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Cheryl Tama Oblander, a highly experienced employment law attorney, has joined Aronberg Goldgehn Davis & Garmisa as a member. Cheryl represents local and national companies, both large and small, in the full range of employment matters, including employment discrimination and retaliation, ERISA, WARN, breach of fiduciary duty, trade secrets, restrictive covenants, and federal and state wage and hour issues. She counsels clients on all EEO practices, employment policies, compliance and internal investigations. She also handles the employment aspects of mergers and acquisitions, reorganizations, bankruptcies and reductions in force.

Cheryl has successfully represented clients in complex litigation, class actions, multi-plaintiff litigation, TROs and single-plaintiff cases. In addition, she regularly represents executives in strategic negotiations involving pre- and post-employment compensation, benefits, restrictive covenants and related agreements.

“With the addition of Cheryl and her depth of knowledge in employment law, our firm has expanded our capabilities to represent clients in the ever-changing employment landscape,” said Christopher J. Bannon, Co-Managing Member of Aronberg Goldgehn. “We are looking forward to the contributions she will make to the firm and our clients.”

In addition to her employment practice, Cheryl has represented corporate debtors, creditors and committees in bankruptcy cases and workouts.

She advises clients from a wide variety of industries, including automotive, arts education, air transportation, construction, foods, drugs, cosmetics, trucking, manufacturing, insurance, product testing, mining, telecommunications, managed health care and consulting, financial and information services.

Before joining Aronberg Goldgehn, Cheryl was with the law firm of Butler Rubin for six years. Prior to that, she was a partner in the Chicago office of Winston & Strawn.

She earned her J.D. from Loyola University Chicago School of Law in 1988 and is admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal, Seventh and Eleventh circuits, the U.S. Court of Federal Claims and several U.S. District Courts in Illinois, Michigan, Missouri and Wisconsin.

About Aronberg Goldgehn
Aronberg Goldgehn is a premier full-service business law and litigation firm with offices in the AMA Plaza in Chicago’s River North neighborhood. The firm represents clients ranging from entrepreneurial individuals and middle market businesses to Fortune 500 companies. Continuing its 120-year presence in the Chicago legal landscape, Aronberg Goldgehn assists and counsels clients in a broad range of complex business transactions and commercial litigation matters, and offers a full suite of personal legal services. The firm maintains a focus on the representation of bank clients, and features a national insurance coverage practice, as well. Aronberg Goldgehn’s personal services include tax, estate planning, and family law. The firm’s global reach is enhanced by its role as a founding member of Legal Netlink Alliance, www.legalnetlink.net, a network of 120 mid-sized law firms in 50 U.S. cities and 40 countries. For more information, visit Aronberg Goldgehn online at www.agdglaw.com.

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