MEMBERS OF FIRM
Matthew B. Schiff (Founding Partner) born Harvey, Illinois, May 18, 1957; admitted to bar, 1982, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois including Trial Bar; 1983, U.S. District Court, Central District of Illinois; 1995, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; 1999, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Cornell University (B.A., 1979); Boston University (J.D., 1982). Author: "Reconsidering the Breadth of Employment-Related Practices Exclusions in CGL Policies," CGL Reporter, 2005 Supplement. Author: "A Primer on Case Law Under the Americans with Disabilities Act," Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Law Journal, Vol. 39, No. 4 Summer 2004. Lead Author: Illinois Jurisprudence Encyclopedia, Volume 26 Workers Compensation, Matthew Bender, 2004; "Conducting Internal Investigations of Employee Theft and Other Misconduct," The Brief, Vol. 33, No. 3, Spring 2004; "Recent Developments in Employment Law," Tort and Insurance Law Journal, Vol. 37, No. 2, 2002. Lead Editor, Litigating The Sexual Harassment Case - Second Edition, American Bar Association, 2000. Lead Author: "Nine Steps to Conducting Harassment Investigations," The Brief, Vol. 29, No. 1, Fall 1999. Contributing Author: "Sexual Harassment in Employment Law," Barbara Lindemann et al. eds Supplement BNA, Chapters 14 and 27, 1997; "Survey of Illinois Law: Workers' Compensation" Southern Illinois University Law Journal, Vol. 19, 1995; "Illinois Jurisprudence," Labor and Employment, Vol. 22 Chapters 16, 17 and 18, 1995. Author: "A Primer on Case Law Under the Americans with Disabilities Act," Tort Trial and Insurance Law Journal, Vol. 39, No. 4, Summer 2004; "AIDS and The Health Care Worker," Gonzaga University Law Review, Vol. 29 No. 1 1994; "A Reasonable Accommodation Under The American with Disabilities Act," Gonzaga Law Review Vol. 28, No. 2 1993. Co-Author: "The Americans with Disabilities Act: A New Challenge for Employers," The Tort and Insurance Law Journal, Vol. XXVII, No. l, Fall, 1991. Articles Editor, American Journal of Law & Medicine, 1981-1982. Featured Speaker and Legal Issues Coordinator: past seventeen LRP Annual National Workers' Compensation and Disability Conferences. Member: Chicago Bar Association; Illinois State Bar Association; American Bar Association Section on Tort Trial and Insurance Practice (Chair, General Committee Board; Past Chair, Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section, Employer-Employee Relations Committee; Arrangements Chair, 2005 ABA Annual Meeting); Past Management Chair, Section on Labor and Employment Law, Committee on Workers Compensation, 1989-1991; Defense Research Institute; National Institute for Trial Advocacy. Fellow: Highest Rating in Martindale-Hubbell, Labor and Employment and Workers Compensation; American Bar Foundation (Top 1/3 of 1% of Attorneys in State); International Network of Boutique Law Firms (Selected for inclusion in Superlawyers (Top 5% in State). Reported Cases: United Stationers Supply Company v. Zurich American Insurance Co., 386 Ill.App.3d 88 (1st. Dist. 2008); R.G. Construction v. Industrial Commission, 1-04-2610WC , Ill. App. 2005 (Slip Opinion); American Alliance Ins. Co. v. 1212 Restaurant Group, 342 111 App.3d 500 (1st Dist. 2003); McDermott v. City of Northwoods Police Department,103 S.W.3d 134 (Mo. App. E.D., 2002); National Manufacturing v. The Industrial Commission, 331 Ill.App. 3d 1045 (3rd. Dist. 2002); Illinois Institute of Technology Research Institute v. Industrial Commission, 314 Ill. App. 3d 149 (1st Dist. 2000); La Grange Memorial Hospital v. St. Paul Insurance Company, 317 Ill. App. 3d 863 (1st Dist. 2000); Palos Electric Company v. Industrial Commission, 314 Ill. App. 3d 920 (1st Dist. 2000); Efremidis v. Industrial Commission, 308 Ill. App 3d 915 (1st Dist. 1999); Kraft General Foods v. Industrial Commission, 287 Ill. App. 3d 526 (2d Dist.1997); Colvett v. L. Karp & Sons, 211 Ill. App. 3d 731 (1st Dist.1991); Wasielewski v. HAVI Corp., 188 Ill App. 3d 340 (3d Dist.1989); Steel City National Bank of Chicago v. Aetna Insurance Company, 116 Ill. App. 3d 7 (1st Dist. 1983). Practice Areas: Collective Bargaining; Employment Contracts; Employment Discrimination; Employment Termination; Equal Employment Opportunity Law; Family and Medical Leave Act; Harassment; Retaliatory Discharge; Sexual Harassment; Title VII Discrimination; Wrongful Termination; Labor and Employment Law; Workers Compensation; Insurance Coverage.Email: Matthew B. Schiff
James W. Hulbert (Founding Partner) born La Grange, Illinois, September 12, 1956; admitted to bar, 1982, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois including Trial Bar. Education: University of North Carolina (B.A., magna cum laude, 1978); Boston College (J.D., cum laude, 1982). Phi Beta Kappa. Co-Author: Illinois Jurisprudence Encyclopedia Vo. 26 Workers Compensation, Matthew Bender, 2004; "Recent Developments in Employment Law," Tort and Insurance Law Journal, Vol. 37, No. 2, 2002; "Schools' Liability for Student-on-Student Sexual Harassment Under Title IX," Illinois Bar Journal, Vol. 88, February 2000. Speaker, LRP Annual National Worker's Compensation and Disabilities Conference, 2003-2005. Member: Chicago, Illinois State and American Bar Associations; Defense Research Institute (Liaison for the State of Illinois, Workers Compensation Committee). Fellow: International Network of Boutique Law Firms (INBLF). Reported Cases: Robert Ross v. Industrial Commission No. 1-03-2999WC (1st. Dist. App. Ct.), August 4, 2004; American Alliance Ins. Co. v. 1212 Restaurant Group, 2003 342 Ill App. 3d 500 (2003); National Manufacturing v. The Industrial Commission, 331 Ill. App. 3d 1045 (3rd Dist., 2002); Hydraulics v. Industrial commission, 329 Ill. App. 3d 166 (2nd Dist., 2002); LaGrange Memorial Hospital v. St. Paul Insurance Co., 317 Ill. App. 3d 863 (1st Dist. 2000); Palos Electric Company v. Industrial Commission, 314 Ill App. 3d 920 (1st Dist. 2000); Efremidis v. Industrial Commission, 308 Ill.App.3d 915 (1st Dist. 1999); Kraft General Foods v. Industrial Commission, 287 Ill App 3d 526 (2d Dist. 1997); Holubek v. City of Chicago, 146 Ill App 3d 915 (1st Dist. 1986); Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; Workers Compensation; Commercial Litigation; Products Liability.Email: James W. Hulbert
ASSOCIATES
Noah A. Frank (Associate) born Chicago, Illinois, April 13, 1982; admitted to bar, 2007, Illinois; 2008 U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois. Education: University of Illinois, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (B.A., Economics and History, 2004); University of Illinois, Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations (MHRIR, 2007); University of Illinois College of Law (J.D., cum laude, pro bono notation, 2007). Speaker: "Exhaustion of Judicial Review in Administrative Law Systems," at Administrative Law with Professor Andrew Morriss, University of Illinois College of Law, Chicago, Illinois, April 3, 2009; "Job Search Strategies," at University of Illinois College of Law, Chicago, Illinois, April 3, 2009; "How to Manage Employment Legal Nightmares," at Schools of the Future: Sailing the Winds of Change hosted by National Association of Independent Schools Annual Conference, Chicago, Illinois, February 27, 2009. Secretary, Governing Board of the Hillel Foundation at the University of Illinois. Member, Anti-Defamation League Glass Leadership Institute. Author: Are You My Employer? Joint-Employer Liability in the Seventh Circuit Under the Family and Medical Leave Act, The Docket (Lake County B. Association, Waukegan, Ill.), Oct. 2008, at 9. Author: YNLC Has a Hoot at Ravinia, The Docket (Lake County B. Association, Waukegan, Ill.), Sept. 2008, at 25. Harno Scholar, Fall 2006. CALI Award, Individual Employee Rights, Fall 2006. Dean's List, Fall 2006. Author: The Family and Medical Leave Act and the Individual Employee: The Failure to Include Same-Sex Domestic Partners (Dec. 15, 2006) (unpublished advanced research and writing paper, Univ. Ill. Coll. L.) (on file with author). Member: Chicago, Illinois State, and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; Insurance Coverage; Workers Compensation.Email: Noah A. Frank
Robert P. Sabetto (Associate) born Cleveland, Ohio; admitted to bar, 2003, Illinois; 2008, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois including Trial Bar. Education: Kent State University (B.A., 1993); DePaul University College of Law (J.D., 2002). Author: "Sticks and Stones and Chips of Bone: Shock Humor and Emotional Distress," 10 DePaul-LCA, Journal of Art & Entertainment Law. Member: Chicago Bar Association. Reported Cases: United Stationers Supply Co. v. Zurich American Insurance Co., D.C. Taylor Co., Benchmark Inc., and Kerry Dirck, 386 Ill.App.3d 88 (1st. Dist. 2008); Roy Kinn v. Prairie Farms / Muller Pinehurst, 368 Ill.App.3d 728 (2nd. Dist. 2006); First Cash Financial Service v. Industrial Commission, 367 Ill.App.3d 102 (1st. Dist. 2006); Deana Durand v. Illinois Industrial Commission, 224 Ill.2d 53 (Ill.2006). Practice Areas: Workers Compensation; Labor and Employment; Insurance Coverage; Commercial Litigation.Email: Robert P. Sabetto
OF COUNSEL
Mark J. Schechter (Of Counsel) born Chicago, Illinois, 1952; admitted to bar, 1978, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois. Education: University of Illinois (B.A., 1973); Illinois Institute of Technology-Chicago Kent College of Law (J.D., 1978). Member: Chicago Bar Association. Practice Areas: Workers Compensation.Email: Mark J. Schechter