About Max Barack

Max Barack leads the Garfinkel Group, LLC’s litigation practice. He represents workers experiencing unfair pay practices, such as minimum wage and overtime pay violations, as well as other forms of wage theft. Max actively litigates class and collective action lawsuits on behalf of workers subject to biometric privacy violations and other company-wide illegal pay practices. Max’s practice is also focused on representing survivors of workplace sexual and racial harassment, discrimination, retaliation, as well as whistleblowers.

Max believes that workers need a strong advocate and someone who will listen to them and fight on their behalf. Max’s experience in employment law has led him to take an aggressive approach in fighting for his clients. He combines his unique knowledge of ESI with his attention to detail in advocating for his clients. He enjoys fighting on behalf of the most vulnerable workers.

Max has been named to Super Lawyers’ “Rising Stars” list each year from 2020-2023 for employment & labor and employment litigation and Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in 2022 and 2023. Max has published articles on using social media and email in discovery in discrimination cases, using the Illinois Wage Payment and Collection Act, best practices in representing employment law clients, the tort of retaliatory discharge, representing whistleblowers in claims for retaliatory discharge, using the Illinois Gender Violence Act in the #MeToo era, and the Workplace Transparency Act. He has given presentations on employee privacy and social media in discovery, the Illinois Right to Privacy in the Workplace Act, the tort of retaliatory discharge, and new legislative developments in Illinois. He is also a recurring presenting attorney for the “Financial Poise” webinar series about best practices for companies in creating workplaces.