Tracey Truesdale
Illinois
Franczek P.C.
300 S. Wacker Drive
Suite 3400
Chicago, IL 60606
Tel: 312-786-6106
Email:
tlt@franczek.com
Web:
www.franczek.com
Tracey Truesdale is a partner and co-chair of the Firm’s Labor & Employment Law Practice Group. She has represented management in labor and employment for more than 30 years, including both national Fortune 50 corporations and smaller companies, with clients in the professional services, manufacturing, construction, media, and technology industries.
Tracey has significant experience advising and defending employers on OSHA matters, including post-accident advice and representation of employers in employee fatality and catastrophe investigations, representing employers in negotiations with federal OSHA over OSHA citations and penalties, litigating OSHA complaints before the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission, and investigating, defending, and litigating employee claims of retaliation under the OSH Act.
Tracey’s employment law practice includes strategic advice to clients in force reduction and other business scenarios; preventive counseling on matters of employee discipline, discharge, and leave issues including FMLA, ADA, Chicago and Cook County paid sick leave as well as other state and local leave laws; and development of personnel policies and employment handbooks. Tracey has served as lead counsel in single and multiple-plaintiff employment discrimination actions; in mediation and arbitration proceedings under FINRA and private ADR; in Sarbanes-Oxley, Dodd-Frank, OSHA 11(c) and other whistleblower actions before OSHA and the U.S. Department of Labor; and in labor arbitration cases involving discipline for fighting, harassment, theft, drug/alcohol use, falsification of records, absenteeism and fraudulent use of approved leave.
Tracey’s traditional labor practice includes advising companies in their collective bargaining strategies; representation of an international steel company in final offer interest arbitration proceedings and other “bet the company” contract interpretation disputes; representation of employers in union organizing and decertification campaigns; management of strikes and work stoppages; defense of unfair labor practice charges; and labor arbitration.
Prior to joining Franczek, Tracey practiced with an international labor and employment firm in Chicago. She also has practical human resources experience, having spent a year working in-house at CNA Insurance as Employee Relations Director.
In 2020, Tracey was elected as a Fellow in the College of Labor & Employment Lawyers, an international association of over one thousand of the best and brightest lawyers who practice in labor and employment law.
On a pro bono basis, Tracey serves as outside counsel to Fair Oaks Presbyterian Church in Oak Park, where she is a member of the congregation. She is also a member of the APPLAUSE! performing arts board at Oak Park and River Forest High School and a member of the Oak Park River Forest Pony League board.
We help employers manage the often complicated, sometimes challenging relationships with the people who make their work possible. Our labor and employment clients include local businesses, multinational corporations, nonprofit organizations, public and private colleges and universities, school districts and private schools, municipalities, and other government agencies. Every organization that we represent is unique, and the breadth and depth of our practice helps us better represent and advise each client we serve.
Franczek is Chicago’s labor and employment law firm. Our clients are key players in the civic, cultural, and economic life of Chicago and its suburbs, the state of Illinois, and the Midwest. They include some of the largest employers in the state, and five of the ten largest employers in the City of Chicago. We have negotiated contracts with virtually every major union in the Chicago metropolitan area, including the largest bargaining units in the state. We are intimately familiar with the complex and changing regulatory, economic, and political environment affecting employers in Chicago and Illinois. We are not the only labor and employment lawyers in Chicago, but our experience sets us apart and uniquely positions us to help employers large and small in this challenging market.
Business doesn’t stop at the state line, and neither does our practice. Many of our clients operate nationwide and even internationally, and we regularly help them with labor and employment issues spanning the scope of their operations. For those matters where our client needs “boots on the ground,” we are part of the Worklaw® Network, a highly selective network of independent labor and employment law firms serving clients across the U.S., and with affiliates in Canada, Australia, Europe, Mexico, and India.
Franczek P.C. is a boutique law firm focusing in the areas of labor and employment and education law.
Our personable and talented attorneys combined with our depth of experience in our core practice areas provide an unparalleled quality of service. Our clients include public school districts, higher education institutions, state and local government, multinational companies, local businesses, and nonprofits. We have proven ourselves capable of staffing the largest and most complex cases for clients of all sizes, and maintaining day-to-day consultation on more routine matters.
In the 29 years since the firm was formed, we have grown into one of the premier labor, employment, and education practices in the country. Our clients include Fortune 100 companies and some of the largest public-sector entities in the United States as well as scores of small, medium, and large businesses and educational institutions. We counsel, advise, and represent employers across the United States. We capably staff the largest and most complex cases for clients of all sizes while offering responsive day-to-day consultation on more routine matters.
As a mid-size law firm, Franczek provides a personal approach and exceptional value by focusing on select areas of law and doing them exceedingly well. Our personable, talented, and highly skilled attorneys and our depth of experience in our core practice areas means we can provide you an unparalleled quality of service. Our practice is focused and clearly defined. We do not aspire to expand our practice beyond those areas, because we strongly believe that maintaining our focus is the best way to continue to deliver our unique blend of extraordinary client service and value – for clients like you.