Professional Experience
Adrianne C. Mazura represents employers in all areas of labor and employment law. Ms. Mazura has represented employers before the National Labor Relations Board and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission as well as before numerous state agencies, courts and arbitration panels. Her work as national labor and employment counsel for a telecommunications company has involved her in every area of employment law including union organizing campaigns, collective bargaining negotiations, and defense of numerous individual and multiparty cases throughout the country. Ms. Mazura's other clients include transportation companies, manufacturers, professional organizations and financial institutions.
Ms. Mazura is a life fellow of the American Bar Foundation for which she also serves as outside employment counsel. In 2008, she was named chair of the board of directors of the Illinois Institute of Continuing Legal Education, an independent, self-supporting nonprofit corporation that provides career-long practice guidance and tools to Illinois lawyers and judges. She has been a member of the ALI-ABA Advisory Panel on Employment and Labor Law.
The respected English research firm Chambers & Partners cites her in Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, describing her as “excellent” and noting that her clients say they “can place complete confidence in her — her knowledge, pragmatism, efficiency and negotiation skills are remarkable.” In 2004, Ms. Mazura was named an Illinois Leading Lawyer in two categories: employment law — management and labor law — management. Since 2005, she has been selected for inclusion in the Illinois Super Lawyers® lists, in 2012, being named one of the Top 50 Women Illinois Super Laywers.
In 2007, Ms. Mazura was inducted as a Fellow in the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers. The College is an independent organization that recognizes those who, by long and outstanding service, have distinguished themselves as leaders in the field of labor and employment law. Election as a Fellow is the highest recognition by one’s colleagues of sustained outstanding performance in the profession, exemplifying integrity, dedication and excellence.
She is an author and frequent lecturer on labor law and related topics. Ms. Mazura has co-authored “What To Do When The Union Calls” for the Chicago Association of Commerce and Industry and Drug Testing In The Workplace, which is jointly published by the Bureau of National Affairs and the American Society for Clinical Pathologists. She was editor of the most recent edition of the Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education Employment Discrimination Handbook, and has served as an outside reviewer for the American Bar Association’s Division of Public Education.
Education and Honors
- Wayne State University Law School (J.D., magna cum laude, 1978)
Wayne State Law Review (Member, 1976-1977; Notes and Comments Editor, 1977-1978).
- University of Michigan (B.A., with distinction, 1973)
Bar Admissions
Illinois,
1978
Court Admissions
U.S. District Court, Central District of Illinois
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, Trial Bar
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Indiana
U.S. Court of Appeals, 6th Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals, 7th Circuit
Professional Recognition
Named one of the Top 50 Women Lawyers in Illinois by
Super Lawyers® (2012).
Selected for inclusion in the 2005-2012
Illinois Super Lawyers® list (Labor & Employment).
Listed in
Chambers USA® (2008-present: Labor & Employment).
Listed in
The Best Lawyers in America® (2011-present: Labor & Employment).
Martindale-Hubbell AV
® Peer Review Rated.
Professional and Civic Activities
- Illinois Institute of Continuing Legal Education (President, Board of Directors, 1998-2010).
- American Bar Association (Member).
- American Bar Foundation (Life Fellow).
- ALI-ABA Advisory Panel on Employment and Labor Law (2006-2011).
- Chicago Business Leadership Network (Board of Directors, 2003).
- Riverside Foundation (Vice President and Legal Counsel, Board of Directors, 1997-2001).