Eric E. Hobbs

Phone: 414-225-4991
Email: eehobbs@michaelbest.com
Website: www.michaelbest.com
Professional Biography:
Eric Hobbs is a partner whose practice focuses on labor and employment, with an emphasis on employment counseling and policy development, occupational safety and health, worker’s compensation, wage and hour matters, clergy abuse and employment discrimination litigation. He also has experience in wage-hour, employment discrimination and multi-district class action cases.

Mr. Hobbs represents employers of all sizes in a variety of industries from service to heavy manufacturing. He has litigated before state and federal agencies and courts throughout the United States and has experience in Canadian occupational safety and health laws issues.

Professional Activities
- Member, State Bar of Wisconsin
- Member, Milwaukee Bar Association
- Member, Seventh Circuit Bar Association
- Member, American Bar Association, Occupational Safety and Health Law Committee, Labor Law Section
Honors and Recognitions

Mr. Hobbs was recognized in the area of labor and employment law in Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business and The Best Lawyers in America, published by Woodward/White, Inc. He has repeatedly been named in the area of labor and employment relations as a “Wisconsin Super Lawyer” by Super Lawyers Magazine, a Law and Politics publication.
Organization: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

Articles in the National Law Review database by Eric E. Hobbs:

Newly-Revised OSHA Hazard Communication Standard Will Align Law with United Nations’ Global Harmonization System (Posted On Tuesday, April 24, 2012)
Department of Labor Issues Proposed Amendments to FMLA Regulations (Posted On Friday, February 3, 2012)
U.S. Supreme Court Holds Establishment and Free Exercise Clauses of First Amendment to Bar Suits for Employment Discrimination by Ministers Against Their Churches (Posted On Thursday, January 19, 2012)
Los Angeles District Attorney Files Criminal Charges Against University and Professor for Alleged Occupational Safety and Health Violations (Posted On Sunday, January 15, 2012)
Are Your Concealed Carry Signs and Employee Policies in Place? (Posted On Thursday, October 27, 2011)
Concealed Carry Soon to be Law in Wisconsin (Posted On Friday, July 8, 2011)
Bridge Worker with Fear of Heights Allowed by Seventh Circuit to Maintain ADA Action (Posted On Sunday, June 19, 2011)
Reining in Abuse of FMLA Leave: Court Dismisses FMLA Claim of Interference Based on Employee Termination for Having Vacationed in Cancún (Posted On Wednesday, June 15, 2011)
“One-Strike-And-You’re-Out” Drug Testing Rule Deemed Lawful by U.S. Court of Appeals (Posted On Tuesday, March 15, 2011)
Court Determines Multi-Employer Agreement to Share Profits During a Strike is Not Exempt from the Antitrust Laws (Posted On Monday, October 25, 2010)
Employers Beware: Broad OSHA Reform Hidden In Mine Safety and Health Bill (Posted On Wednesday, August 25, 2010)
OSHA in Aggressive Pursuit of Grain Handling Employers (Posted On Friday, August 20, 2010)
EEOC Releases Proposed Regulations Amending the Current Americans with Disabilities Act Regulations (Posted On Saturday, October 31, 2009)

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