About Michael J. Gray
Practice Areas
- Employment
- Internet
- Class Actions
- Federal
- Franchising
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Labor Law
Education
- Northwestern University School of Law, Chicago, Illinois, 1992J.D.
- Law Journal: Journal of International Law and Business, Editorial Board
- University of Michigan , 1989B.A.
Representative Cases
- Abbott achieves dismissal from the federal district court of all claims in reverse race discrimination lawsuit (2009)
- Abbott defends against putative class actions and nationwide collective actions involving pharmaceutical sales reps (2010)
- Abbott defends against putative statewide class action alleging denial of overtime, meal and rest breaks and other California Labor Code violations (2009)
- Abbott Laboratories wins significant victory in Seventh Circuit over whether its pharmaceutical sales representatives are exempt from FLSA's overtime requirements (2012)
- Abbott obtains summary judgment in Pennsylvania wage class action (2011)
- Abbott prevails in putative nationwide collective FLSA action brought by pharmaceutical sales representatives (2009)
- Abbott successfully defends against race discrimination claims filed by senior manager (2009)
- Abbott wins summary judgment in multiple count defamation lawsuit brought by senior manager (2009)
- ACI and MidOcean obtain dismissal of wage and hour class action brought on behalf of current and former Sales Consultants for Jenny Craig
- Advocate Health & Hospitals obtains summary judgment in race retaliation claim thereafter limiting the issues through series of motions allowing case to settle for nominal amount (2009)
- After School Matters retains Jones Day for pro bono services in labor & employment, intellectual property, and for transactions (2009)
- Alderwoods defends against non-compete obligations in Chapter 11 bankruptcy
- Alderwoods obtains dismissal of lawsuit alleging unenforceable noncompetition agreements (2009)
- Alderwoods obtains dismissal of national FLSA exemption and off-the-clock class action
- AstraZeneca obtains dismissal in class action alleging misclassification
- Bob Creeden and Associates wins permanent injunction and damages in trade secret and copyright infringement settlement involving computer software
- Boston Market obtains favorable class-wide settlement in wage and hour action involving 6,200 non-exempt restaurant workers in California (2009)
- Boston Market obtains favorable settlement in putative class action alleging wage and hour violations
- CareerBuilder successfully resolves FLSA collective action
- CITGO wins summary judgment and dismissal of multiple-count LMRA and WARN act lawsuit (2009)
- Elite Labor Services settles favorably in complex wage-hour class action
- FleetPride defeats former employee's injunction action to invalidate non-compete agreement
- FleetPride defends against putative nationwide FLSA collective action
- FleetPride wins commercial arbitration and enforcement of former owner's non-compete agreement (2009)
- Gantos prevails in racial harassment trial
- Hilton Worldwide Inc.-owned Waldorf-Astoria obtains voluntary dismissal in class action brought by banquet waiters (2011)
- IBM wins dismissal of federal race discrimination lawsuit (2009)
- Lennar reaches favorable settlement in collective action filed under the FLSA (2010)
- McDonald's successfully defeats class certification in putative state-wide wage and hour action (2010)
- McDonald's wins dismissal of action for unpaid wages brought under FLSA and Pennsylvania law (2011)
- McDonald's defeats class certification of 45,000 employees in wage and hour action (2009)
- McDonald's prevails in appeal reversing $5 million jury verdict in AIDS discrimination case
- Modis disputes claims of alleged trade secrets and enforcement of restrictive (2009)
- Morton's obtains dismissal in putative class action alleging various tip and meal credit claims (2009)
- Morton's obtains dismissal in wage and hour class action related to tip pooling practices (2009)
- Morton's successfully defeats class certification in wage and hour class action filed on behalf of hourly employees (2010)
- Morton's successfully defends against nationwide class action in which claimants allege they were paid less than minimum wage due to alleged improper tip credits (2009)
- Morton's of Chicago defeats class certification in putative wage and hour class action (2011)
- National City Bank prevails in case involving employees' use of computers to conduct work for competitors (2009)
- National City defends lease dispute (2009)
- National Retail Store defends against California wage and hour class action involving calculation of employee bonuses (2009)
- National retail store obtains dismissal in statewide wage and hour class action (2009)
- National retail store prevails in one of the country's largest wage and hour actions when federal court denies class certification involving more than 2,750 assistant managers (2009)
- National retail store resolves putative class action in federal court involving management overtime (2009)
- National retail store settles favorably in statewide wage and hour class action (2009)
- National Retail Store wins dismissal of putative class action in federal court involving management dispute (2009)
- Newell Rubbermaid obtains favorable settlement in a series of ERISA cases involving golden parachute agreements
- R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company obtains summary judgment in age discrimination case (2011)
- Ron's Staffing Services defends against wage-hour class action; class settlement preliminarily approved (2009)
- USG acquires California Wholesale Material Supply for $280 million (2009)
- Verizon Business obtains affirmance of summary judgment in Illinois employment action brought by former senior business consultant (2009)
- Verizon Business prevails in former employee's non-compete dispute involving restrictive covenants (2009)
- Verizon North wins summary judgment in case alleging breach of collective bargaining agreement, wrongful termination and retaliatory discharge (2009)
- Village of Mount Prospect Police Pension Board wins summary judgment in race and national origin discrimination lawsuit
- Wabash National defends against action alleging violations of COBRA
- WHM LLC defends against putative FLSA collective action involving hourly resort staff (2009)
- WHM LLC negotiates favorable settlement in putative collection action alleging unpaid overtime (2011)
- WHM LLC successfully defeats FLSA conditional collective action certification (2010)
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- Illinois
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois
- U.S. District Court Central District of Illinois
- U.S. District Court Southern District of Illinois
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Indiana
- U.S. District Court Southern District of Indiana
- U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals 8th Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit
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