Background
Laner, Richard Warren was born on July 12, 1933 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Jack E. and Esther G. (Cohon) Laner.
Laner, Richard Warren was born on July 12, 1933 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Jack E. and Esther G. (Cohon) Laner.
Student, University Illinois, 1951-1954; Bachelor of Science, Northwestern University, 1955; Bachelor of Laws, Northwestern University, 1956.
Worked at Laner, Muchin, Dombrow, Becker, Levin and Tominberg, Ltd. (Chicago, Illinois) specializing in Labor and Employment Relations Law, Employee Benefits Law and Related Litigation. Admitted to the bar, 1956, Illinois.
1957, United States. District Court, Northern District of Illinois. 1971, United States. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. Order of the Coif. Listed in: "The Best Lawyers in America" and "Who's Who in American Law." Author: "A Buyer Views the Purchase of a Unionized Business," 47 Chicago Bar Record 93, December 1965.
"Future for School Labor Relations," Chicago Sun Times, September 26, 1971. "Review of the Law of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit: Labor Law," 50 Chicago-Kent Law Review 309, 1973. "Employer-Employee Relations: Unions and Hospitals," 46 Radiologic Technology, 10, July/August, 1974.
"Five Obstacles to Labor Peace in the Schools," 43 Illinois School Board Journal 21, January/February 1975. "The Unions Are Coming," 4 Hospital Housekeeping 15, April/May, 1975. "Collective BargainingHow Are Your School Board Policies," 43 Illinois School Board Journal 10, May/June, 1975.
"Increasing Productivity in the Schools," Chicago Principals Reporter 10, 1975. "Pre-Election Pointers," 22 Executive Housekeeper 18, 1975. "UnionsNow is the Time to Review Your Labor Relations Policies," 24 Building Operating Management 34, August, 1977.
"Why Employees Join Unions?" 7 Management World 8, Volume 20, July and August, 1978. "The Dilemma of the Small Plan Fiduciary Under ERISA," 56 Chicago-Kent Law Review 589, 1980. "Interest Arbitration: A New Terminal Impasse Resolution Procedure for Illinois Public Sector Employees," 60 Chicago-Kent Law Review 839, 1984.
"Will Your Employees Join a Union?" Hotel and Management 6, November 12, 1985. Member: Chicago (Member, 1961. Vice Chairman, 1971-1972 and Chairman, 1972-1973, Labor Law Committee) and American Bar Associations.
Laner, Muchin, Dombrow, Becker, Levin and Tominberg, Ltd. was established in 1945. Since its inception, the Firm has exclusively practiced labor and employment relations law. The Firm currently provides a full range of services in labor and employment relations, in employee benefits, and in litigation in all of these areas to more than 400 Companies/Employers in almost every state in the United States. and in Canada.
The Firm also serves as business advisor to many of its clients. The Firm's clients employ from several employees to 20,000 employees, are both union-organized and unorganized, and represent an expansive cross-section of private and public employers. For example, the Firm represents such diverse clients as manufacturing companies, banks, insurance companies, hospitals and health care facilities, educational institutions, computer and data processing services firms, communications companies, hotels, construction firms, distribution firms, mines and real estate investment companies.
The Firm's client list includes: cities, a major university, a major league baseball team, an NBA basketball team, a public television station, a classical music radio station, a major television production studio, the nations's largest manufacturer of window shades, one of the nation's largest coal companies, a billion dollar food distribution business, and major suppliers to the automobile industry.
Member: Chicago (Member, 1961. Vice Chairman, 1971-1972 and Chairman, 1972-1973, Labor Law Committee) and American Bar Associations.
Married Barbara Lee Shless, August 15, 1954 (deceased October 1997). Children: Lynn, Kenneth. Married Daryl Lynn Homer, September 17, 1998.