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Law Offices of David L. Lee Profile |
|  | | Law Firm in Chicago, Illinois | |
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| | Location | | Suite 660, 53 West Jackson Boulevard | | Chicago, Illinois 60604 | | (Cook Co.) | | | |
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(Main Office)
| Law Offices of David L. Lee practices in the following areas of law:
Civil Rights, Employment Law, Employment Discrimination, Employment Contracts, Retaliation, Unpaid Wages, Unpaid Overtime, Unpaid Commissions, Executive Employment Contracts and Executive Severance Negotiations. | | Year Established: 1993 | | Firm Size: 1 | Rate Information:
Fixed Hourly Rates
Fixed Fees Available
| | David L. Lee (Member) born Chicago, Illinois, October 30, 1952; admitted to bar, 1977, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 1980, U.S. Court of Appeals, 7th Circuit; 1981, U.S. Supreme Court; 1982, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, Trial Bar; 1994, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit; 1995, U.S. District Court, Central District of Illinois; 1998, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin; 2000, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Illinois. Education: Northwestern University (B.A., 1974; J.D., magna cum laude, 1977). Order of the Coif. Author: "The Supreme Court's 2007-08 Civil-Rights and Constitutional-Law Docket," Chicago Bar Association Civil Rights and Constitutional Law Committee, 2007; "Making Your Case Summary Judgment Resistant: Tentative Steps Toward a Unified Theory," National Employment Lawyers Association 17th Annual Convention, 2007; "Annotated Model Telephone-Screening Form for Plaintiff's Employment Lawyers," The Employee Advocate , Spring 2007; "The Supreme Court's 2006-07 Civil-Rights and Constitutional-Law Docket," Chicago Bar Association, Civil Rights and Constitutional Law Committee, 2006; "Counseling Current Employees," National Employment Lawyers Association 17th Annual Convention, 2006; "Summary Judgment in Employment Cases: the Plaintiff's Perspective," Ill. Inst. for Continuing Legal Ed., 9th Annual Employment Law Update and Motion Workshop, 2006; "Assignments of Claims for Attorney's Fees: More complicated than had I thought, but still a good idea!"; 5th Annual Employment Law in the 7th Circuit conference, 2006; "Protecting Your Fee: Assignments, Liens, and Pleading Around Buckhannon," NELA/Illinois Annual Meeting, 2005; "The Supreme Court's 2005-06 Civil-Rights and Constitutional-Law Docket," Chicago Bar Association, Civil Rights and Constitutional Law Committee, 2005; "Annotated Model Attorney Engagement and Non-Engagement Letters," The Employee Advocate , Summer/Spring 2005; "Negotiating Non-Monetary Terms of Settlement," National Employment Lawyers Association 16th Annual Convention, 2005; "Making a Monetary Demand in Terms of an Explicit Formula," National Employment Lawyers Association 16th Annual Convention, 2005; "Handling Wage, Hour and Unpaid-Wage Claims on the Employee Side," Chapter 1, 8th Annual Employment Law Update and Workshop course book, Illinois Institute of Continuing Legal Education (2005); "Creative Uses of Requests for Admissions for Plaintiffs Employment Lawyers," The Employee Advocate, Fall 2002; "Summary Judgment: The Intersection of Legal Writing and Trial Practice," April 1998 CBA Record 16; "Emphasis and De-emphasis," The Compleat Legal Writer, May 1997 CBA Record 68; "Requests for Admissions," The Compleat Legal Writer, April 1997 CBA Record 42; "Why Plaintiff's Lawyers Love the FLSA," Council on Education in Management HR Strategies, (1996); "A Few Words on Choosing Words Well," 7 Practical Litigator 71 (1996); "Kinder, Gentler Confirming Letters," The Compleat Legal Writer, January 1996 CBA Record 36; "Responding to Arguments," The Compleat Legal Writer, June/July 1995 CBA Record 58; "Best of Both Worlds: Computerized and Manual Legal Research," The Compleat Legal Writer, May 1995 CBA Record 50; "Red Flags," The Compleat Legal Writer, January 1995 CBA Record 46; "High-Tech Traps," The Compleat Legal Writer, November 1994 CBA Record 52; "Beating Writer's Block," The Compleat Legal Writer, October 1994 CBA Record 50; "The Proper Level of Ignorance," The Compleat Legal Writer, September 1994 CBA Record 50; "Analogizing Your Case to a Precedent," The Compleat Legal Writer, June 1994 CBA Record 42; "Writing the Statement of Facts," The Compleat Legal Writer, May 1994 CBA Record 42. Co-Author: "A View from the Other Side," Council on Education in Management Personnel Law Update (1999) (with Sarah R. Masarachia); "Kiss My Grits and Other Eloquent Retorts: Incivility in Legal Writing," April 1999 CBA Record 28 (with Sarah R. Masarachia); "The Top Eleven Mistakes Employers Make in Firing and/or Disciplining Employees," Council on Education in Management Discipline & Termination Law (1999) (with Sarah R. Masarachia); "How to Protect a Client from Misappropriation of Computer Software—A Frontier without a Direction," Chapter 12, in Patent, Trademark and Trade Secret, Illinois Institute of Continuing Legal Education (1980), (with Ellen C. Newcomer); "Judges in an Age of Mistrust: Morial and the Policy of Required Registration," 54 Tulane L. Rev. 382 (1980) (with Allan Ashman and Judith Rosenbaum); "Protecting the Record and Perfecting the Appeal," Chapter 11 in Federal Civil Practice, Illinois Institute of Continuing Education (1978) (with Richard J. Brennan and Duane M. Kelly); "A Constitutional Perspective on Judicial Tenure," 62 Judicature 465 (1978) (with Judith Rosenbaum); "Non-Lawyer Judges: The Long Road North," 53 Chicago-Kent Law Review 565 (1977) (with Allan Ashman). Hearing Officer, Cook County Commission on Human Rights. Arbitrator: Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois; National Assn. of Securities Dealers; National Futures Assn. Member: American Bar Association (Member, Sections on: Labor and Employment Law; Litigation); Chicago Bar Association; National Employment Lawyers Association (Member, National Board of Directors, 2007—); National Employment Lawyers Association, Illinois affiliate (NELA/Illinois) (Member, Board of Directors, 2000—; Vice President, 2004—2005; President, 2005-2007). Practice Areas: Civil Rights; Employment Law; Employment Discrimination; Employment Contracts; Retaliation; Executive Employment Contracts. |
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