Employment Law and Human Resources Consulting

Gray Partners is a boutique firm offering employment law and human resource guidance to entrepreneurs, small and medium-sized businesses. The firm prides itself for providing pragmatic, strategic solutions and expert knowledge on employment matters, workplace disputes, misconduct investigations and HR policies and program development.

At Gray Partners, we do more than tell you the law, we are advocates who partner with you to understand your business objectives and provide you with practical, affordable and responsive solutions.

Industries We Serve

  • Real Estate & Construction

  • Professional Services (e.g. Consulting, Legal)

  • Financial Services

  • Hospitality, Food Services & Leisure

  • Private Social Clubs and Organizations

  • Retail

  • Technology

  • Healthcare, Life Sciences & Pharmaceuticals

  • Medical and Dental Practice Groups

  • Manufacturing and Industrial

How We Can Help

  • Solve employment law issues relating to hiring, performance management, training and termination

  • Serve as your in-house employment lawyer or HR advisor

  • Create effective and useful employment/HR policies and programs to keep you compliant with various employment laws

  • Provide union/labor management relations expertise

  • Conduct workplace and misconduct investigations (including: sexual harassment, fraud, ethics/compliance, performance problems)

  • Provide staff and management training on HR issues, including sexual harassment and anti-discrimination

  • Create Code of Ethics and compliance framework

  • Mediate employment disputes

A portrait of Rachel Barner, the owner and founder Gray Partners LLC.

Meet Rachel

Rachel Barner, Esq. is the Founding Member and Managing Partner of Gray Partners LLC. She has over 30 years of nationwide and international HR consulting experience and employment law expertise. She specializes in assisting family owned to mid-sized to Fortune 50 companies with employment law and ethical matters. Rachel prides herself in understanding the goals of the businesses she supports and providing practical solutions to help meet her clients’ needs. Rachel brings the following to the table:

  • Trusted advisor to and partner of top management and boards of directors, valued for employment relations, human resource matters, enterprise risk and global ethics expertise.

  • Innovative and creative problem-solver, with a track record of using a legal framework to manage risk, drive growth and achieve business goals.

  • Forward-thinking strategist, who brings deep experience of working in the U.S., Canada, Asia, Europe, and Central and South America.

  • Adept leader of successful teams and relationships, who collaborates with business partners and empowers people to succeed.

  • Accomplished communicator, quick learner and strong listener, who clearly explains complex issues across a wide spectrum of colleagues.

Rachel is a licensed attorney in the State of Illinois.

Contact Us

To help us best serve you, please use the form below or reach us at rbarner@graypartnersllc.com.

This website provides general information about Gray Partners LLC and nothing is intended as legal advice and should not be considered as such. We welcome you to contact us to discuss your matter but we will not represent you until we specifically agree to do so. Accordingly, please do not send any confidential information about your matter. While we look forward to speaking with you, merely contacting Gray Partners LLC does not create an attorney-client relationship.