Erik Kurt Eisenmann

Erik Eisenmann is a shareholder in the Milwaukee office of Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek S.C. where he is a member of the Labor & Employment team and is co-leader of the Occupational Safety and Health Team. Erik represents employers in all aspects of labor and employment law, from counseling to litigation.

Erik counsels clients on a regular basis regarding a wide variety of labor and employment issues. He assists in the development of employee handbooks and workplace policies, counsels employers on employee discipline and discharge issues, and drafts employment contracts, workplace agreements, and restrictive covenants (including non-compete, confidentiality, and non-solicitation agreements). Erik relies on his substantial experience with state and federal administrative agencies (including the National Labor Relations Board, the federal Department of Labor, the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development, and the Illinois Department of Human Rights) to help clients address miscellaneous claims, investigations, and audits that arise under state and federal law. Erik also assists clients in navigating difficult employee leave issues, including matters that arise under state and federal disability and family/medical leave laws.

Erik has extensive litigation experience at both the state and federal level. He has represented clients before administrative agencies and state and federal courts in jurisdictions across the country. Erik frequently handles litigation matters involving harassment, discrimination, and retaliation claims under Title VII and related state and federal statutes, and also has substantial experience in litigating the enforceability of restrictive covenants in Wisconsin, Illinois, and a number of other states. In addition, Erik has successfully argued motions and appeals in Wisconsin and Illinois State Courts, Federal District Courts in the Eastern and Western District of Wisconsin, and before the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals.