| Additional Bio Details | Author: "Labor Law," Matthew Bender, Chapters 55 and 58, 1991 and 1992 revisions; "Proving Willful Violations Under the ADEA: The Evolving Law Since Thurston," <i>1989 National Employment Lawyers Association-Illinois Seminar Handbook; ADEA Commentaries for NITA, LEXIS, September 2003, January, 2004. Co-Author: "Litigation at the Illinois Human Rights Commission," CBA Record, July/August 1992; "Handling Discrimination Cases in Illinois - A Practical Guide", CBA Record, February, 1991; "Privacy Issues", Employment Discrimination and Employment Termination, Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education, 1990. Presenter: "The Joys and Pitfalls of a Small Plaintiff's Employment Practice," Second Annual National Employment Lawyers Association Conference, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, June 1991; "Rights, Wrongs & Responses; Sexual Harassment, Discrimination & Stereotyping," March 1992 meeting of Food Executive Women; "Representing Employees in Sexual Harassment Cases," Decalogue Society of Lawyers Continuing Education Series, April 1993; "Representing Plaintiffs in Employment Litigation: Defeating Summary Judgment Motions," Young Lawyers Section of the Chicago Bar Association Seventh Annual Seminar on Litigating Employment Discrimination and Wrongful Discharge Cases, February 1994; Illinois Employment Tort Update: A Survey of Recent State and Federal Case Law," CBA YLS Labor and Employment Law Committee, March 1995; "Winning Employment Torts," Sixth Annual NELA Conference, June 1995; "Multiple Claims Available to Injured Employees," 1995 Annual Meeting, ABA General Practice Section, August 1995; "Winning Pre-Trial Preparation in the New World of Illinois Civil Litigation," IICLE, October 1995; "Profile of an Ideal Plaintiff," Equal Employment Advisory Council Membership Meeting, October 1996; "Employment Litigation in the 90's: Unemployment Compensation Claims as Pretrial Preparation," Fifth Annual National Workers Compensation & Disability Conference, November 1996; "Employment Litigation Preparing for a Jury Trial," CBA, January 1997; "Developing and Proving Damages," NELA/Illinois regional seminar on trial practice techniques, April 18, 1998; "Privacy in the Workplace," Institute for Business and Professional Ethics, DePaul University, May 13, 1998; "Legal Perspectives: Women in the Workplace," Chicago-Kent College of Law, March 6, 1998; "Employee Discharges: The Do's and Don'ts in Representing the Discharged Employee," Labor and Employment Section of the ISBA legal education program, June 5, 1998; "Terminating Employees Protected by the FMLA," Council on Education in Management, September 14, 1998; "Plaintiffs Attorney's Guide to Management Pitfall," Employment and Labor Law in Illinois, Lorman Education Services, January 6 and 13, 1999; "Hot Topics and Recent Developments in Employment Law," Dupage County Bar Association, January 23, 1999; "Privacy Interests and Defamation: Understanding the Issues," Privacy Law in Illinois, Lorman Education Services, March 5, 1999; "The Practical Effect of the Affirmative Defenses Enunciated in Farragher and Ellerth: What Plaintiffs Need to Plan For and Do, ABA Section of Labor and Employment Law, Employee Rights & Responsibilities Committee Midwinter Meeting, March 25, 1999, Stuart, Florida; "Lessons from the Real World: Best Practices for Avoiding Wrongful Discipline and Termination Liability," Progressive Discipline, Coaching and Termination Law, Council on Education in Management, October 4, 1999; "Mediation Preparation and Advocacy from A to Z," EEO Mediation Conclave and Workshop, October 25, 1999; "The New Wave of Backlash Lawsuits: Employer Liability to the Accused Harasser," Personnel Law Update, Council on Education in Management, November 30, 1999; "Claims and Defenses After Oncale, Ellerth, and Farragher, Perspectives After a Year and a Half: How Have the Courts Applied the Decisions?" ABA Section of Labor and Employment Law, ERR Committee Midwinter Meeting, March 18, 2000, La Jolla, California; "Cash Balance Pensions: Implication for Employment Lawyers," CBA Labor and Employment Law Committee Seminar, April 27, 2000; "Lessons from the Real World: Best Practices for Avoiding Wrongful Discipline and Termination Liability," Council on Education in Management Seminar: Progressive Discipline, Coaching and Termination Law, June 12, 2000, Oakbrook Terrace; "Preparing and Trying Jury Cases," NELA- Illinois luncheon meeting, February 13, 2001; "Mediation Preparation and Advocacy: A Plaintiff Representative's Perspective," CBA Meeting of the Alternative Dispute Resolution and Labor and Employment Law Committees, March 14, 2001; "Preparing Punitive Damages Claims in the Aftermath of Kolstad," ABA Section of Labor and Employment Law, ERR Committee, March 2001 Midwinter Meeting, St. Petersburg, Florida; "Understanding Executive Compensation Packages," ABA Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, August 6, 2001; "Preparing Punitive Damages Claims in the Aftermath of Kolstad," CBA YLS Labor & Employment Law Committee luncheon meeting, February 1, 2002; "Family-Friendly State Laws," ABA Section of Labor and Employment Law, ERR Committee, March 2002 Midwinter Meeting, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico; "Coping With Disaster: Avoiding Enforcement of Non-Competition Agreements & Representing the Employee-Defending Against Injunction Actions," and "Refining Discovery Tactics," ABA Regional Institute, June 2002, Chicago, Illinois; "Who Are You? I Really Want to Know: Learning Enough to Hire, Fire and Otherwise Act Without Crossing the Legal Line," March 2003, ABA Section of Labor and Employment Law, ERR Committee, San Juan, Puerto Rico; "The Basics: Family and Medical Leave and "The Basics: Employment Rights and Responsibilities," August 2003, ABA Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California; "Employment Torts," September 2003, CBA Labor & Employment Law Committee luncheon; "Layoffs and Mass Termination," September 2003, American Employment Law Survey sponsored by the ABA and the Canadian Bar Association, Toronto, Canada; "Top Ten Employer Actions that Send Employees to a Lawyer," November 2003, Spencer Fane Britt & Browne Client Conferences, Kansas City, Missouri; "Independent Contractor or Employee? Determining Employee and Employer Status," January 2004, LEI Labor & Employment Conference, Snowmass, Colorado. Member, Equip for Equality 20th Year Fund Raising Celebration Committee. Volunteer, "Ask a Lawyer" Booth, Crohn's Symposium, February, 2006. Settlement Judge, Young Lawyer's Division, American Bar Association Midwinter Meeting, Chicago, February, 2006. Fellow: College of Labor and Employment Law; American Bar Foundation. |