Biography

Mr. Stolzenbach is a partner in the Labor & Employment Department of Seyfarth Shaw LLP. He represents and counsels clients in many industries, including hospitality, health care, manufacturing, construction, telecommunications, waste management, print and broadcast media, transportation, warehousing and distribution, and retail grocery.

Mr. Stolzenbach is particularly well versed in the field of labor relations law. He represents clients in unfair labor practice proceedings, contractual arbitrations, Section 301 litigation, and representation proceedings. He also serves as chief negotiator for his clients in collective bargaining and has a wealth of experience in advising clients during union organizing campaigns and behind the scenes during collective bargaining. In addition, he provides clients with day-to-day labor relations advice on a wide spectrum of topics, including lockouts and strikes, neutrality agreements, corporate campaigns, employee benefits issues, successorship and other matters related to mergers and acquisitions, leased employees, employee committees and labor-related bankruptcy issues.

Mr. Stolzenbach also has substantial experience with non-union employment issues, particularly in the area of benefits-related litigation under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA). He has also represented clients in litigation under various other employment statutes, including Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act, the Fair Labor Standards Act, the Surface Transportation Assistance Act, the Illinois Human Rights Act, the Florida Civil Rights Act, the Minnesota Human Rights Act, Michigan’s Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act and other state employment laws in Illinois, Missouri, Minnesota and Ohio. Mr. Stolzenbach also counsels clients on everyday employment law matters and assists clients with revisions to employee handbooks, employee-related policies and employment applications.

Mr. Stolzenbach’s legal experience is not strictly limited to the realm of labor and employment law. He has represented his clients in disputes involving municipal contracting and the Fourteenth Amendment, the separation of powers within local government and the alleged intimidation of witnesses. During law school, Mr. Stolzenbach 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 United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.

Education

J.D., University of Michigan, cum laude (2000)

ABA-BNA Labor Law Award
Certificate of Merit Award in Law and Bioethics

A.B., University of Missouri, cum laude with Honors in History (1997)

Phi Beta Kappa
Curators Scholar

Admissions

• Illinois

Courts

• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh, Eighth and District of Columbia Circuits
• U.S. District Court for the Central and Northern Districts of Illinois
• U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana
• U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan