JOHN F. BROSNAN
**** ***** ****** ******, *******, Illinois 60630 773-***-**** *************@*****.*** PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
ILLINOIS EDUCATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD April 2012 – Present Special Counsel to the Board/Acting Executive Director/Administrative Law Judge Responsibilities include: providing legal and practical advice, leadership, and guidance to the Board and its general counsel, executive director, administrative law judges, and investigators in the performance of their official duties; analyzing and responding to requests pursuant to the Illinois Freedom of Information Act on behalf of the Board and agency; responding to all media requests made of the Board and agency; assisting and advising the Board Chairman and Members in determining and defining policy objectives; determining and implementing programs and procedures to achieve the Board’s policy objectives; conducting hearings in representation and unfair labor practice cases; reviewing hearing records and preparing written recommended decisions for submission to the Board. ILLINOIS LABOR RELATIONS BOARD April 2005 – April 2012 Executive Director/Acting General Counsel
Responsibilities included: functioning as liaison on behalf of the Board and agency to the Office of the Illinois Governor and the Governor’s general counsel; determining the agency’s budget and defending the budget in hearings before committees of the Illinois House and Senate; defending and representing the agency in audits by the Illinois Auditor General; analyzing and responding to requests pursuant to the Illinois Freedom of Information Act on behalf of the Board and agency; responding to all media requests made of the Board and agency; assisting and advising the Board Chairman and Members in determining and defining policy objectives; determining and implementing programs and procedures to achieve the Board’s policy objectives; providing advice, guidance, leadership, and supervision for the Board’s administrative law judges, investigators, and other staff; providing legal and practical advice and guidance to the Board in the performance of their official duties; determining whether to issue complaints or dismissals on unfair labor practice charges; reviewing and editing the complaints and dismissals produced by the agency’s investigators; reviewing hearing records and preparing written decisions on behalf of the Board. ILLINOIS EDUCATION LABOR RELATIONS BOARD October 2002 – March 2005 Chief Administrative Law Judge
Responsibilities included: providing advice, guidance, leadership, and supervision for the Board’s administrative law judges; scheduling hearings so as to maximize the Board’s resources and meet administrative and statutory guidelines; reviewing and editing the decisions produced by the Board’s administrative law judges; providing legal and practical advice and guidance to the Board and its investigators in the performance of their official duties; assisting and advising the general counsel and executive director as needed; conducting hearings in representation, fair share, and unfair labor practice cases; reviewing hearing records and preparing written recommended decisions for submission to the Board. ILLINOIS LABOR RELATIONS BOARD July 2000 - October 2002 ILLINOIS LOCAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD July 1986 - July 2000 ILLINOIS STATE LABOR RELATIONS BOARD February 1986 - July 1986 EDUCATION
CHICAGO KENT COLLEGE OF LAW Chicago, Illinois
Juris Doctor, 1985
Dean’s List, 4 semesters
William Friedman Scholar, 1984-85
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO Chicago, Illinois
A.B. Economics, 1982
Pullman Scholar, 1978-1982