Tiffany S. Fordyce

Tiffany S. Fordyce concentrates her practice on commercial litigation, with an emphasis on labor and employment. She is Chair of the Chicago Labor & Employment Practice and Co-Chair of the firm’s Labor & Employment Practice’s Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Group. Her employment litigation practice includes all types of discrimination and retaliation claims, wage and hour claims, trade secret misappropriation claims, whistleblower claims, restrictive covenants, Fair Credit Reporting Act claims, Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) claims and WARN Act claims. She defends single plaintiff, class action and collective action employment cases. Tiffany represents employers in federal, state and administrative courts, as well as before administrative agencies.

In addition to litigation, Tiffany also presents group and one-on-one employment training seminars. She advises clients on how to avoid litigation by counseling on employment related matters such as managing leave policies, responding to employee performance issues, national and local reductions in force, handbooks, BIPA compliance, drug testing policies, employment and consulting agreements, severance packages, social media policies, proper employee classification, and non-competition and separation agreements. She also is frequently called upon to conduct investigations and audit human resources practices and protocols, including as it relates to pay equity, whistleblower, harassment and discrimination complaints.

Meet Tiffany Fordyce

Recognition & Leadership

Awards & Accolades

•Listed, Chambers USA Guide, Labor & Employment, 2024-2025
•Listed, Lawdragon, '500 Leading U.S. Corporate Employment Lawyers,' 2024-2026
•Listed, Leading Lawyers Network, 2022-2025
•Listed, Thomson Reuters, 'Stand-Out Lawyers,' 2023-2025
•Listed, Crain’s Chicago Business
•“Notable Black Leaders,” 2024
•“Notable Litigators & Trial Attorneys,” 2023
•“Notable Women in Law,” 2022
•“Chicago’s Notable Minority Lawyers,” 2018
•Selected, The National Black Lawyers, 'Top 100 Black Lawyers in Illinois,' 2022-2023
•Listed, The Legal 500 United States
•Labor and Employment - Workplace and Employment Counseling, 2018-2021
•Dispute Resolution - General Commercial Disputes, 2021
•Listed, Super Lawyers magazine, Illinois Super Lawyers, “Rising Star,” 2011-2016
•Team Member, a Law360 “Employment Group of the Year,” 2011 & 2013
•Semi-Finalist, Honors Hale Moot Court Competition
•fellow, Sidley Austin Brown & Wood
•Recipient, Crispus A. Wright BLSA Public Interest Grant
•Recipient, “Pro Bono Award,” Los Angeles County Bar Association

Sidley Austin Brown & Wood

•Recipient, Crispus A. Wright BLSA Public Interest Grant

•Recipient, Pro Bono Award, Los Angeles County Bar Association

Articles, Publications, & Lectures

Articles

•Co-Author, Recent California Case Highlights Standards for Trade Secret Misappropriation Cases,GT Alert, August 3, 2012

•Co-Author, California Supreme Court's Kirby Decision: If Money Talks, is This Another Post-Brinker Blow to Meal and Rest Period Claims? The National Law Review, May 10, 2012

• Contributor, Employment Law and Social Media,McGrady on Social Media, Lexis Nexis, 2011

• Author, Lilly Ledbetter Strikes Back: President Obama Signs New Fair Pay Act Into Law,GT Alert, February 2009

• Author, Illinois Employers Must Report Pornography Discovered on Employees' Computers,GT Alert, November 2008

• Author, Welcome to the Ice Age,California Employment Law Magazine, Summer 2007

• Author, Should Courts Eliminate Peremptory Challenges?Minority Trial Lawyer, Volume 3, Number 4, Fall 2005

• Co-Author, Pleadings,2004 California Litigation Review, September 2005

• Co-Author, California Supreme Court Expands Sexual Harassment Liability to Cover Victims of Romantic Favoritism in the Workplace, August 2005

• Co-Author, Emerging Trends In State Law Employment Claims, ALI-ABA Course of Study,Current Developments in Employment Law, July 2005

• Author, Narrowing the Digital Divide: Lessons from a Computer Training Initiative for Micro-Entrepreneurs,Georgetown University Caribbean Briefing Paper Series, Number 5, January 2002

• Author, Is Communism the Solution to Racism? Howard University School of Law'sThe New Barrister, November 2000

Lectures

•Speaker, 2013 FMLA Master Class for Illinois Employers: Overcoming Compliance and Employee Leave Challenges, BLR, Chicago, IL, September 12, 2013

•Co-Presenter, Affordable Care Act - Wellness and Incentives, presented to HIGI, Chicago, IL, July 18, 2013

•Speaker, Annual Circuit Court of Cook County Black History Month Courthouse Tours, Chicago, IL, February 5, 2013

•Presenter, Document! Document!: Easy and Effective Ways to Master One of HR's Most Crucial Tasks, BLR Webinar, January 17, 2013

•Presenter, Anti-Human Trafficking Laws: A General Overview, ABA International Labor and Employment Section's Annual Business Meeting, Chicago, IL, August 3, 2012

• Presenter, New and Expectant Mothers in the Workplace: Granting Time Off, Return to Work Accommodations, and More, BLR Webinar, April 18, 2012

• Presenter, Final Pay in California: Common Pitfalls to Avoid with Final Paychecks, Separation Packages, Unemployment Claims and More, ERI Employer Resource Institute, a Division of BLR, March 2011

• Presenter, Anatomy of a Deal: Important Labor and Employment Issues in Structuring Deals, DePaul University College of Law, March 2011

• Presenter, Race Relations in Cuba's Current Political Climate, University of California , Berkeley 's Center for Latin American Studies, Cuba 2001 Lecture Series, March 2001

• Presenter, Using Computer Training to Develop Small Caribbean Businesses, Caribbean Study Group Series, Georgetown University Caribbean Project, June 2001

• Presenter, After Elian: The Current Political Climate in Cuba, Cuba Analytical Workshop, Georgetown University Caribbean Project, January 2000

Associated News & Events

Press-Releases

02.20.13 Greenberg Traurig's Tiffany Fordyce Speaks at Annual Black History Month Courthouse Tours

01.11.13 38 Greenberg Traurig Attorneys Recognized in 2013 Edition of Illinois Super Lawyers

12.23.11 Greenberg Traurig's Labor and Employment Practice Recognized Among Law360's Employment Groups of the Year

Alerts

08.06.13 Illinois Legislature Passes Major Changes to Illinois Employment Laws

06.07.13 EEOC Offers Guidance on ADA Workplace Accommodations

08.03.12 Recent California Case Highlights Standards for Trade Secret Misappropriation Cases

02.06.09 Lilly Ledbetter Strikes Back: President Obama Signs New Fair Pay Act Into Law

11.18.08 Illinois Employers Must Report Pornography Discovered on Employees' Computers

08.01.05 California Supreme Court Expands Sexual Harassment Liability to Cover Victims of Romantic Favoritism in the Workplace Member:

Professional & Community Involvement

•Board Member, American Institute for the Prevention of Blindness

•Member, Chicago Bar Association