Norman V. Chimenti

Of Counsel

Norman V. Chimenti received a B.A degree from Yale University in 1962 and a LL.B. in law from Yale Law School in 1967 after serving in the United States Marine Corps. He is a member of the Chicago, DuPage County and Illinois State Bar Associations. He has extensive business experience as General Counsel and Executive Vice President-Operations and Industrial Relations with a Fortune 500 manufacturing firm, and as Executive Vice President and General Counsel with a hazardous chemical transportation company. He became Of Counsel to Clausen Miller P.C. in February, 2011.

Mr. Chimenti has represented private and public employers with respect to labor and employment law matters, and his clients have included a number of small and medium sized business and governmental entities. His experience includes all aspects of labor contract collective bargaining, labor arbitration proceedings, union organization and campaigns, unfair labor practice charges, employment terminations, and EEOC, FMLA, FLPA and OSHA matters. Mr. Chimenti also has worked extensively in the field of environmental regulatory compliance, with emphasis on workplace hazards, hazardous materials releases, site remediation, underground storage tanks, asbestos removal, and emergency response to hazardous material transportation incidents. Mr. Chimenti has established strong relationships with scientists, engineers, and other experts in the environmental field, and has practiced successfully before federal, state and local governmental agencies in environmental, labor and employment, and zoning matters. He is active in community affairs and has served as chairman of the Hinsdale, Illinois Plan Commission. He served as a member of the Illinois EPA Small Business Assistance Task Force, and had been appointed by the Governor to represent private industry on the Illinois Environmental Amnesty Task Force. In addition, he served for eight years as Special Assistant Illinois Attorney General for labor relations matters. Born in Chicago in 1940, he currently resides in Westmont, Illinois with his wife of 46 years.

Education

  • LL.B. Yale Law School, 1967
  • B.A. Yale University, 1962

Bar Admissions

  • Illinois

Organization Affiliations

  • Chicago, DuPage County and Illinois State Bar Associations