Know Your Judge: Robert W. Gettleman

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This week in Know Your Judge we spotlight Senior District Judge Robert W. Gettleman of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

Gettleman has been a judge for 23 years.

For labor and employment practitioners, Gettleman may be best known for his ruling dismissing Illinois state employees’ lawsuit in Janus v. AFSCME, a high-profile case over the fate of mandatory public sector union fees. The case iscurrently pending before ...