Louis Theros serves on the firm's Board of Directors and concentrates his legal practice in the areas of employment litigation, labor, advising and counseling clients on statutory employment compliance and gaming law. He is a shareholder with Butzel Long, located in the firm's Detroit office. Mr. Theros is a graduate of Vanderbilt University School of Law (J.D., 1989), and received his undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan (B.A., 1985).
Mr. Theros has over twenty years experience, including first chair trial and appellate responsibilities, in employment discrimination and harassment matters and large class action lawsuits, throughout Michigan and the Midwest. He also has extensive experience in handling arbitrations arising from collective bargaining disputes and unfair labor practice complaints, and in alternate dispute resolution. He has served as counsel on various traditional labor issues, including organizational campaigns and collective bargaining agreement negotiations and implementation.
Mr. Theros serves as counsel to several mid-sized entrepreneurial and institutional clients on day-to-day human resource and employment-related issues. He has handled various employment dispute resolution matters, including the resolution of claims filed with state or federal Departments of Labor and Civil Rights.
Mr. Theros has published a number of scholarly articles on various aspects of labor and employment law. He was co-author of Risk Management Magazine's June 1998 article titled, "The Arbitration Alternative," and was also author and co-author of several articles on Illinois employment law and the ADA.
Mr. Theros is a frequent lecturer on a wide range of employment and labor issues. He discussed the topics of FMLA and ADA at the Education in Management Seminars, and was also a speaker at the ORGPRO Conference for the Michigan Society of Association Executives where he spoke on employment issues facing association executives.
Mr. Theros is listed in Best Lawyers in America and is named in Michigan Super Lawyers, both since 2007. He has received an "AV Preeminent" peer review rating from Martindale-Hubbell.
Committed to his community, Mr. Theros actively participates in a variety of organizations. He currently serves on the Grosse Pointe Farms City Council (2001-present), where he was Mayor Pro Tem from 2005-2007. He also is vice president of the Michigan Ice Hawks Youth Hockey Club, and the treasurer of the Senior Citizen Housing Development Committee for the American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association (AHEPA). Mr. Theros formerly served on the Board of Governors for the University of Michigan Club of Greater Detroit.
Mr. Theros is a former president of the Detroit Metropolitan Bar Association (2005-2006), and currently serves as a Trustee of the Association's charitable arm, the Detroit Metropolitan Bar Foundation (2006-present).
News
Media Releases
11.28.11, 68 Butzel Long attorneys named to DBusiness magazine's Top Lawyers in Metro Detroit 2012
04.28.11, Butzel Long elects leadership team
10.25.10, Forty-two Butzel Long attorneys named to the 2010 Michigan Super Lawyers list
09.09.10, Butzel Long attorneys named to The Best Lawyers in America® 2011
01.27.10, Butzel Long attorneys elected shareholders
01.26.10, Butzel Long added four Shareholders in New York and Detroit offices
11.09.09, Forty-Nine Butzel Long attorneys named to Super Lawyers 2009 listing
09.09.09, Butzel Long attorneys named to The Best Lawyers in America® 2010: Forty-nine attorneys recognized in national listing
08.28.09, Labor and employment law attorney Louis Theros joins Butzel Long law firm
News in brief
10.04.11, Butzel Long attorneys named to The Best Lawyers in America® 2012
Memberships
Grosse Pointe Farms City Council (2001-present) - Mayor Pro Tem from 2005-2007
Michigan Ice Hawks Youth Hockey Club - Vice President
Senior Citizen Housing Development Committee for the American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association (AHEPA) - Treasurer
University of Michigan Club of Greater Detroit - formerly served on the Board of Governors
Detroit Metropolitan Bar Association (2005-2006) - former President
Detroit Metropolitan Bar Foundation (2006-present) - Trustee of the Association's charitable arm
Recognitions
The Best Lawyers in America, Employment Law - Management; Labor Law - Management; Litigation - Labor & Employment, 2007-2012
Michigan Super Lawyers, Employment Litigation: Defense, 2007-2011
Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent Rated
DBusiness Top Lawyers in Metro Detroit, Labor and Employment Law, 2012