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Profile
Abad Lopez leads Chicago's labor and employment practice, focusing on representing corporate clients with complex employment matters, including class action and multiplaintiff employment discrimination and harassment lawsuits, state law overtime class actions, privacy claims, FLSA collective actions, and trade secret and restrictive covenant matters. He represents employers throughout the U.S. in matters arising under federal and state anti-discrimination laws, the Fair Labor Standards Act, the FMLA, labor-management relations laws, and state law wrongful discharge claims. Abad also advises clients on preventive measures, including reviewing policies, counseling on disciplinary actions and investigations, negotiating severance and executive employment agreements, and conducting employment practices reviews. He has also counseled numerous clients in complying with BIPA disclosures and policies pre and post-litigation. Abad has almost two decades of experience representing Fortune 50 employers in a wide array of labor and employment matters.
Prior to joining Dykema, Mr. Lopez was served in various leadership roles at other international law firms and Fortune 50 corporations.
Bar Admissions
Illinois
Education
University of Illinois College of Law, J.D., 2001
University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, B.A., 1998
Areas of Practice
- Employment Counseling
- Employment Litigation
- Labor & Employment
- Litigation
- Dykema Delivers HR Innovation
- Privacy and Data Security
- Wage & Hour
Articles
Election Day Obligations: What Employers Need to Know
By Abad Lopez |October 2020Election Day Obligations: What Employers Need to Know
By Abad Lopez |October 2020To Be or Not to Be (An Independent Contractor): DOL Seeks to Clarify Independent Contractor Test in Landmark Proposed Rule
By Abad Lopez |September 2020
Blogs
Labor & Employment Law Blog
In the rapidly evolving field of labor and employment law, we know that employers need to stay informed about changes in the law, and how these changes impact day-to-day business operations. Dykema's Labor & Employment Law Blog (www.laboremployment-lawblog.com) discusses important labor and employment-related legal developments, reviews practical implications, and provides valuable insight for employers of all types.
The Firewall
The Firewall keeps you up to date on the hottest legal topics in the ever-changing world of data security and privacy. As information security becomes a critical facet of all businesses and industries and the target of many regulators, it is important to stay apprised of new legal developments. The Firewall provides insightful legal analysis of the emerging issues in data privacy and cybersecurity law to help businesses stay ahead of the curve.
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