Mark L. Stolzenburg focuses on labor/management relations and matters arising under the National Labor Relations Act. He negotiates collective bargaining agreements and represents employers in labor arbitrations. He also advises employers on day-to-day issues regarding collective bargaining relationships, such as strikes, grievances, and interpreting collective bargaining agreements. Mark assists employers with union organizing and decertification campaigns and represents employers before the National Labor Relations Board, where he formerly served as a field attorney, in representation and unfair labor practice proceedings. Mark handles labor-related litigation in federal and state courts and represents employers in disputes with Taft-Hartley pension and benefit funds. He also advises regarding traditional labor issues relating to corporate transactions.
Mark advises clients in a variety of industries, including automotive, transportation and logistics, hospitals and other medical facilities, manufacturing, and construction. He also counsels employers on issues arising under employment-related laws such as Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, Americans with Disabilities Act, Family and Medical Leave Act, and other state and federal employment-related statutes, and represents employers before administrative agencies and courts in litigation arising under those statutes. He also advises employers on how to avoid such litigation.
Listed, Best Lawyers in America, Employment Law - Management, Chicago (2025)
Employment Authority Editorial Advisory Board: Labor, Law360 (2023)
Recommended, Labor and Employment–Labor-Management Relations, The Legal 500 US (2010, 2018–2021)
Emerging Lawyer, Leading Lawyers (2014–2021)
Rising Star, Super Lawyers (2011)