office of Federal Control Compliance Program.

In addition to his employment discrimination law practice, Mr. Spitz represents plaintiffs and defendants in cases involving non-compete agreements, confidentiality agreements, and the alleged theft of trade secrets. On the plaintiff side, he has obtained injunctions that prohibited people from competing against firm clients. On the defense side, he has successfully represented employers who have hired employees with non-compete or confidentiality agreements. In addition to his litigation experience, he regularly counsels employers on how to draft non-compete and secrecy agreements, and on whether it is appropriate to hire employees who have such agreements.

In addition to labor and employment cases, he has handled commercial litigation cases in federal and state courts or agencies involving contract, fraud, warranty, RICO, unfair competition and tort issues.