Long, Derek E.

After graduating from Harvard Law School in 1964 and serving as an Assistant U.S. Attorney, Mr. Weiner has been primarily engaged in federal and state employment litigation. He has successfully defended both private and public employers against claims of disability, age, race, sex, first amendment and political discrimination, and sexual harassment and retaliation claims.

Mr. Weiner also has participated in over 200 appeals before both the Illinois Appellate Courts and the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.

In addition, Mr. Weiner has been an American Arbitration Association Arbitrator (Labor Panel) since 1971, and has participated as an advocate or arbitrator in over 100 arbitrations.

Mr. Weiner has engaged in proceedings before the NLRB, ILRB, IELRB, the U.S. and Illinois Departments of Labor, wage/hour cases, EEOC, IDHR and HRC proceedings, sexual and other alleged harassment investigations, fraud and theft investigations, employee discipline and terminations, mediations, collective bargaining, grievance and interest arbitrations, and working with clients who prefer to minimize union organization.

Mr. Weiner authored “Arbitration-Practice and Procedure” for the Illinois State Bar Association Journal; “Teacher Rights and Responsibilities” for School Law; and co-authored “Legal Arguments with Respect to Drug Testing of Public Employees: Who Has What Leg to Stand On” for the Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education’s Employment Terminations and Issues in the Workplace. Mr. Weiner has served as a Hearing Officer for the Illinois Pollution Control Board as well as the Health and Hospitals Governing Commission. He served as the Illinois State Bar Association’s Chair of the Education Law and Alternative Dispute Resolution Section Councils, and as an elected member of its Assembly. He is presently on the ISBA’s Standing Committee on Judicial Evaluation. Mr. Weiner is a member of the Chicago, Seventh Circuit, Illinois Appellate Lawyers (currently an elected Director) and Chicago Bar (formerly Vice Chair of the Federal Civil Practice Committee) Associations, as well being a member of the Chicago-Lincoln Inn of Court.  He participated in a commemorative reenactment of the oral arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court in Brown v. Board of Education authorized by the General Assembly of the State of Illinois.  Mr. Weiner has been designated as a "Super Lawyer," "Leading Lawyer," and one of the "Top Lawyers in Illinois."  He is also a certified Faculty Member for the National Institute of Trial Advocacy, and an Instructor in the Chicago Bar Association's Trial Bar Certification Program.  He has a Martindale-Hubbell "AV" Peer Review Rating.