Joel S. Aziere

Wisconsin

Buelow Vetter Buikema Olson & Vliet
20855 Watertown Road
Suite 200
Waukesha, WI 53186

Tel: 262-364-0250

Email: jaziere@buelowvetter.com
Web: www.buelowvetter.com

Professional Biography

Joel Aziere is Chairman and a Partner of Buelow Vetter, a leading law firm focused on labor, employment, benefits and school law, representing employers across the state of Wisconsin.

Joel primarily defends employers in litigation involving all aspects of labor and employment cases, ranging from grievance arbitration to NLRB proceedings and actions before state and federal agencies. He defends employers in a variety of cases filed in state and federal court, including disputes involving discrimination and harassment, wage and hour issues, employment contracts, enforceability of non-compete clauses, whistleblower protections and wrongful termination.

He has successfully defended numerous private employers in unfair labor practice charges before the NLRB, discrimination charges before the EEOC and ERD, and wage and hour claims before the Department of Labor and Wisconsin Labor Standards Bureau.

Joel has represented clients in administrative, state, and federal courts throughout the United States, including, but not limited to, the states of Wisconsin, California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Washington

Joel also provides day-to-day advice on the full range of labor and employment topics, including counseling private employers during union organization and decertification campaigns.

Accomplishments

  • JD, summa cum laude, Creighton University School of Law
  • BS, Engineering, Purdue University
  • Commander’s List, U.S. Army Judge Advocate General’s School
  • Member, Labor & Employment Law Section
  • Member, Wisconsin School Attorneys Association
  • Member, Education Law Association
  • Member, Employer Support for the Guard and Reserve (ESGR)
  • Wisconsin Super Lawyers® magazine’s Rising Star® for 2006, 2007, 2011

Bar Admissions

  • Member, State Bar of Wisconsin
  • Member, State Bar of Tennessee
  • Bar admission to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
  • Bar admission to the Unites States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
  • Bar admission to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin
  • Bar admission to the United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin
  • Bar admission to the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
  • Bar admission to the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana
  • Bar admission to the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan
  • Bar admission to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee
  • Bar admission to the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee

The Employment Law Practice

At Buelow Vetter, we understand that evolving trends and technology are constantly driving change in the laws governing the workplace. For more than four decades, our attorneys have represented management in all areas of employment law, because we enjoy the challenge of acting as your advocate and working to safeguard your interests.

Our attorneys regularly defend against claims of discrimination, harassment and retaliation brought under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the Fair Labor Standards Act and similar federal and state laws. Not only do we defend lawsuits in federal and state courts, we can protect your organization against discrimination charges brought before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and similar state agencies.

We frequently work with our clients to develop policies to protect against discrimination and harassment in the workplace. In addition, our team regularly conducts management and supervisory training to minimize the potential for a claim. In cases where employees have filed a complaint under an internal policy, we can conduct an internal investigation to make sure all the necessary information is gathered and considered. We also defend educational institutions against Title IX claims, assist in drafting affirmative action plans and we handle OFCCP and other types of federal compliance audits.

About Buelow Vetter

Buelow Vetter believes that your organization deserves a partner who will help you successfully resolve employment and labor law issues, and we are dedicated to achieving the best possible results for you. We do this by protecting your interests, creatively solving problems when issues arise and, when necessary, working to help improve the laws to benefit employers. We enjoy the challenge of our ever-changing legal landscape, driven by technology and evolving trends, and we are constantly on the lookout for new ways to proactively protect your organization.

Buelow Vetter represents hundreds of clients in both the public and private sector including towns, villages, cities, state departments, school districts, non-profit agencies and private businesses from Fortune 500 companies to small entrepreneurial enterprises. A testament of our commitment to our clients is our client’s commitment to us. We have had the privilege of serving many of our clients for decades.

Our legal team is honored to include five attorneys recognized as Best Lawyers®, four attorneys recognized as Super Lawyers®, two attorneys recognized as a Rising Star®, six AV Rated attorneys and two BV rated attorneys in Martindale-Hubbell’s Peer Review Ratings™.  Our team also includes two attorneys selected as Fellows, College of Labor and Employment Lawyers and one attorney who received the 2015 George Tipler Award from the Wisconsin School Attorneys Association.