People: Joshua L. Ditelberg, Partner

Joshua L. Ditelberg

Partner

Chicago
Direct: (312) 460-5505
Fax: (312) 460-7505
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Mr. Ditelberg is a partner engaged in a broad-based labor and employment practice.  His practice includes a particular focus on labor relations and the employment-related aspects of corporate transactions, business restructuring, and workforce reductions.

Mr. Ditelberg is Co-Chair of the Firm’s Workplace Restructuring and Transactions Group.  The Group is devoted to managing labor and employment issues arising from corporate mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures; subcontracting and outsourcing; workforce reductions; facility closings, relocations and consolidations; corporate reorganizations; bankruptcy; and ESOPs. The Group’s goal is to achieve clients’ business objectives by minimizing legal risk and creating significant economic value, e.g., through transaction planning and negotiations, due diligence, workforce analyses, and pre- and post-closing human resources management.

Mr. Ditelberg practiced labor and employment law in Boston before joining Seyfarth Shaw LLP.  Prior to entering private practice, Mr. Ditelberg served as a law clerk to Judge Ralph B. Guy, Jr. of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, and to Associate Justice Joseph R. Weisberger of the Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

Mr. Ditelberg is the President of the Chicago Chapter of the Labor and Employment Relations Association, a leading professional organization in the fields of industrial relations and human resources management.  He has been selected as a Leading Lawyer by the Leading Lawyers Network and an Illinois Super Lawyer by Law & Politics, designations awarded to the top 5% of attorneys in Illinois.

Mr. Ditelberg is a partner engaged in a broad-based labor and employment practice.  His practice includes a particular focus on labor relations and the employment-related aspects of corporate transactions, business restructuring, and workforce reductions.

Mr. Ditelberg is Co-Chair of the Firm’s Workplace Restructuring and Transactions Group.  The Group is devoted to managing labor and employment issues arising from corporate mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures; subcontracting and outsourcing; workforce reductions; facility closings, relocations and consolidations; corporate reorganizations; bankruptcy; and ESOPs. The Group’s goal is to achieve clients’ business objectives by minimizing legal risk and creating significant economic value, e.g., through transaction planning and negotiations, due diligence, workforce analyses, and pre- and post-closing human resources management.

Mr. Ditelberg practiced labor and employment law in Boston before joining Seyfarth Shaw LLP.  Prior to entering private practice, Mr. Ditelberg served as a law clerk to Judge Ralph B. Guy, Jr. of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, and to Associate Justice Joseph R. Weisberger of the Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

Mr. Ditelberg is the President of the Chicago Chapter of the Labor and Employment Relations Association, a leading professional organization in the fields of industrial relations and human resources management.  He has been selected as a Leading Lawyer by the Leading Lawyers Network and an Illinois Super Lawyer by Law & Politics, designations awarded to the top 5% of attorneys in Illinois.

Education

  • J.D., University of Michigan Law School (1991)
    magna cum laude
    Order of the Coif
  • M.A., University of Pennsylvania (1987)
    with honors
  • B.A., University of Pennsylvania (1987)
    summa cum laude
    Phi Beta Kappa

Admissions

  • Massachusetts
  • Illinois
  • District of Columbia

Courts

  • U.S. Court of Appeals, First, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, and District of Columbia Circuits
  • U.S. District Court for the Northern and Southern Districts of Illinois
  • U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

The Supreme Court of Illinois does not recognize certifications of specialties in the practice of law and no certificate, award or recognition is a requirement to practice law in Illinois.

Affiliations

  • American Bar Association (Member, Committee on Practice and Procedure Under The National Labor Relations Act)
  • Labor and Employment Relations Association (Chicago Chapter President)
  • Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education (Business Advice & Planning Advisory Committee)
  • American Arbitration Association (Midwest Regional Labor Advisory Committee)

Presentations

  • “Critical Labor Considerations in Bankruptcy and Business Restructuring,” presented by the Practising Law Institute (July 21, 2009)

 

Publications

  • “Reconsidering Renewed Mass Layoffs,” Employment Law 360 (2011) (with C. McGlothlen)
  • Contributor, Doing Business 2011: Comparing Regulations in 183 Economies, The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/The World Bank (2010)
  • Contributor, Doing Business 2010: Comparing Regulations in 183 Economies, The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/The World Bank (2009)
  • “Critical Labor Considerations in Bankruptcy and Business Restructuring,” Practicing Law Institute (2009) (with S. Newman and H. Pianko)
  • Contributor, Doing Business 2009: Comparing Regulation in 181 Economies, The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/The World Bank (2008)
  • “Workforce Reduction Notice,” in Guide to Employment Compliance Thompson (3rd ed. 2007)
  • Contributor, Doing Business 2008: Comparing Regulation in 178 Economies, The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/The World Bank (2007)
  • Contributor, Doing Business 2007: Comparing Regulation in 175 Economies, The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/The World Bank (2006)
  • “Top Labour and Employment Issues Not To Overlook In An M&A Deal,” Financier Worldwide (Post-Deal Integration Review 2006) (December 2006) (with S-Y. Lee and J. Kauffman)
  • Guide To Collective Dismissals In The Americas (USA Chapter), Ius Laboris Publications (2006) (with B. Livingston)
  • Contributing Editor, The Developing Labor Law, (5th ed. BNA Books 2006, 2007- 2010 Supplements, 4th ed., 2005 Supplement)
  • “Labor, Employment, and Benefits Issues in Mergers and Acquisitions” in Illinois Business Law Series, Volume IV (Mergers & Acquisitions), IICLE Books (2005, 2008 and 2011 Supplements) (with L. Haynes and C. McGlothlen)
  • Guide To Individual Dismissals In The Americas (USA Chapter), Ius Laboris Publications (2005) (with B. Livingston)
  • “Closing Time: The Obligations of Purchasers and Sellers Under the National Labor Relations Act,” HR Advisor (July 2005) (with F. Fischer)
  • General Editor, Labor and Employment Issues in Transactions, Business Restructuring and Workforce Reductions, IICLE Books (2005, 2d. ed. 2008 and 2011 Supplements) and
  • Chapter Author (“Labor, Employment and Benefits Transaction Terms”)
    Compliance With The NLRA” in Conducting The Employment Practices Audit, IICLE Books (1st ed. 2004, 2007 Supplement, 2d ed. 2010)
  • “Best Practices: Reductions In Force, Business Restructuring and Reorganization,” American Bar Association Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity (2004) and International Bar Association Committee P (2003) (with R. Mignin and P. Miscimarra)
  • “Business Restructuring Issues in the United States” in Global Workforce Restructuring, Kluwer Law International (2003) (with R. Mignin and J. Kauffman)
  • Contributing Author, How Arbitration Works, BNA Books (6th ed. 2003 and 2008 Supplement)
  • Chapter Editor, 2002, 2003 and 2005 Supplements to How To Take A Case Before The NLRB, BNA Books (7th ed. 2000) (with F. Fischer); Associate Editor (8th ed. 2008 and 2011 Supplement)
  • “The WARN Act’s Unforeseeable Business Circumstances Exception,” HR Advisor (July 2002) (with F. Fischer)
  • “A Practical Guide to Workforce Reductions,” SHRM Legal Report (March-April 2002)
  • “Self-Enforcing Board Orders,” American Bar Association Committee on Practice and Procedure Under the National Labor Relations Act (2002) (with F. Fischer)
  • The NLRB and Secondary Boycotts, John M. Olin Institute (3rd ed. 2002) (with P. Miscimarra, A. Berkowitz and M. Wiener)
  • “NLRB Breathes New Life Into Employee Participation Committees,” Employee Relations Law Journal (Winter 2001) (with T. Piskorski)
  • “WARN,” Federal Employment Laws and Regulations: How To Comply, American Chamber of Commerce Publishers (2001) (with J. Kauffman and C. DeGroff)

Recognitions

  • Leading Lawyer, Leading Lawyers Network 
  • Illinois Super Lawyer, Law & Politics
  • Who's Who In America
  • Who's Who In The World
  • Who's Who in American Law