Ira L. Blank
J.D.
Washington University School of Law
Master of Industrial and Labor Relations
Cornell University
B.S., Commerce and Business Administration
University of Alabama
I help business owners and leaders get out of – and avoid – jams with
HR issues.
My commitments are to:
See each problem from your point of view.
Develop reactive strategies and actions to solve your problem.
Develop proactive strategies and actions to avoid future problems.
Understand your level of risk tolerance.
Be efficient and cost-effective.
I protect and promote the interests of business owners and leaders by:
Guiding them through difficult employee situations.
Representing their business in workforce-related litigation, investigations, and audits.
Developing and implementing processes, programs, policies, and procedures for each stage of the employee lifecycle –
attraction → recruitment → onboarding → development → retention → separation
Managing workforce-related risk, such as legal, compliance, safety, and security risk.
Providing business education on workforce-related legal fundamentals.
Addressing workforce-related issues in business growth, mergers, sales, acquisitions, and other changes in the business.
Managing or avoiding union relationships.
I am a seasoned management-side labor and employment attorney and litigator, with decades of experience as outside labor and employment counsel to businesses, and in-house HR/HR legal service, including service:
As the chief human resources officer and human resources counsel of a national privately-owned service business with over 1,400 employees, and
As industrial relations manager in two major divisions of a publicly-held unionized basic-industry manufacturing company with $5 billion in annual revenue.
I’m a father, husband, and proud member of the Italia-America Bocce Club. I’m also a serious collector of oldies music (including blues, R&B, rockabilly, teen beat, and doo wop). I enjoy debating the question that music historians argue over: What was the first rock & roll song?