Biography

Mr. Kaplan is a partner engaged in a broad-based litigation and counseling practice in all areas of labor and employment law, with a particular emphasis on the representation of employers in the air transportation industry. He also regularly represents clients in the manufacturing, construction, service, health care and insurance industries.

Mr. Kaplan’s areas of experience include the full range of issues in the following areas: National Labor Relations Act and Railway Labor Act; federal and state equal employment laws; strikes and injunction proceedings; collective bargaining and contract administration; grievance arbitration; wrongful discharge litigation; and Section 301 litigation. He has argued cases before several U.S. Courts of Appeals, and has been on the brief in several cases before the U.S. Supreme Court.

Education

J.D., Northwestern University School of Law, cum laude (1983)

Executive Editor, Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

B.A., Colgate University, cum laude with departmental honors (1978)

Admissions

• Illinois
• New York

Courts

• United States Supreme Court
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth and District of Columbia Circuits
• U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (Trial Bar)
• U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin