Barnes & Thornburg has added Peter Wozniak as partner and Mark Wallin as of counsel in the firm’s Labor and Employment Department in the Chicago office.
Wozniak and Wallin represent employers in a wide range of complex litigation matters, including wage and hour class and collective actions and single plaintiff litigation, employment discrimination class actions and single plaintiff litigation, and EEOC pattern or practice lawsuits. Previously, Wozniak and Wallin practiced at Seyfarth Shaw LLP.
Peter Wozniak’s practice spans the entire spectrum of class and collective actions as well as single plaintiff employment litigation and arbitration, including pretrial investigation, settlement negotiation, fact and expert discovery, trial, and post-trial appeals. He counsels some of the world’s largest corporations on matters having multi-million dollar and business-essential implications.
Mark Wallin has extensive experience defending clients against complex discrimination matters as well as class and collective actions brought under state and federal wage and hour laws across the country. He has successfully litigated cases of all sizes, including cases initiated by the EEOC as well as private plaintiffs, ranging from those seeking damages in the tens of thousands to damages in the tens of millions. Mark also advises and counsels clients on best practices to remain in compliance with the FLSA, ADA, EPA, ADEA, and Title VII and their state law equivalents.