Employment Duo Wozniak and Wallin Joins Barnes & Thornburg in Chicago
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.
The firm said Wozniak and Wallin represent employers in 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.
Wozniak has worked with 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.
Wozniak earned his J.D., magna cum laude, from Indiana University School of Law, and his B.A. from Binghamton University.
Wallin has 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. The firm said 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 provides advice on compliance with the FLSA, ADA, EPA, ADEA, and Title VII and their state law equivalents.
Wallin earned his J.D., magna cum laude, from DePaul University College of Law, and his B.A. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
