Bringing practical, creative solutions to labor and employment disputes

Bob Duffy advises employers on human resources issues and disputes, assisting with virtually any need in the labor and employment space. With extensive experience representing employers in the health care, financial, manufacturing and nonprofit sectors, Bob provides front-end employment solutions and advocacy, as well as vigorous and strategic litigation of employment claims.

Recognized for more than 15 consecutive years by Chambers USA as a leader in his field, Bob works closely with employers to identify creative solutions to complex challenges, simplify and clarify issues, calm rattled nerves and otherwise meet difficult problems with a practical, step-by-step plan to resolve them.

Bob’s past service on the firm’s governing executive committee and as chair of the Milwaukee office Labor & Employment Group has also helped him guide the many managers and executives he has the privilege of working with on a daily basis.

Bar Admissions

• Wisconsin

Education

• Marquette University (B.A., cum laude, 1981)
  • Alpha Sigma Nu

• Marquette University Law School (J.D., magna cum laude, 1984)

• "What Employers Should Know About Paid Military Leave Trend"
• At Last! OSHA Issues Guidance "Clarifying" Its Anti-Retaliation Regulations
• Federal Contractors Granted Additional Time to Object To Public Disclosure of Their EEO-1 Reports
• Federal Contractors Seeking to Prevent Public Disclosure of EEO-1 Reports Must File Written Objections by September 19, 2022
• Legal Update: Paid Military Leave Suits Continue to Capture Attention
• Legal Update: Pay for Military Leave Gaining Federal Court Support
• Understand Whether Employers May Soon Need to Pay Employees On Military Leave
• Wisconsin Supreme Court Clarifies When a Conviction is Substantially Related to An Individual’s Employment
• “2010 Labor & Employment Update"
• “2012 Employment Law Highlights / ADAA Update, NLRB Issues, Social Media Issues, ACA Update"
• “2013 Employment Law Highlights / ACA Update, ADAAA Update, NLRB Issues, I 9 Update, New FMLA Regulations"
• “Disability Discrimination And Reasonable Accommodation Update"
• “Employment Issues Update: Reasonable Accommodation, Harassment Prevention, Social Media Issues, FLSA Issues”
• “Employment Law Update – Reasonable Accommodation / Employment Documentation / Union Avoidance"
• “Employment Law Update"
• “Employment Law Update"
• “Hot Labor and Employment Topics”
• “Labor Management Training”
• “Management Training: Discrimination and Harassment Awareness and Prevention"
• “Practical Tips for Effective Collective Bargaining Agreement Administration”
• “Recent Developments at the National Labor Relations Board”
• “Staying Union Free In A Pro-Organizing Setting—NLRA Issues You Need To Understand in 2012"
• “The Landscape Has Changed: New Employment Laws or Those That May Be"
• “The Year in Review: Labor And Employment Topics From The Past Year”
• “Worker’s Compensation Law"

Seminar

• Annual Labor & Employment Law Symposium - Listen. Execute. Succeed.
• Annual Labor & Employment Symposium
• Labor & Employment Breakfast Series | Can't We All Just Get Along? Workplace Violence and Bullying and Its Impact On Employers