NAOMI FRISCH joined the firm as a law clerk from 2015-2016, and then as an associate attorney in 2021, specializing in Labor and Employment law. She was promoted to Shareholder in 2026. Naomi represents individuals and unions in a wide variety of labor and employment disputes in both Illinois and Indiana, including employment discrimination and wage and hour matters in state and federal court, grievance arbitration proceedings, collective bargaining negotiations, unfair labor practice proceedings, and hearings before administrative bodies.  She also represents benefit funds in collections litigations, and assists employees in negotiating severance agreements and employment contracts. Naomi is especially thrilled to work with professional musicians on their employment contracts and collective bargaining agreements.  

Before law school, Naomi enjoyed a career as a professional musician and labor advocate. In addition to performing with numerous orchestras in the Midwest, Naomi assisted her fellow members of the American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada, AFL-CIO (AFM), in several organizing campaigns, collective bargaining negotiations, and grievance and arbitration proceedings.  As an attorney, Naomi has continued this work, which includes serving as Legal Consultant to the Chicago Federation of Musicians, AFM Local 10-208’s Fair Employment Practices Committee and as Legal Counsel to the Regional Orchestra Players’ Association, a national advocacy group representing the interests of over 90 orchestral bargaining units nationwide.  Naomi still plays professionally as a member of the Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra.

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Naomi received a Bachelor of Music, magna cum laude, from Northwestern University and a Masters of Music with distinction from DePaul University prior to earning her J.D. magna cum laude from Chicago-Kent College of Law, where she earned certificates in Labor and Employment law and Litigation and Dispute Resolution (LADR) and was inducted into the Order of the Coif.  At Chicago-Kent, Naomi earned several CALI Excellence for the Future honors, awarded for receiving the highest class grade, including for Employment Discrimination and ADR in the Workplace, and was the 2017 recipient of the Sandra P. Zemm Labor Law Prize. She was also active in the Labor and Employment Law Society and received 2nd Place in the Louis Jackson National Student Memorial Writing Competition in Employment and Labor Law for the 2017-18 school year.  During law school, Naomi interned in the Mediation unit at the U.S. Equal Opportunity Commission, and then became certified as a mediator by the Chicago Center for Conflict Resolution, where she continues to volunteer as a mediator in the Circuit Court of Cook County and for private disputes.  Since 2025, Naomi is also rostered as a mediator with the Chicago Commission on Human Relations.  

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Naomi is a member of the American Bar Association, where she serves as Union Co-chair of the Labor and Employment Law Section’s Equal Employment Opportunity Committee. She is also a member of the National Employment Lawyers Association (NELA)-Illinois Chapter, and the Chicago Bar Association.