Proactive counseling and complex litigation 

Gary Clark focuses on all areas of labor and employment law. He provides day-to-day counsel on employment matters for national and regional clients with a results-oriented approach that emphasizes crafting creative legal solutions to further business objectives and proactively anticipating what's coming around the next corner. Gary also defends employers in complex and class action employment litigation, including large-scale EEOC enforcement actions, wage and hour/discrimination/ERISA class actions, unfair competition/trade secret misappropriation and biometric information privacy.

Bar Admissions

• Illinois
• Tennessee

Education

• Northwestern University (B.A., 1994)

• Washington University in St. Louis School of Law (J.D., 1997)

• "Anticipating Potential Updates To Ill. Biometric Privacy Law"
• "Complex ADA Issues in the Workplace"
• "Considerations for a Remote Workforce"
• "Employee Privacy Issues: Dealing with a Variety of Challenging Situations"
• "Illinois Law On Job Interview AI: What Employers Must Note"
• "Whistleblowing Issues in the Health Care Industry"
• Biometric Information Privacy Update: New Illinois Appellate Ruling Expands Temporal Recovery Period and Suggests Enhanced Damage Remedy Available
• Business Law Training: What’s Around the Corner? Eight Things We’re Watching in Employment Law for 2020
• Bye, Bye Browning-Ferris: NLRB Overturns Browning-Ferris Joint Employer Standard
• Chicago's COVID-19 Anti-Retaliation Ordinance Impacts Employer Reopening Plans
• Data Privacy & Security Webinar Series | Employee Privacy Issues
• Department of Labor Proposes Compensation Increases for Overtime Exemption Tests, Including $50,440 Minimum Salary Basis
• Department of Labor Shifts Course on Joint Employment and Independent Contractor Classification
• DOL Overtime Rule Officially Struck Down, What To Expect Next
• Employers Take Note: Illinois Minimum Wage Set to Increase in 2020
• Everything From The Obama Board Must Go! NLRB Majority Overturns Many Obama Board Decisions Prior to Chairman Phillip Miscimarra's Departure
• Federal Court Recognizes Employer's Right to Modify Retiree Insurance Benefits
• Illinois Adopts Recreational Marijuana and New Employment Protections for Users
• Illinois Bill Will Require Employers to Accommodate Pregnant Employees
• Illinois Introduces Bills to Amend BIPA Taking Away Private Right of Action and Adding ECGs
• Illinois Restricts Use of AI in Interviews
• Illinois Right to Privacy Act Expanded and Clarified for Employers
• Illinois Supreme Court Confirms BIPA Floodgates Are Open
• New Amendments to Illinois Laws Keep Employers Busy
• New AZ Court Ruling - Employee Can Sue for Discrimination as a Marijuana Card Holder
• New Cook County Ordinance Requires Vaccination Pay for Employees
• New Illinois Bill Would Restrict Use of Criminal Background Checks
• Ninth Circuit Rejects Article III Standing Argument for BIPA Claims
• Open for Business? Navigating COVID-19’s Impact on Reopening Businesses and Returning Employees to the Workplace
• Sorting Out the Facts: How the Trump Administration’s Policy Shifts Affect Employers
• The Floodgates Have Opened on Illinois Biometric Act Class Action Lawsuits
• Time Off From Work For Voting Under Illinois Law
• Workplace Transparency Act Creates 2020 To-do List for Illinois Employers
• “Strategies for Employment Class and Collective Actions”

Seminar

• 2024 Illinois Employment Law Update: A Year in Review and the Year Ahead
• Business Law Training: Navigating the New Normal: A Guide for In-House Counsel
• Business Law Training: What's Around the Corner? The Top Eight Things We're Watching in Employment Law for 2020
• Complex ADA Issues in the Workplace
• Data Privacy & Security Webinar Series | Employee Privacy Issues
• Gender Identity Issues in the Workplace
• MRA Employment Law Update
• Open for Business? Navigating COVID-19's Impact on Reopening Businesses and Returning Employees to the Workplace
• Whistleblowing Issues in the Health Care Industry