About Brian West Easley
Practice Areas
- Employment
- Financial
- Class Actions
- Appellate
Education
- The University of Michigan Law School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1990J.D.
- University of Dallas, 1987B.A.
- Honors: with Honors
Representative Cases
- Albertson's negotiates industrywide multi-employer collective bargaining agreement (2009)
- Alderwoods negotiates collective bargaining agreements involving more than 20 Chicago facilities
- Alderwoods successfully defends against union organizing petition
- American Commercial Lines defends against suit alleging violations under LMRA and ERISA
- American Commercial Lines obtains summary judgment in multi-million dollar retiree medical benefits case (2010)
- American Commerical Lines is successful in collective bargaining negotiations with United Mineworkers of America, District 12, Local 2452
- American Steamship negotiates with American Maritime Officers (2011)
- American Steamship negotiates with USW for successor agreement with operating crew of its great lakes fleet (2010)
- Arctic Glacier acquires Koldkist Pacific Cold Storage, and K, H & P (2009)
- Arctic Glacier acquires operations of Kar Ice (2009)
- Arctic Glacier acquires Tropic Ice Partners
- Arctic Glacier sells business and assets to affiliates of H.I.G. Capital for approximately $435 million (2012)
- BOC Group settles favorably in ERISA class action
- Bridgestone/Firestone defends against NLRB case involving withdrawal of recognition of union
- Bridgestone/Firestone negotiates collective bargaining and strike activity with union
- Bridgestone/Firestone negotiates final settlement with USWA and dismisses unfair labor practice charges (2009)
- Bulkmatic Transport opposes nationwide union organizing drive by Teamsters
- Clearlight Cream sells Bocchi Laboratories (2009)
- Clearlight Cream sells Medicia Corporation (2009)
- Continental Automotive Systems favorably resolves issues in connection with effects bargaining pertaining to closure of Alabama facility (2011)
- Continental Automotive Systems obtains ruling to have putative class action case regarding retiree medical benefits transferred (2011)
- Continental Automotive Systems successfully negotiates with IAMAW regarding Newport News, VA facility (2010)
- Continental Tire appeals judgment compelling arbitration of employee grievances (2009)
- Continental Tire is successful against unfair labor practice charge (2009)
- Continental Tire obtains favorable outcome in arbitrations involving USW
- Continental Tire obtains preliminary approval in settlement in ERISA class action
- Continental Tire obtains reaches favorable settlement in case asserting claims under ERISA
- Continental Tire successfully defends against unfair labor practice charges (2009)
- Continental Tire successfully opposes organizing efforts by union (2009)
- Encyclopedia Britannica defeats injunction motion in former officer's ERISA action
- Federated sells Bridal Group division to Leonard Green and The Men's Wearhouse (2009)
- International Steel Group seeks labor advice in acquisition of certain steel manufacturing and related facilities
- J.F. Lehman acquires ACR Electronics (2012)
- J.F. Lehman acquires Doss Aviation (2012)
- J.F. Lehman acquires National Response Corporation and affiliated businesses (2012)
- Jeffboat, a subsidiary of American Commercial Lines, successfully negotiates with Teamsters Local 89 (2009)
- Jones Day prepares report for Bosnia and Herzegovina on anti-discrimination laws (2012)
- Kaiser Aluminum negotiates various aspects of labor matters in bankruptcy
- Levy Company wins summary judgment in collective bargaining agreement dispute with union (2009)
- LTV Corp negotiates labor benefits with the USWA
- Mahle GmbH acquires Siemens VDO Automotive's air intake module and air filtration business (2009)
- Matsu acquires Morton Metalcraft (2009)
- National Railway Labor Conference goes before Presidential Emergency Board resulting in major victory for rail industry (2011)
- National telecommunications company seeks union organizing advice under a Neutrality and Card Check Agreement
- Northstar Aerospace negotiates labor issues and nine-month strike by the IEU workers (2009)
- Parallel acquires Mealey’s Furniture and Mattress (2009)
- Parallel fund acquires Superior Auto and SAC Finance (2012)
- Patriarch Partners recapitalizes Dura Automotive (2010)
- Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company acquires SPi Technologies for $158 million (2009)
- Prairie Material Sales acquired by Votorantim Cimentos North America (2009)
- Resilience Capital sells business unit of ASC Signal Corporation (2009)
- Richland-Stryker, a unit of Quintana Minerals Corporation, acquires two gas-fired peaking facilities from First Energy (2011)
- Tetra Pak successfully opposed organizing efforts by USW in Texas (2009)
- Veolia Environnement sells U.S. solid waste business to Star Atlantic Waste for $1.9 billion (2012)
- Verizon defends against labor arbitrations involving contract administration and enforcement with the IBEW and CWA (2009)
- Victor Acquisition Corp., affiliate of Resilience Capital Partners, acquires substantially all assets of Victor Oolitic Stone Company in 363 sale (2009)
- Wabash seeks labor advice in acquisition of 31 facilities from Fruehauf Trailer Corp.
- Wasserstein & Co. sells Meyer Material Company to Aggregate Industries (2009)
- Weir Group acquires Novatech for £113m (US$176 million) (2012)
- Weir Group acquires Seaboard Holdings for US$675 million (2011)
- Westinghouse Government Services obtains injunction to settle strike (2009)
- Westinghouse wins summary judgment in FLSA collective action alleging misclassification of supervisory employees
- Woodward acquires HR Textron Inc. from Textron Inc. for $365 million (2009)
- Woodward acquires MPC Products for $383 million (2009)
- Woodward sells Woodward HRT, Inc. Fuel and Pneumatics product line to TransDigm (2009)
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- Illinois
- Texas
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Other Colleagues
- PartnerAntitrust, Banking, Business Law, Financial, Employment, Energy, Oil & Gas Law, Environment, International Law, Government, Health Care Law, Insurance, Intellectual Property, White Collar Crime, Appellate, Mergers & Acquisitions, Real Estate, Securities, Tax, Science & Technology Law, Corporate Law, Natural Resources Law, Franchising, State, Local & Municipal
- AssociateAntitrust, Banking, Business Law, Financial, Employment, Energy, Oil & Gas Law, Environment, International Law, Government, Health Care Law, Insurance, Intellectual Property, White Collar Crime, Appellate, Mergers & Acquisitions, Real Estate, Securities, Tax, Science & Technology Law, Corporate Law, Natural Resources Law, Franchising, State, Local & Municipal
- AssociateAntitrust, Banking, Business Law, Financial, Employment, Energy, Oil & Gas Law, Environment, International Law, Government, Health Care Law, Insurance, Intellectual Property, White Collar Crime, Appellate, Mergers & Acquisitions, Real Estate, Securities, Tax, Science & Technology Law, Corporate Law, Natural Resources Law, Franchising, State, Local & Municipal
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