Joseph S. Lakis, Jr. is a senior partner of the firm with more than 15 years of experience counseling clients on workplace compliance and risk management matters. He specializes in the design, development, and implementation of programs to mitigate systemic employment discrimination risks, as well as the workplace compliance requirements enforced by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs.
He has advised clients in a variety of industry sectors, including Fortune 500 employers in the retail, manufacturing, financial services, software, cable, media, consumer products, pharmaceuticals, and electric utility industries.
Mr. Lakis also serves as Senior Counsel to the Equal Employment Advisory Council, the nation’s leading employer association dedicated to nondiscrimination and affirmative action compliance. In addition, he serves as Vice President and General Counsel of Employment Advisory Services, Inc., a human resources compliance and risk management consulting firm specializing in corporate EEO and affirmative action compliance programs.
Before joining the firm, Mr. Lakis served as the national manager of human resources compliance for Sears, Roebuck and Co. He is admitted to practice in the District of Columbia, New York, Illinois, and Connecticut, as well as the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. |
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