Charles Krugel (who also goes by Chuck) is a life-long Chicagoan, and resides and works in downtown Chicago’s South Loop neighborhood. He has a Bachelor of Arts in psychology from Bradley University, a Master of Arts in industrial/organizational psychology from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, and a Juris Doctorate from Ohio Northern University’s Claude Pettit College of Law.
His career choice is the result of a long running fascination with workplace behavior, management styles, and how and why people end up in particular vocations. After college, he pursued graduate study in industrial/organizational (I/O) psychology with the thought of being an I/O consultant. During his first year of graduate school, he realized that the practice of I/O psychology was too “touchy feely” for him. Consequently, he decided that once he earned my masters degree in I/O psychology, I would attend law school and become a labor and employment attorney.
His professional experiences include working for the Chicago Public Schools and the YMCAs of Chicago in labor and employee relations and working as a labor attorney representing United Airlines pilots union (ALPA).
Charles Krugel is an award winning and media savvy labor and employment lawyer for businesses. His clients are worldwide and in all industries (E.g., technology, medicine, manufacturing, distribution, hospitality and retail).
One-third of his practice is HR counseling on day-to-day micro issues; another third of his practice is transactionally based (E.g., restrictive covenants); and the final third of his practice is litigation in both state and federal courts and before regulatory agencies (E.g., NLRB and EEOC). Charles represents union as well as non-unionized companies. In fact half of his business is union related (E.g., avoidance, negotiations, mergers and acquisitions (due diligence).
Charles is frequently quoted and interviewed by the media, annually gives dozens of presentations, serves on numerous boards of directors for numerous organizations and is an award-winning attorney. Charles also started his own LinkedIn Group, Charles Krugel’s Labor & Employment Law & Human Resources Practices Group, which currently has more than 4,200 members.
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