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Labor Law

303 W Madison St ste 2650, Chicago, IL 60606, USA

Area of Practice: Employment Law Bryan has practiced employment law in Chicago his entire career, representing predominantly employees for over half that time. He has helped employees successfully transition jobs and recover for their losses without ever filing legal claims. He also has helped employees win multi-million dollar verdicts and awards after litigating vigorously as part of a team of attorneys. And he has helped companies comply with employment laws and defended wrongful termination actions. Bryan has spent his entire career practicing employment law – but the roots run deeper. He quit his first grocery store job after being refused a raise up to minimum wage and being told he was still expected to (illegally) operate the meat grinder (he was underage). He later drafted the employee handbook at his college grocery store job – working his way up from stocker to shift supervisor. And he’s always been passionate about ensuring equality and civil rights – studying those issues extensively in college. After law school, good lawyers at Seyfarth Shaw convinced Bryan he could help protect employees’ civil rights best as the employer’s lawyer – like they did. It made sense – if you help write the policies and help make the decisions under them, you can ensure the law is upheld and promote equality. At Seyfarth Shaw, Bryan represented employers ranging from small, privately held businesses to large, publicly traded Fortune 500 companies in various types of employment matters. But those company’s leaders weren’t exactly calling him for his thoughts on what they should be doing. Impatient, Bryan left Seyfarth Shaw for Stowell & Friedman, Ltd. – an employment discrimination class action firm – and quickly found himself face-to-face with General Counsel at major corporations discussing systemic changes beneficial to employees AND the bottom line. He also saw how quickly executives’ careers could be ruined because they opposed illegal activities – and learned how to counsel them to protect their careers without turning a blind eye to discrimination or injustice they or others were experiencing. After several years at Stowell & Friedman, Ltd., Bryan decided to start The Wood Law Office, LLC. There, Bryan tries to have his cake and eat it, too – he advises companies on how to uphold the law and avoid risk through smart business decisions. He helps employees protect their careers and compensation while still making positive changes and being free from discrimination and retaliation. And – when it’s the best option (or sometimes the only option), he helps his clients fight hard in litigation – for years if necessary – to try to expose injustice, inequality or illegality.

Labor Law

303 W Madison St, Chicago, IL 60606, USA

Bryan has practiced employment law in Chicago his entire career, representing predominantly employees for over half that time. He has helped employees successfully transition jobs and recover for their losses without ever filing legal claims. He also has helped employees win multi-million dollar verdicts and awards after litigating vigorously as part of a team of attorneys. And he has helped companies comply with employment laws and defended wrongful termination actions.

Labor Law

6100 Tower Cir suite 200, Franklin, TN 37067, USA

Area of Practice: Employment Law J.K. Simms is a Partner at Thompson Burton and leads the firm’s employment law practice. J.K.’s practice is devoted to serving his clients both from a litigation avoidance and litigation defense standpoint. J.K. has extensive experience representing companies and individuals at the state level throughout Tennessee and in every federal court district in the State of Tennessee.

Labor Law

15615 Alton Pkwy, Irvine, CA 92618, USA

Mr. Whitehead primarily represents employees in all aspects of employment litigation, which include claims for wrongful termination, discrimination, wage and hour violations, retaliation and harassment. Mr. Whitehead has broad employment law experience in every area of the law. He also has extensive experience in mediation, arbitration, settlement negotiations and trial law. He has won numerous multi-million dollar verdicts for employees in race discrimination, sex discrimination, sexual harassment and tort cases. He has also settled numerous cases on behalf of employees in age, race, sex, and national origin discrimination claims for six-figure sums and has obtained favorable court orders for employees who have been treated unfairly in the workplace. Mr. Whitehead received his law degree from Whittier Law School where he was a member of the Law Review. He received his Bachelors of Arts in Spanish with a minor focus in International Studies from the University of Utah. Mr. Whitehead is currently an active member of the American Association for Justice and the Orange County Bar Association. He is admitted to practice in the state of California as well as Washington D.C.

Labor Law

440 Louisiana St, Houston, TX 77002, USA

Jackie Armstrong graduated from South Texas College of Law in 1987. She brought with her, pre-lawschool training in municipal law and lobbying from the Texas Municipal League. Also, as an investigator working with the Texas Attorney General and U.S. Dept. Of Justice, she learned how to build evidentiary cases unassailable by the most sophisticated defendants and their attorneys. After years associated with top rated trial firms, Ms. Armstrong opened her employment civil rights practice in January, 1991. She effectively communicates her earnest belief in her clients’ causes to jurors, judges and arbitrators. Defending clients against overly broad non-compete agreements is a sub-specialty. But successes are not only realized in the courtroom. Jackie Armstrong devotes as much energy to successfully resolving disputes through settlement when warranted. Ms. Armstrong is also a tenacious negotiator and has assisted many executives with severance and employment agreements.