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James R. Pirages

James R. Pirages

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Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP
100 Park Avenue, P.O. Box 1389
Rockford, Illinois 61105-1389
(Winnebago Co.)

Telephone: 815-490-4900
Facsimile: 815-490-4901
Telex: 880248
http://www.hinshawlaw.com

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Practice Areas	Labor Relations (Management) Law; Employment Law

Education	Southern Illinois University, J.D., 1980, Rockford College, B.A., magna cum laude, 1977

Admitted	1980, Illinois

Memberships	Winnebago County and Illinois State (Member, Labor Law Section) Bar Associations.

Born	Rockford, Illinois, October 12, 1955

Biography	Phi Beta Kappa. Notes and Comments Editor, Southern Illinois University Law Journal, 1979-1980.

ISLN	904410356

Documents by this lawyer on Martindale.com Impossible to Meet Quota Was Pretext for Discrimination James R. Pirages, April 16, 2009 A bank employee with a rare nerve condition that affected his voice was fired after 20 years of service with the bank. Loss of Biggest Customer Is an Unforeseeable Business Circumstance under WARN Act James R. Pirages, March 11, 2009 A grocery warehouse and distribution center had been experiencing financial difficulty for a number of months due, in part, to a strained relationship with its largest customer, which provided 40 percent of the employer's business. Employer Must Continue Fringe Benefit Plan Payments While Bargaining James R. Pirages, November 8, 2009 A New York meat processing company unilaterally stopped contributing to a fringe benefit fund (Fund) after the collective bargaining agreement (CBA) requiring the contributions expired, but before bargaining reached an impasse.

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