Jerry Marzullo is a shareholder with the firm. Jerry concentrates his practice in public- and private-sector labor and employment law, as well as public-sector pension law and retirement systems. He has successfully represented clients in both pension and labor matters including collective bargaining, discipline, arbitrations, pension hearings (representing Pension Boards), administrative review and declaratory judgment proceedings on the administrative, state and Federal Levels. He has argued on behalf of clients in the Circuit and Appellate Courts in Illinois and Colorado, the Federal Courts, and before the Illinois Supreme Court. Jerry has considerable experience in both litigation and appellate work with numerous reported, and Rule 23, decisions. 

 

Jerry received his Juris Doctorate from Loyola University Chicago School of Law and his Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business with a dual concentration in Strategic Management and Managerial and Organizational Behavior. He is licensed to practice law in Illinois and Colorado at the State and Federal levels. He is affiliated with the Illinois State Bar Association and serves as an Advisory Committee Member for the IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law’s Illinois Public Sector Labor Relations Law Conference. He also serves as one of the Deputy General Counsel for the Illinois Public Pension Fund Association, is a Board Member of the Chicago Chapter of the Labor & Employment Relations Association, and is an inducted Fellow of the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers (Class of 2025). 

Jerry has previously taught undergraduate and master's-level courses on labor and other legal topics at the University and law school levels. He has been a frequent speaker on both labor and pension related issues for the Illinois Public Pension Fund Association, the American Bar Association, the Illinois Municipal League, the Metropolitan Alliance of Police, the Associated Firefighters of Illinois, the Illinois Professional Firefighters Association, the Illinois Government Finance Officers Association, the 100 Club of Chicago, the Northern Illinois Alliance of Fire Protection Districts, the Northeastern Illinois Public Safety Training Academy, and the Chicago-Kent Illinois Public Sector Labor Relations Conference. Jerry has authored legal articles for publication including, most recently, the Illinois Public Employee Relations Report (A Statement of Facts: The Reality of Public Safety Employee Pension Funds in the State of Illinois; Vol. 37 No. 3). Jerry is also a founding Co-Host of the Associated Firefighters of Illinois Podcast

 

Jerry is a City of Berwyn Battalion Chief (IAFF-AFFI Local 506), with over 26 years of creditable service, and is a former President of the City of Berwyn Firefighters' Pension Fund and a former Vice-President of IAFF-AFFI Local 506. He is a Certified Fire and Arson Investigator, Advanced Technician Firefighter and Certified Chief Fire Officer.

 

Finally, and most importantly, he is happily married to one of Chicago's finest police lieutenants and has two evil pugs that he barely restrains from taking over the world.