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Kenneth J. Yerkes: Lawyer with Barnes & Thornburg LLP

Kenneth J. Yerkes

Partner
 
Barnes & Thornburg LLP
11 South Meridian Street
Indianapolis, Indiana  46204
(Marion Co.)

Telephone: 317-231-7513
Fax: 317-231-7433
http://www.btlaw.com



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Practice AreasEmployment Law; Employment Litigation; Management Labor Law; Collective Bargaining; Union Elections; Wrongful Termination
 
EducationIndiana University School of Law, J.D., 1983, Earlham College, B.A., 1980
 
Admitted1983, Indiana; 1987, Pennsylvania; U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth, Seventh and Eighth Circuits
 
MembershipsIndiana State and American Bar Associations.
 
BiographyPhi Beta Kappa. Articles Editor, Indiana Law Journal. Chairman, Labor and Employment Department. Past-Chairman, Labor and Employment Law Section, Indiana State Bar Association. Chairman, Indiana State Chamber of Commerce, Labor Relations Committee. Listed in: The Best Lawyers in America, 2001—; Chambers' "Best Business Lawyers in America," 2003—. Recognized as one of Indiana's "Top 50" Lawyers in Indianapolis Magazine's "Super Lawyers" in 2004 and 2005. Author, The Indiana Guide to Labor Relations. Co-author, The Indiana Guide to Hiring and Firing. Editor In Chief, Employer's Guide to Federal and Indiana Employment Law.
 
Reported CasesRooney v. Koch Air, LLC, 410 F.3d 376 (7th Cir. 2005); Aubuchon v. Knauf Fiber Glass, GmbH, 359 F.3d 950 (7th Cir. 2004); EEOC v. Indiana Bell Telephone Co., 256 F.3d 813 (7th Cir. 2001, En Banc); Rouse v. Boehringer Mannheim Corp., 108 F.3d 859 (8th Cir. 1997); Garner v. Arvin Industries, 77 F.3d 255 (8th Cir. 1996); Russell v. Acme-Evans Co., 51 F.3d 64 (7th Cir. 1995); Hill Rom Co. v. NLRB, 957 F.2d 454 (7th Cir. 1992); Aungst v. Westinghouse Electric Corp., 937 F.2d 1216 (7th Cir. 1991).
 
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FMLA Military Family Leave Benefits Expanded
Kevin R. Coan, Janilyn Brouwer Daub, Teresa L. Jakubowski, Mark S. Kittaka, Peter A. Morse, William A. Nolan, Michael A. Snapper, Eric H. J. Stahlhut, Kenneth J. Yerkes, Norma W. Zeitler, November 11, 2009
The National Defense Authorization Act of 2010 (NDAA 2010), which was recently signed into law, greatly expands family and medical leave rights of military personnel and their families.


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