Kerry Lin Davidson
Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Recognized since 2024
Chicago, Illinois
Labor Law - Management
Kerry Lin Davidson focuses her practice on labor and employment matters, including employment relations, HR strategies, and traditional labor matters. She has broad experience overseeing legal affairs and complex corporate issues for both public and private organizations.
Kerry has deep experience serving in an executive role as general corporate counsel. Prior to joining Greenberg Traurig, she served as sole leader of both legal and HR/LR functions for a large scrap metal and recycling company, where she provided primary oversight of legal, risk, and compliance matters. In this role, she handled litigation, union negotiations, compliance and training programs, internal investigations, and traditional employee relations matters, including implementation of new policies and incentive programs, as well as ensuring compliance with the labor requirements of U.S. Navy and other long-term customer service contracts. As the chief legal officer, Kerry has often served as a single-point-of-contact and public relations representative, including as primary liaison with U.S. governmental agencies such as EEOC, FEPA, DOL, FBI, NLRB, OSHA, EPA, and their state equivalents. Kerry has also successfully led employer start-up activities and emergency task forces, including in response to ransomware and other privacy threats.
Concentrations- Litigation
- Alternative dispute resolution (ADR)
- Regulatory compliance
- Corporate governance
- HR/LR strategies
- Policies and training
- Union and labor relations
- Investigations
- Lawyer Page: https://ogletree.com/people/kerry-l-davidson/
- 155 North Wacker Drive, Suite 4300
Chicago, IL 60606
- Valparaiso University, J.D., graduated 2001
306 The Best Lawyers in America® awards
91 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America awards

- Labor Law - Management
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