Biography

Mr. Piskorski is a partner where his practice concentrates on the representation of management in all labor, employment and employee benefits matters, including collective bargaining, labor contract administration, arbitrations, Labor Management Relations Act, OSHA, Railway Labor Act, state and federal court litigation, administrative law (state agencies such as the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Board and the Illinois Human Rights Commission, EEOC, NLRB, United States and State of Illinois Departments of Labor), Fair Labor Standards Act, civil rights and employment discrimination litigation under federal, state and local laws, ERISA and employee benefits, Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act, WARN, Executive Order 11246 and OFCCP proceedings, Drug-Free Workplace Act of 1988, and general counseling.

From 1985 through 1988, Mr. Piskorski served as an instructor in the College of Law at Loyola University of Chicago.  HHe is recognized as a leading lawyer for Labor & Employment in Illinois in Chambers & Partners USA Leading Business Lawyers (2003-2009) and in Who’s Who Legal USA – Management Labour & Employment (2006 Edition).

During law school and following graduation, he served as Law Clerk to Honorable Robert A. Grant, Senior District Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana, South Bend Division. In addition to the regular District Court duties, he accompanied Judge Grant when he served as special visiting judge to the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, the Temporary Emergency Court of Appeals, and the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico.

Education

J.D., University of Notre Dame Law School (1981)

Associate Editor, Law Review

M.B.A., University of Notre Dame College of Business Admin, with high honors (1981)

B.S., Marquette University, magna cum laude (1977)

Admissions

• Illinois

Courts

• United States Supreme Court
• Illinois Supreme Court
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the First, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, Tenth and District of Columbia Circuits
• U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois
• U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (Trial Bar)
• U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
• U.S. District Court for the Eastern and Western District of Michigan
• U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
• U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin