Jeanine Gozdecki

Jeanine M. Gozdecki

Partner
With more than 30 years of legal experience, Jeanine Gozdecki partners with her clients on a wide range of complex employment, labor, and human resource issues. Jeanine’s deep experience in litigation, advocacy, and legal counseling helps employers preempt legal risks and contribute to business success. Her collaborative and thoughtful approach to workplace challenges offers practical solutions to address the unique needs of each organization and its employees.

Jeanine’s legal counsel has spanned multiple industries, from healthcare, education, and financial institutions to distribution and manufacturing operations. She regularly helps clients navigate delicate C-suite and senior management issues. She also addresses the practical challenges of managing employee health and disability leaves. Jeanine brings particular experience to conducting and overseeing internal investigations – with a commitment to fostering positive workplace cultures and boosting client productivity.

In the courtroom and beyond, Jeanine's advocacy skills have been proven time and again. She has successfully represented clients before judges, juries, arbitrators, and administrative agencies, in trials and in mediation, and across multiple federal and state jurisdictions. Her litigation experience covers a wide spectrum of employment and labor matters under various state and federal laws.

Beyond her legal practice, Jeanine has been a leader who serves the broader legal, business, and nonprofit community. She serves as a thought leader on workplace culture and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives. Her commitment to sharing knowledge extends to her role as a former adjunct professor at Notre Dame Law School and her ongoing participation in legal education programs.

Credentials

Education

  • Notre Dame Law School, J.D., 1992
  • University of Notre Dame, B.A., 1985

Bar Admissions

  • Indiana

Court Admissions

  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
  • U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana
  • U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan
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