Profile

Kerry Davidson is an associate in Chicago based Levenfeld Pearlstein’s Labor & Employment Service Group and Litigation Practice Group. She represents and counsels employers in the many facets of employment and labor law, including matters in state and federal courts and before administrative agencies.

Overview

Kerry has successfully defended claims filed under Title VII, FLSA, FMLA, ADA, ADEA, OSHA, NLRA, ERISA and other employment statutes, including a class action involving “off the clock” wage and hour claims by more than 2600 union employees and other multiple plaintiff employment discrimination actions. Kerry has also successfully defended common law breach of contract, wrongful termination and restrictive covenant claims. In addition, she actively counsels employers regarding contract and policy drafting and other compliance concerns, and has experience with traditional labor (union) matters, including contract negotiations, arbitrations and election campaigns. Most recently, Kerry helped a client successfully defeat a union organizing attempt at one of the only non-union residential buildings in Chicago’s “Magnificent Mile.”

While earning her law degree, Kerry worked full time as a labor relations representative and EEO specialist at Northern Indiana Public Service Company. Before practicing at a firm, she also worked in the labor/employment relations department at Rush University Medical Center.
Kerry teaches seminars on employment and labor law for continuing education providers or based upon client needs and has served as an adjunct professor for Rush University and Northern Illinois University. She is certified as a Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) and has written labor law updates for the Committee on Law and Legislation of the National Academy of Arbitrators. She is also the editor of several employment treatises, such as Age Discrimination in Employment Law.

Kerry is also a member of the Future Leaders Council (the associate Board of Directors of the Metropolitan Chicago YWCA) and actively involved in the YWCA’s Economic Empowerment Institute.

Kerry was honoured as a "Rising Star" in the 2010 Illinois Super Lawyers.

Languages Spoken

• English