Stuart Buttrick leads the labor managment relations practice for the Faegre Baker Daniels labor group.

Stuart concentrates his practice on representing management in labor relations matters, including in proceedings before the National Labor Relations Board, in arbitrations and in contract negotiations. He has defended and prosecuted numerous unfair labor practice charges before the NLRB and has represented employers in multiple unfair labor practice trials. In all, Stuart has represented employers before the NLRB in 14 states. He also develops strategies to help companies remain non-union and represents employers in union organizing drives. Stuart practices extensively in construction labor law. He has handled union jurisdictional disputes and lawful and unlawful picketing and strike activity.

A significant portion of Stuart's practice also consists of representing employers in employment litigation and administrative charges.  He has defended employers in hundreds of state and federal court cases and administrative charges in 23 states and has handled appellate work before multiple federal Circuit Courts of Appeal. Stuart also offers his clients practical solutions to challenging personnel and policy issues.

Stuart regularly gives presentations to employer and trade groups on a variety of labor relations and union avoidance issues, litigation practice and avoidance, workplace harassment, employment discrimination law, document retention and other human resources and personnel-related topics.

Honors

• Super Lawyers — Indiana Rising Star, Employment & Labor, 2010-12
• Indiana Construction Association Leadership Development Program — Participant, 2009-present
• The Indiana International & Comparative Law Review — Associate Editor
• Indiana University, McKinney School of Law — Order of the Barristers
• Indiana University, McKinney School of Law — John Marynell Merit Scholar
• Indiana University, McKinney School of Law — Dean's List
• DePauw University — Charles and Mary Beard Senior Seminar Award (Awarded to the Outstanding Senior History Major), 1997; William Wallace Carson History Scholar, 1997
• DePauw University — Mortar Board National Collegiate Honor Society; Dean's List; Intrafraternity Council Perfect GPA Award; Men's Tennis Team

Civic Activities

• Park Tudor School — 2012 Annual Fund Division Chair
• Indiana United Methodist Children's Home, Inc. — Board Member, 2012-present
• Super Bowl Host Committee — Community Connections Committee Member
• Park Tudor School Parent Teacher Association — Volunteer, 2010-present
• Indianapolis Bar Association — Ask A Lawyer Participant
• Special Olympics of Indiana — Volunteer
• Heritage Place of Indianapolis, Inc. — Board Member and Executive Committee Member, 2008-11
• IU/NLRB Labor-Management Seminar — Advisory Board Member, 2004-present 
• Indiana University Labor-Management Scholarship — Scholarship Committee Member, 2004-present
• Woodstock Club — Vice President, Board Member, Long Range Planning Committee Member, and Tennis Committee Chair, 2008-present

Bar Activities

• Employment360.com — Advisory Board Member, Labor and Employment Law, 2010
• American Bar Association
• Employer Vice Chair, National Programs Subcommittee — American Bar Association Section of Labor and Employment Law, 2010-present
• American Bar Association, Section of Labor and Employment Law — Leadership Development Program, Fall 2009 participant in inaugural class

Faculty Positions

• lndiana University School of Law — National Labor Relations Board, Region 25, Labor-Management Seminar — Faculty Member, 2003-present

National Presentations

• "Employee Handbook Workshop," AEIS National Conference, Nashville, Tennessee, October 2012
• "Disparate Impact Claims Based on Background and Credit Checks and Criminal History," American Conference Institute, New York, New York, July 2012
• "I Don't Know Where I'm Gonna' Go When the Exemption Goes:  Public Disclosure or Privilege – Ethical Considerations in the DOL's Proposed Change in its Interpretation of the LMRDA Advice Exemption, American Bar Association, Section of Labor & Employment Law, Development of the Law Under the NLRA, Key West, Florida, February 2012
• "Meet the National Labor Relations Board General Counsel," Moderator, American Bar Association Section of Labor and Employment Law Conference, Seattle, Washington, November 2011
• "Avoiding Growing Pains: Successfully Operating in Multiple Jurisdictions,"  Association of General Contractors National Meeting, Kansas City, Missouri, October 2011
• "Social Media in the Workplace and Courtroom: The Pitfalls and its Effects on Retaliation and Discrimination Claims," American Conference Institute, New York, New York, July 2011
• "Spotlight on Prevention: Disability Discrimination and Sexual Harassment Claims – Preparing Your Company & Your Clients to Implement Proper Policies That Will Be Defensible Against the Fastest Growing Claims," American Conference Institute, San Francisco, California, December 2010
• "Inside Edition:  An Overview of the NLRA," American Bar Association, Section of Labor & Employment Law Annual CLE Conference, Chicago, Illinois, November 2010"
• "Progressive Discipline Policy Check-Up," M. Lee Smith Publishers National Audio Conference, April 2010
• "Unions in Healthcare, Key to Stopping them Dead In Their Tracks, " Progressive Business Audio Conferences, June 2009
•  "The Rise in Sexual Harassment Claims: Minimizing Conduct or Showing That It Had No Effect on the Discrimination," American  Conference Institute, New York, New York, February 2010
• "Cut Back on Your Salt: Recent Developments Regarding Union Salts — Toering Electric Co. and Oil Capitol Sheet Metal, Inc.," American Bar Association, Section of Labor & Employment Law, Development of the Law Under the NLRA, Naples, Florida, February 2008

Publications

• "NLRB Takes Another Step Toward Allowing Several Mini-Unions In A Single Facility," Mondaq.com, March 2012
• Practicallaw.com, Contributing Author for Indiana state law surveys on anti-discrimination, independent contractor vs. employee status, leave laws, leave policy language, and wage & hour laws
• Indiana Employment Law Handbook, 7th Edition — Chapter Editor
• "Knocking on Your Door: Unions Continue to Target Health Care Employers," co-author with Matthew A. Bahl, eNewsBriefs, Indiana Association of Homes & Services of the Aging (IAHSA), November 2010
• Indiana Employment Law Handbook, 6th Edition — Chapter Editor
• Indiana Employment Law Letter — Contributing Editor
• The Developing Labor Law, 2010 and 2011 Supplements — Chapter Editor
• "America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009 Could Be Costly for Employers," co-author with Krissy Katzenstein, Executive Memo, Indiana Manufacturing Association, August 2009
• "Tips for Executing an Effective Reduction-in-Force," co-author with John S. Rossero, 39 The Lawyers Brief No. 6, 2009
• The Developing Labor Law, 2008 Supplement — Chapter Editor
• "Cut Back On Your Salt: Recent Developments Regarding Union Salts — Toering Electric Co. and Oil Capitol Sheet Metal, Inc.," 24 Labor Lawyer 71, 2008
• "Potential Changes in Labor and Employment Law After 2008 Elections," HRhero.com, Indiana Employment Law Letter, M. Lee Smith Publishers LLC, June 27, 2008
• "Three Tough Disciplinary Issues: Drug and Alcohol Use, Insubordination, Workplace Searches," HRhero.com, Indiana Employment Law Letter, M. Lee Smith Publishers LLC, January 11, 2008
• The Developing Labor Law, 2006 and 2007 Supplements — Contributing Editor
• "Yes, You May Still Fire Employees," HRhero.com, Indiana Employment Law Letter, M. Lee Smith Publishers LLC, October 14, 2005
• "EEOC Charges 101: What You Need to Know," HRhero.com, Indiana Employment Law Letter, M. Lee Smith Publishers LLC, May 20, 2005
• The Developing Labor Law, 4th and 5th Editions — Contributing Editor
• Indiana Employment Law Handbook, 5th Edition — Chapter Editor
• Indiana Employment Law Handbook, 4th Edition — Contributing Editor
• Indiana Employment Law Letter — Assistant Editor
• HR Insight — Contributing Author
• AccountingWeb.com — Contributing Legal Author
• Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act and Employee Polygraph Protection Act Update, American Bar Association — Contributing Editor, 2001 and 2002
• National Labor Relations Board, Region 25, Labor-Management Seminar — Contributing Author, 2001 and 2002