Jon Zimring

Jon Zimring serves as Chair of the Chicago Labor & Employment Practice at Greenberg Traurig. Drawing on deep management-side experience litigating and negotiating through complex workplace disputes - whether before agencies, with unions, or in court - Jon focuses his practice on working with the employer/management side to avoid litigation and find strategic ways to address challenging and legally complex employment and traditional labor law issues.

Jon plays an active leadership role in GT’s practice group that assists employers with prevention through proactive self-audits, pay equity and compensation analyses, wage and hour best practices, and guidance on maintenance of HRIS systems and record-keeping to support civil rights compliance for all types of selection decisions and processes (recruiting/applicant-to-hire, promotions and terminations). He frequently advises on both systemic and individual case assistance with complex leave and/or accommodation issues, including “work-from-home” issues and workplace problems created by difficult and dangerous employees. Jon also works with many unionized employers to establish and maintain positive employee and labor relations, working for harmony across both union and non-union workforces.

Jon’s work often places him in a role of working and coordinating among clients’ C-suite executives, legal team, human resources departments, operations management, and IT professionals. He also regularly represents clients “across the table” from unions, in or before administrative agencies, including the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP), the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), numerous state and local counterparts to these agencies, and others that investigate, audit compliance with, and enforce labor and employment laws.

Meet Jon Zimring

Concentrations

•Government contractor civil rights compliance
•Collective bargaining and traditional labor relations/dispute resolution
•Complex leave and accommodations
•“Best Practices” management training across all workplace topics
•High-stakes investigations and related advice and counsel

Recognition & Leadership

Awards & Accolades

•Listed, Leading Lawyers Network, 2007-2026
•Listed, The Chicago Daily Law Bulletin and The Chicago Lawyer, '40 Under 40,' 2006