Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Lawyer Overview

Larry DiNardo practices in all areas of employment and labor law, with particular emphasis on employment discrimination litigation, FLSA/wage-hour cases, and other employment litigation, including employee benefits and executive employment contract disputes. He has extensive experience defending employers in class actions and individual cases brought under Title VII, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Equal Pay Act, the Fair Labor Standards Act, and the Family and Medical Leave Act. His labor practice includes the representation of employers before the National Labor Relations Board, labor arbitrations, and labor negotiations. Larry also has served as labor counsel in business restructurings, sales, and mergers.

Larry's trial and appellate experience is extensive. He has tried more than 35 cases to verdict before juries around the United States and handled an equal number of cases before federal and state appellate courts.

Larry oversees the Firm's Labor & Employment Practice. Larry is a member of The College of Labor and Employment Lawyers. He has served as a visiting professor of law at Notre Dame Law School and as a guest lecturer at DePaul University College of Law. He has been published in the Journal of College and University Law and has made numerous presentations on employment law topics.

Areas of Practice

• Labor & Employment
• Asia Labor & Employment
• Class Action Employment Litigation
• Collective Bargaining, Contract Enforcement & Union Organizing
• Employee Benefits Counseling & Litigation
• Employment Aspects of Corporate Transactions
• European Labor Law
• Federal and State Wage-Hour Counseling & Litigation
• NLRB Proceedings & Appeals
• Noncompetition, Confidentiality, Trade Secret & Employee Raiding
• Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Counseling & Litigation
• Reductions in Force & Managing Change
• Single & Multiple Plaintiff Employment Litigation
• Consumer Products & Retail

Representative Cases

• Andrako v. U. S. Steel Corporation, Case No. 07-CV-1629 (W.D. Penn.) , (2009)
• Cintas Corp. v. Perry, 517 F3d 459 (7th Cir. 2008), aff'd No. 03 C 8404, 2004 WL 2032124 (N.D. Ill. 2004)
• Sandifer et al. v. United States Steel Corporation, Case No. 2:07-CV-00443-RLM-PRC (N.D. Ind.) , (2009)
• Verizon Communications Inc., and Verizon Business Network Services Inc., v Anita Kay Hoffmann, Case No. 06-CV-6172, U.S.D.C. (N.D. IL) , (2009)
• Administrative Committee of the Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Associates' Health and Welfare Plan v. Nancy Lynn Gamboa, et al., Case No. 479 F. 3d 538 (8th Cir. 2007)
• Cruz et al. v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Case No. BC 304850 (Cal. Super. Ct., L.A. County)
• Darryl Wayne Schackelford v. Roadway Express, Inc., Case No. 02-CV-1167 (N.D. Ill.)
• Fries et al. v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Case No. BC 317776 (Cal. Super. Ct., L.A. County)
• In the Matter of the Arbitration between Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers & Grain Millers International Union (AFL-CIO, CLC) and General Mills, Inc., Case No. 03-13699 (Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service)
• Larimer v. IBM, 370 F.3d 698 (7th Cir. 2004)
• Larimer v. International Business Machines Corp., Case No. 02-C-3160, (N.D. Ill. April 29, 2003), aff'd, 370 F.3d 698 (7th Cir. 2004), cert. denied, No. 04-330, 2004 U.S. LEXIS 7493 (2004)
• Marjorie Davis v. Integrated Systems Solutions Corp., Case No. 97 C 3774 (N.D. Ill.)
• Reiner v. Wal-Mart, Sup. Ct. Orange County, U.S.D.C., C.D. Cal.
• Sepulveda v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., et al., Case No. CV 04-1003-DSF(Ex) (C.D. Cal. 2006)
• The Levy Co., Levy Indiana Slag Co. and Edw. C. Levy Company, Inc., National Labor Relations Board, Case Nos. 13-RD-2520, 13-RD-2522, 13-RC-21437, 13-UC-392, 13-UC-393, 25-RD-1490 (NLRB 2006) (collaterally, Staff Source LLC, Case No. 13-RC-21456)
• UFCW et al. v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Case No. 3:03 CV 05278SI (N.D. Cal.)
• Collective Bargaining and Related Labor Relations Across 14 States
• Union Organizing Campaign Advice and Representation

West Practice Categories

Business & Trade, Collective Bargaining, Employment Law -- Employee, Employment Law -- Employer, International Law, Labor Arbitration, Labor Disputes, Labor Law, Labor Legislation, Labor Relations Boards & Proceedings, Occupational Safety & Health Act (OSHA) -- Employee, Occupational Safety & Health Act (OSHA) -- Employer, Unfair Labor Practices, Unions, Wage & Hour Laws, Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act

Bar Admissions

• Illinois
• Indiana

Education

• U of Notre Dame

Published Works

• ALERT: Supreme Court Upholds Provision in Labor Agreement Requiring Arbitration of Age Discrimination Claims, 2009
• Kentucky River Trilogy: Recent NLRB Decisions Clarify the Definition of the Term “Supervisor” Under the NLRA, 2006

Address

77 West Wacker
Chicago, IL 60601-1692

Phones

1.312.269.4306 (Business Phone)

Faxes

1.312.782.8585 (Business Fax)

Emails

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Websites

http://www.jonesday.com