Stanley Eisenstein - Chicago, IL

Stanley Eisenstein had an illustrious 50 year career at Katz Friedman. Stanley handled hundreds of Complaints issued by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) for labor union clients across the country. In the 1990's he was actively involved as a primary litigator for the UAW before the NLRB and numerous Federal and State courts in the labor dispute between the UAW and Caterpillar Corp. He has successfully handled individual discrimination cases, including achieving a major jury verdict against United Airlines in a disability discrimination case. Gile v. United Airlines.

In the early 1990s, Stanley authored "Overview of Fair Labor Standards Act as it Applies to Public Employment" for the Illinois Public Employee Relations Report. He has written numerous labor and employment law articles and case law updates in Illinois State Bar Association publications. He was a frequent speaker on a multitude of labor issues for such organizations as the Illinois Institute of Continuing Legal Education; Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology; Chicago Bar Association; American Arbitration Association and Illinois State Bar Association. He is a past chairperson of Labor and Employment Law Section Council of the Illinois State Bar, and remains an active member of the Labor and Employment Law Section of the ISBA. He was honored with a Certificate of Appreciation from the Illinois State Bar Association in 1994 and a Certificate of Appreciation from the Young Lawyers Section of the Chicago Bar Association from 1987-1988.

Stanley earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in History from the University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign in 1968, with high honors. He is a member of Phi Beta Kappa. In 1973, he was granted his Juris Doctor from the same institution. He is admitted to the Illinois State Bar, the United States Supreme Court, the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the 7th and 9th Circuits, the U.S. District Courts for the Northern and Central Districts of Illinois, and the Northern District of Indiana. Stanley is married with three daughters, and is a devoted fan of the Fighting Illini.