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Madison labor, employment attorneys join Jackson Lewis

By: Erika Strebel, [email protected]//September 2, 2015//

Madison labor, employment attorneys join Jackson Lewis

By: Erika Strebel, [email protected]//September 2, 2015//

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Jackson Lewis P.C. has a new office in Madison, but don’t expect new faces.

Instead, you’ll find labor and employment attorneys who have been in the Madison market for years.

For Managing Shareholder Mark Tilkens, who leads the firm’s new Madison office, the move he and five other attorneys made last week was a group decision. They only got one offer, he said, and felt that Jackson Lewis’ workplace values aligned with their values.

Tilkens said the group, in particular, wanted to keep the work environment that they’ve developed over the years.

“The lawyers in this office have been together for many years,” said Tilkens. “ … We very much view each other in the office as family.”

The group brings expertise in private sector labor relations to Jackson Lewis, he said, as well as attorneys skilled in employment counseling.

“We’re a good fit,” Tilkens said, “because much of the work that we do is traditional labor.”

The new team includes shareholders Daniel Barker, Elizabeth Erickson and Tony McGrath. Sharon Mollman Elliott and James Pease Jr. have both joined the firm as Of Counsel. All six attorneys were formerly with Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete.

Jackson Lewis opened its Madison office at 1 S. Pinckney St., Suite 930, on Aug. 27. The firm’s Milwaukee location opened in 2010.

Jackson Lewis was founded in New York in 1958. The firm, which has 800 attorneys practicing nationwide and in Puerto Rico, specializes in representing management in employment law.

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