Asher, Gittler & D'Alba represents clients with a broad range of work-related issues. Each of our practice areas, listed below, includes 'sub-areas' that illustrate the kinds of issues that arise under that practice area. People facing problems or transitions at work may well recognize their situations in one or more of the sub-areas under these practice areas.
For more information about all our practice areas, click on the links below.
Asher, Gittler & D'Alba represents clients with a broad range of work-related issues. Each of our practice areas, listed below, includes 'sub-areas' that illustrate the kinds of issues that arise under that practice area. People facing problems or transitions at work may well recognize their situations in one or more of the sub-areas under these practice areas.
For more information about all our practice areas, click on the links below.

SUSAN
MATTA
SHAREHOLDER
Practice Areas
Collective Bargaining
Grievance and Interest Arbitration
Unfair Labor Practice Proceedings
Union Administration
Union Organizing Campaigns
Representation Proceedings
ABOUT
Susan Matta is a shareholder with the firm and practices labor law, with a focus on representing firefighter clients, and represents multiemployer pension, health, welfare and training trust funds in collections matters. Her Union career began in 1995 when she entered the AFL-CIO Organizing Institute’s Apprenticeship program. After completion of that program, she worked for UFCW Local 951 as a union organizer, and worked on NLRB election campaigns and corporate pressure campaigns. After graduating from law school, Susan served as a Law Fellow with Service Employees International Union on a corporate pressure campaign against a local hospital chain, where she represented individuals who were sued for medical debt. Susan then served as the General Counsel for Service Employees International Union, Local 73 for almost ten years, where she represented both public and private employees. As in-house General Counsel, Susan gained invaluable and extensive knowledge of the institutional concerns and needs of Unions, conducted numerous trainings for both staff and members, and gained extensive experience representing the Local in negotiations, arbitrations, State and Federal Court, the National Labor Relations Board, Illinois Labor Relations Board, Illinois Educational Labor Relations Board, Illinois Department of Human Rights and Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
In 2013, Susan transitioned to private practice with Carmell Charone Widmer Moss & Barr, where she became a partner, and represented firefighter clients almost exclusively. She is experienced at representing firefighter unions, small and large, in contract negotiations, contract enforcement, interest arbitration, unfair labor practice proceedings, and court litigation. In 2019, she joined Asher, Gittler & D'Alba, Ltd., where she continues to represent firefighter clients, and also represents multiemployer pension, health, welfare and training trust funds in collections, subrogation, overpayment and withdrawal liability matters. Although she is very passionate about representing unions in general, she is particularly drawn to representing firefighters because of the passion and commitment they demonstrate in their work.
Susan is a member of the American 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. Susan also has extensive experience speaking on labor law matters at the local and state level, and providing training to labor leaders and bargaining unit employees on pertinent legal issues.
BAR ADMIssions
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Illinois Supreme Court
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U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois
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U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
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Supreme Court of California (inactive)
education
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B.A., Hampshire College, 1995
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J.D., Michigan State University, College of Law, 2001
notable cases
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Skokie Firefighters Union, Local 3033 v. Illinois Labor Relations Board, 2016 IL App (1st) 152478
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Oak Lawn Professional Firefighters Association, Local 3405 v. Village of Oak Lawn, 2018 IL App (1st) 172079