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Chicago, Illinois 60602-2490 (Cook Co.)
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(Main Office) Dedicated exclusively to employment law, the Law Office of Lori D. Ecker provides consultation and legal services to employees on a wide variety of employment-related issues. Statement of PracticeLabor and Employment Law, Employment Contracts, Employment Arbitration, Employment Rights, Wrongful Termination Litigation, Family and Medical Leave Act, Sexual Harassment, Employment Discrimination, Mediation, Whistle Blower Litigation, Americans with Disabilities Act. Firm Size: 1
Lori D. Ecker (Member) born Plymouth, Indiana; admitted to bar, 1982, Illinois, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, including Trial Bar and U.S. District Court, Central District Illinois; U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit. Education: Lake Forest College (B.A., 1979); DePaul University (J.D., 1982). Author: "Labor Law," Matthew Bender, Chapters 55 and 58, 1991 and 1992 revisions; "Proving Willful Violations Under the ADEA: The Evolving Law Since Thurston," 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. Member: Chicago (Co-Chair, Young Lawyers Section, Labor and Employment Law Committee, 1991-1992 and 1992-1993; Vice-Chair, Labor and Employment Law Committee, 1996-1997; Chair, 1997-1998), Illinois State (Member, Labor and Employment Law Section Council, 2005) and American (Member, Sections On: Labor and Employment; Co-Chair, Membership Committee of Employment Rights and Responsibilities; Member, Commission on Physical and Disability Law) Bar Associations; National Employment Lawyers Association; National Employment Lawyers Association-Illinois (Past President and Founding Executive Board Member); American Arbitration Association Roster of Neutrals; College of Labor and Employment Law. Fellow: College of Labor and Employment Law; American Bar Foundation. Reported Cases: Oblix v. Winiecki, No. 02 C 6878, 2003 WL 1964193, 2003 WL 21544030 (N.D. Ill. Apr. 24 and Jul 3, 2003); Lynn v. Acme Metals, Inc., No.94 C 5633, 1995 WL 472747, 1995 WL 370230 (ND. Ill. Aug. 8, 1995 and June 20, 1995) Dillard and Precoat Metal, Ch. No. 1990CF3737, 1994 WL 880297 (III. HRC Dec. 23, 1994) Bristow v. Drake Street Inc., 41 E3d 345 (7th Cir. 1994); Vajda v. Arthur Andersen & Co., 253 III. App.3d 345 (1st Dist. 1993). Practice Areas: Labor and Employment Law; Employment Contracts; Employment Arbitration; Employment Rights; Wrongful Termination Litigation; Family and Medical Leave Act; Sexual Harassment; Employment Discrimination; Mediation; Whistle Blower Litigation; Americans with Disabilities Act.
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