About Law Offices of Ruth I. Major PC

Representing employees at every stage of the employment relationship.

The Law Offices of Ruth I. Major PC, serves an exclusive clientele of sophisticated executives and professionals throughout the Chicago area. The firm's clients seek legal advice regarding their most sensitive and confidential business dealings such as their employment contracts and their rights with respect to their employers, past, present and future.

As a Chicago attorney, Ms. Major understands that, while Chicago is the quintessential big city, it also retains an idiosyncratically small business community. As a member of this community herself, Ms. Major understands the premium placed upon one's relationships and reputation. Her firm accordingly designs its advice to its clients with this real-world context in mind. There is no simplistic scorched-earth strategy for the sake of having a scorched earth. Instead, Ms. Major evaluates each client's circumstances on an individual basis and tailors her guidance in order to maintain long-term relationships while still achieving both short- and long-term goals.

In providing these services to the firm's clients, Ms. Major looks to change the larger picture in Chicago business from one in which only employers have legal counsel to one in which her executives and professionals also receive legal counsel regarding their business decisions. This balanced playing field benefits the business community at large. Her clients also learn that they are entitled to legal advice just as much as their employers are.

 

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March 21, 2025
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I have nothing but praise for the work by Ruth Major in negotiating my employment contract. She found critical errors in the verbiage prepared by my employer which essentially denied severance payment beyond...

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Areas of Law

  • Labor and Employment 1
    • Whistleblower Rights
  • Communications and Media 1
    • Defamation
  • Employee Benefits 1
    • Employee Compensation
  • Other 7
    • Executive Employment Agreements: Review and Analysis
    • Negotiation of Executive Employment Agreements
    • Non-compete Agreements: Review and Analysis
    • Employee Status Disputes
    • Compensation Disputes
    • Severance Disputes
    • Wrongful Interference with Employment Opportunities

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