Jonathan D. Karmel

Attorney Jon Karmel has extensive experience in the labor and employment fields. He is AV Preeminent peer review rated,* the highest rating through Martindale-Hubbell. Jon has been named among Chicago’s Top Rated Lawyers, and he was selected for inclusion in the 2013-2024 Illinois Super Lawyers. He serves as an adjunct professor at Emory University School of Law, where he teaches trial advocacy skills. Jon has taught trial advocacy to lawyers and judges in Mexico as their legal system changes to oral advocacy. Recently, Jon lectured to members of the legal profession in Shanghai, China, on cross-border employment issues and the role of arbitration in resolving disputes. Read Jon's book Dying to Work: Death and Injury in the American Workplace can be purchased at Cornell University Press, Barnes & Noble and Amazon. Click here to view Jon's video - https://tinyurl.com/dyingtowork Awards and Honors Super Lawyers® Selectees Jonathan D. Karmel included in a Super Lawyers® list Honors Named to Super Lawyers, 2013-2024 Other Sources of Feedback About Jonathan D. Karmel Included on the 2026Illinois Super Lawyers list Past Lists 2025 Illinois Super Lawyers list 2024 Illinois Super Lawyers list 2023 Illinois Super Lawyers list 2022 Illinois Super Lawyers list 2021 Illinois Super Lawyers list 2020 Illinois Super Lawyers list 2019 Illinois Super Lawyers list 2018 Illinois Super Lawyers list 2017 Illinois Super Lawyers list 2016 Illinois Super Lawyers list 2015 Illinois Super Lawyers list 2014 Illinois Super Lawyers list 2013 Illinois Super Lawyers list

• Partner

• Instructor, John Marshall Law School, 1984 - 1986
• Chapter Author/Lecturer, Labor Law, Illinois Institute Continuing Legal Education, 1986 - 2000
• Kessler-Eidson Program for Trial Techniques, May Session, Emory University School of Law, 2010 - Present

• Illinois, 1982
• Michigan, 2013
• U.S. Supreme Court, 1992
• U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit, 1986
• U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit, 1998
• U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 1999
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois, 1983
• U.S. District Court Western District of Michigan, 1997
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Michigan, 1999
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Indiana, 2003
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Illinois, 2005

• College of Labor and Employment Lawyers (Fellow)