Bios and Contact Information
MELISSA J. AUERBACH
Position: Partner
Born: New York, N.Y., August 29, 1955
Education: Yale University (B.A., 1977); Harvard University (J.D., 1980)
Admitted to Bar: 1980, Illinois; U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois
(Trial Bar), Central and Southern Districts of Illinois, and Eastern District of
Wisconsin; U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh, Third, Tenth, and District of Columbia
Circuits; U.S. Supreme Court
Member: AFL-CIO Lawyers Coordinating Committee (LLC)
Awards and Honors: Peer-rated "AV Preeminent" in Martindale-Hubbell
Practice Area: Union-side labor law
J. DALE BERRY
Position: Partner
Born: Roswell, New Mexico, January 17, 1943
Education: Michigan State University (B.A., cum laude, 1965); University of
Michigan (J.D., 1970)
Admitted to Bar: 1970, Illinois; U.S. District Court, Northern, Central and Southern
Districts of Illinois
Appointments: General Counsel, Associated Firefighters of Illinois (AFFI), 1990-
present
Member: Chicago Bar Association; AFL-CIO Lawyers
Coordinating Committee (LLC); Board of Directors, McHenry County Defenders,
1985-1994; President, McHenry County Conservation Voters (MCCV), 1986-1993;
honorary member, Associated Firefighters of Illinois (AFFI)
Profiled in: Michael G. Matejka, Fiery Struggle: Illinois Fire Fighters Build a Union,
1901-1985 (Illinois Labor History Society, 2002)
Practice Area: Union-side labor law
Reported Cases: City of Decatur v. AFSCME, 122 Ill. 2d 353 (1988); City of
Freeport v. ISLRB, 135 Ill. 2d 499 (1990); City of Evanston v. ISLRB, 227 Ill. App. 3d
955 (1st Dist. 1992); Town of Cicero v. IAFF Local 717, 338 Ill. App. 3d 364 (1st Dist.
2003)
GILBERT A. CORNFIELD
Position: Founding Partner
Born: Chicago, Illinois, July 6, 1931
Education: University of Chicago (B.A., 1951; J.D., 1954)
Associate Editor: University of Chicago Law Review, 1954
Admitted to Bar: 1954, Illinois; U.S. Supreme Court
Author:
| • | "The Partial Strike." University of Chicago Law Review, Vol. 21, circa 1953 |
| • | "Developing Standards for Determining Arbitrability of Labor Disputes by Federal Courts." Labor Law Journal, 1963 |
| • | "The Significance of the Supervisory and Managerial Definitions in the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act and the Public Labor Relations Act of Illinois." Chicago-Kent Law Review, Vol. 60, No. 4, 1984 |
Member: Chicago, Illinois, and American Bar Associations; AFL-CIO Lawyers
Coordinating Committee (LLC)
Awards and Honors: Listed in Chicago's Best Lawyers and Best Lawyers in
America; peer-rated "AV Preeminent" in Martindale-Hubbell; honoree, Peggy
Browning Fund, 2005
Practice Area: Union-side labor law
GILBERT FELDMAN
Position: Founding partner
Born: Chicago, Illinois, May 7, 1931
Education: Northwestern University (B.S., 1952; J.D., 1955)
Comment Editor: Northwestern University Law Review, 1954-1955
Admitted to Bar: 1955, Illinois; 1956, U.S. District Court, Northern District of
Illinois; U.S. Supreme Court
Author:
| • | "Arthur J. Goldberg's Legacies to American Labor Relations," John Marshall Law Review, Vol. 32, No. 3, 1999 |
| • | "Unclean Hands in Anti-Trust Cases: An Uncertain Future." Northwestern University Law Review, Vol. 48, No. 5, November-December 1953 |
| • | "The Quantity Discount and Now the Quantity Limit." Northwestern University Law Review, Vol. 49, No. 2, May-June 1954 |
| • | "The Scope of Review, Due Process, and the Conscientious Objector—Some Unresolved Problems." Northwestern University Law Review, Vol. 50, No. 5, November-December 1955 |
| • | "The Illinois Judiciary and Public Employee Labor Disputes: A Return to an Imperial Judiciary?" Chicago-Kent Law Review, Vol. 53, No. 3, 1977 |
| • | "The Illinois Supreme Court's Stahulak Decision Establishes a Further Departure under the IPLRA from the Federal Model in Duty of Fair Representation Cases." Illinois Public Employee Relations Report, Vol. 17, No. 1, 2000 |
| • | "Illinois Public Employee Unions Get the Card Check as an Alternative Method of Gaining Recognition." Illinois Public Employee Relations Report, Vol. 21, No. 2, 2004 |
Member: Chicago Bar Association; Chicago Council of Lawyers; AFL-CIO Lawyers
Coordinating Committee (LLC)
Awards and Honors: Listed in Chicago's Best Lawyers, Best Lawyers in America,
and Who's Who in American Law; peer-rated "AV Preeminent" in Martindale-
Hubbell
Practice Area: Union-side labor law
e-mail: gfeldman@cornfieldandfeldman.com
BARBARA J. HILLMAN
Position: Partner
Born: Chicago, Illinois, August 11, 1942
Education: University of Chicago (B.A., with honors, 1963; J.D., 1966)
Admitted to Bar: 1967, Illinois; U.S. District Court, Northern, Central and Southern
Districts of Illinois, Northern District of Indiana, Western District of Pennsylvania,
Southern District of New York, and District of Columbia; U .S. Court of Appeals,
Second, Third, Fourth, Seventh, Eighth, Tenth, and District of Columbia Circuits; U.S.
Supreme Court
Appointments: General Counsel, Committee on Illinois Government, 1975-1977
Member: Welfare Council, Metropolitan Chicago, 1970–1971; Board of Directors,
Committee on Illinois Government, 1972-1979; Board Secretary, TASC, Inc.,
1976–present; Board of Directors, Illinois ACLU, 1981–1983; Chicago and American
Bar Associations; AFL-CIO Lawyers Coordinating Committee (LLC)
Awards and Honors: Honoree, Eugene Debs-Norman Thomas-Michael Harrington
Awards Dinner, 2002; Peggy Browning Fund, 2011; peer-rated "AV Preeminent" in
Martindale-Hubbell
Profiled in: Bryan Miller, "A Woman in Labor." Chicago Reader, May 17, 1990
Practice Area: Union-side labor law; ERISA
e-mail: bhillman@cornfieldandfeldman.com
JACOB POMERANZ
Position: Managing Partner
Born: Hesse, Germany, August 22, 1946
Education: University of Wisconsin–Madison (B.S., 1968); Yale University (J.D.,
1973)
Admitted to Bar: 1973, Illinois; 1978, California
Appointments: Assistant General Counsel, New York City Health Services
Administration, 1971–1972
Member: Chicago, Illinois, and American Bar Associations; AFL-CIO Lawyers
Coordinating Committee (LLC)
Awards and Honors: Illinois Super Lawyer, 2007-2011
Practice Area: Union-side labor law
ROBERT A. SELTZER
Position: Partner
Born: Madison, Wisconsin, January 14, 1953
Education: University of Wisconsin (B.A., with distinction, 1976); University of
Michigan (J.D., cum laude, 1992)
Admitted to Bar: 1992, Maryland (inactive); 1993, Illinois, District of Columbia,
U.S. District Court, District of Maryland, and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth and Ninth
Circuits; 1995, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 1996, U.S. District
Court, Southern District of Illinois and U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; 1997,
U.S. District Court, Central District of Illinois; 2008, U.S. District Court, Eastern
District of Michigan and U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 2010, U.S. Court of
Appeals, Eighth Circuit; 2011, U.S. District Court, District of Colorado
Member: American Bar Association; AFL-CIO Lawyers Coordinating Committee
(LLC); International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU), 1977–1983
Practice Areas: Union-side labor law; employment law; ERISA; multiemployer
benefit funds
e-mail: rseltzer@cornfieldandfeldman.com
JIM M. VAINIKOS
Position: Partner
Born: Melrose Park, Illinois, July 21, 1963
Education: Northwestern University (B.A., 1985); American University (J.D.,
1988), Alpha Lambda Delta
Admitted to Bar: 1990, Illinois
Member: Administrative Law Journal, American University, 1987–1988; Chicago,
Hellenic, Illinois State, and American Bar Associations (president, Hellenic Bar Assn. of
Illinois, 2001-2002); AFL-CIO Lawyers Coordinating Committee (LLC)
Languages: Greek
Practice Areas: Union-side labor law; workers compensation; Social Security
disability
STEPHEN A. YOKICH
Position: Partner
Born: Detroit, Michigan, July 19, 1957
Education: Northwestern University (B.A., 1978); University of Michigan (J.D., cum
laude, 1981)
Admitted to Bar: 1982, Illinois; U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; U.S.
Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 1983, U.S. Courts of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; 1998,
U.S. Supreme Court. Also admitted to U.S. District Courts, Central and Southern
Districts of Illinois and Northern District of Indiana; U.S. Courts of Appeals, Third,
Fourth, and Eighth Circuits; and Court of International Trade
Law Clerk to: Hon. George C. Edwards, Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth
Circuit, 1981–1982
Appointments: General Counsel for Labor, U.S. House of Representatives
Committee on Education and Labor, 1993–1994; Associate General Counsel,
International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement
Workers, 1995–1998, 2001–; union-side co-chair, Occupational Safety and Health Act
Committee, American Bar Association Section on Labor and Employment Law,
2001–2004 and 2009–2012
Author:
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| • | “The Striker Replacement Doctrine as Seen by a Union Attorney.” Perspectives on Work, the Magazine of the Labor and Employment Relations Association, Fall 2006. |
| • | “Labor and Management Perspectives on Garcetti v. Ceballos.” Illinois Public Employee Relations Report, Vol.24, Issue 2, 2007 |
| • | “Litigating First Amendment Claims on Behalf of Public Employees and Their Unions in Wake of Garcetti v. Ceballos.” LCC workshop presentation, April 2007 |
| • | “Helping Workers and Their Unions Achieve a Safe and Healthy Workplace.” LCC workshop presentation, May 2008 |
| • | “OSHA at 40—A Labor Perspective.” Newsletter of the ABA Section on Labor and Employment Law, Summer 2011. |
Member: American Bar Association; AFL-CIO Lawyers Coordinating Committee
(LLC)
Awards and Honors: Peer-rated "AV Preeminent" in Martindale-Hubbell
Practice Area: Union-side labor law
e-mail: syokich@cornfieldandfeldman.com
ANDREW B. EPSTEIN
Position: Associate
Born: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, September 13, 1984
Education: B.A., Northwestern University, 2007; J.D., University of Chicago Law
School, 2010
Admitted to Bar: 2010, Illinois, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois
(General Bar); 2011, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
Author: Comment, “A New Approach to an Old Problem: Managing Fish Resources
in the Beaufort Sea.” Chicago Journal of International Law, Vol. 11, No. 2, Winter
2011, p. 755.
Member: AFL-CIO Lawyers Coordinating Committee (LLC)
Practice Area: Union-side labor law
e-mail: aepstein@cornfieldandfeldman.com
DAVID M. GOLDBERG
Position: Associate
Born: Chicago, Illinois, March 17, 1954
Education: Northwestern University (B.A., 1976); John Marshall Law School (J.D.,
1980)
Admitted to Bar: 1980, Illinois
Member: John Marshall Law Review, 1979-1980; AFL-CIO Lawyers Coordinating
Committee (LLC)
Awards and Honors: Peer-rated "AV Preeminent" in Martindale-Hubbell
Languages: Spanish
Practice Areas: Union-side labor law; workers compensation
PAMELA LAMBOS
Position: Associate
Born: Salt Lake City, Utah, July 18, 1964
Education: University of Utah, 1987; John Marshall Law School, 1992
Admitted to Bar: 1992, Illinois
Practice Area: Workers compensation
e-mail: plambos@cornfieldandfeldman.com
GAIL E. MROZOWSKI
Position: Associate
Born: Chicago, Illinois, September 2, 1955
Education: DePaul University; Northern Illinois University (B.S., 1977); Chicago-
Kent College of Law (J.D., 1981)
Admitted to Bar: 1981, Illinois
Member: Chicago, Illinois, and American Bar Associations; AFL-CIO Lawyers
Coordinating Committee (LLC)
Practice Area: Union-side labor law
MARK S. STEIN
Position: Associate
Born: Chicago, Illinois, 1958
Education: University of Illinois at Chicago (B.A., 1980,); University of Michigan
(J.D., 1983); Yale University (Ph.D., 2001)
Admitted to Bar: 1983, Illinois
Author:
Practice Area: Union-side labor law
e-mail: mstein@cornfieldandfeldman.com
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| • | Blood Libel: The Life and Memory of Mendel Beilis (Beilis Publishing, 2011) |
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Designed and edited by Ruth D. Feldman
Text by Stephen A. Yokich
In-house photography by Taylor Rausch and Ruth D. Feldman
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