Name: James C. Franczek, Jr.
Item: James C. Franczek, Jr.
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James C. Franczek, Jr. is a founding partner and president of Franczek Radelet P.C. His clients include scores of private and public sector employers, including clients in the education, hospitality, banking, and energy industries. He is the chief labor counsel for the City of Chicago, the Chicago Public Schools, the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority (McCormick Place), Navy Pier, Inc., and the Chicago Park District.

Jim is a member of the Nominating Committee of The Commercial Club of Chicago. He is also a member of The Economic Club of Chicago, the Metropolitan Planning Council’s Board of Governors, the Board of Directors of the Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce, the Board of Directors of Advance Illinois, and the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers.

Frequently honored and recognized as one of Chicago’s preeminent labor and employment lawyers, some of Jim’s recent honors include: #1 labor and #1 employment lawyer (2014), Illinois Leading Lawyers; “100 Most Powerful Chicagoans” (2013 - 2015), Chicago magazine; Top 10 Illinois lawyers (2014) and Top 100 Illinois lawyers (2008 – 2016), Super Lawyers; Chicago Labor Law Management Lawyer of the Year (2014); Chicago Employment Lawyer of the Year (2012); and leading labor and employment lawyer (1989 – 2014), The Best Lawyers in America; ranked in the top tier among the leading labor and employment lawyers (2003 – 2016), Chambers USA; 100 Most Powerful Employment Attorneys in the United States (2013 - 2015), Human Resources Executive; “Hall of Fame” in the Most Powerful Employment Attorneys in the United States (2015), Human Resources Executive; “Who’s Who in Chicago Business,” Chicago’s civic, professional and cultural leaders (2009 – 2012), Crain’s Chicago Business; honored as the only management-side labor attorney for the Distinguished Service Award presented by the Chicago chapter of the Labor & Employment Relations Association (LERA) (2011); featured on the cover of the Illinois edition of Super Lawyers magazine (2015).

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