The Business Alliance : Uniting LGBT Business Owners, Professionals, Individuals & Allies

James J. Chiolino
Associate
Quarles & Brady LLP
Madison Office
33 East Main Street, Suite 900
Madison, Wisconsin 53703-3095
(608) 283-2464
Fax: (608) 294-4972
jim.chiolino@quarles.com

Related Practice Areas
Labor & Employment

Professional Experience
Jim Chiolino focuses his practice in the Firm’s Labor & Employment Group. He comes to labor and employment law with a wealth of public sector experience, which gives him a unique perspective on the challenges facing employers. Prior to joining the Firm, Jim capped a long career in State service working as Chief of the Wisconsin Equal Rights Division’s labor standards section for six years and Chief in the Division’s civil rights section for one year.

He has national expertise in wage and hour matters and significant experience counseling employers about compliance in other areas, including:
• Fair Labor Standards Act
• Family and Medical Leave Act
• Title VII and Wisconsin Fair Employment Act
• WARN Act
• Hiring and firing employees
• Employment contracts and noncompete agreements

Education and Honors
• University of Wisconsin Law School (J.D., cum laude, 2007)
State Bar of Wisconsin/UW Law School Academic Achievement Award. American Bar Association/Bureau of National Affairs Award.
• University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (M.P.A., 1997)
• Bradley University (B.A., 1985)

Bar Admissions
Wisconsin, 2007

Court Admissions
U.S. District Court, Western District of Wisconsin, 2007

Professional and Civic Activities
Member, State Bar of Wisconsin (Labor and Employment Law Section Board of Directors; Diversity Outreach Committee; Lawyer Referral and Information Service Committee); Member, American Bar Association (Labor and Employment Law Section); Member, Dane County Bar Association; Member, National LGBT Bar Association. Commissioner, City of Madison Affirmative Action Commission; Member and President, Board of Directors, Madison Theatre Guild, Inc.; Member, Board of Directors, Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin, Inc.

Selected Presentations/Publications
• “Updated FMLA Regulations and Pending Legislation.” Rural Wisconsin Health Cooperative presentation (2009).
• Author, Annual Survey of Wisconsin Law - Labor & Employment Law Chapter (2009).
• Co-author, Annual Survey of Wisconsin Law - Labor & Employment Law Chapter (2008).
• “Wage and Hour Hash: State and Federal Compliance Made Easy,” Wisconsin State Council, Society for Human Resource Management presentation (2008).
• “Legal Update for Human Resources Professionals,” Rural Wisconsin Health Cooperative presentation (2008).
• “Too Darn Hot: 2008 Labor and Employment Law Developments,” Quarles & Brady presentation (2008).
• “Wage/Hour Issues: Outside Traps and Inside Tips,” Quarles & Brady presentation (2008).
• “The Latest in Employee Hiring: Strategies for Staying Out of Legal Trouble and Hiring for the Long Term,” Quarles & Brady presentation (2008).
• “Where Are We Now? Defining and Accommodating Disabilities Under State and Federal Law,” State Bar of Wisconsin presentation (2008).

Quarles & Brady LLP Labor and Employment Alerts:
• Wisconsin FMLA Expanded to Cover Domestic Partners
• Governor Doyle Signs Law, Expanding Remedies Under the Wisconsin Fair Employment Act to Include Compensatory and Punitive Damages
• Wisconsin State Bar Annual Survey of Wisconsin Law, Labor & Employment Law Chapter

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