Top Discrimination Lawyers in Chicago | 43 available

6600 Sears Tower , Chicago , Illinois 60606

Practice Areas: Discrimination,Labor ,Wages/Commissions/Overtime

1200   120 South Riverside Plaza , Chicago , Illinois 60606

Practice Areas: Appellate ,Civil ,Discrimination

Firm: Law Office of Scott T. Kamin

20 E Jackson Boulevard   600 , Chicago , Illinois 60604

Practice Areas: Antitrust & Trade Regulation,Assault & Battery,Discrimination,Wrongful Death

West Washington Street , Chicago , Illinois 60602

Practice Areas: Arbitration & Mediation,Discrimination,Employment & Labor ,Insurance ,Professional Malpractice

Firm: McGuireWoods

77 West Wacker Drive Suite 4100 , Chicago , Illinois 60601

Practice Areas: Americans with Disabilities Act, Discrimination, Family , Labor , Wrongful Termination, Employment & Labor

Firm: Miner, Barnhill and Galland, P.C.

14 West Erie Street , Chicago , Illinois 60610

Practice Areas: Civil Rights,Discrimination,Employment & Labor

Firm: Randall Gold

111 E. Upper Wacker Dr. , Chicago , Illinois 60601

Practice Areas: Discrimination

Mr. Gold handles legal matters and litigation (including trial work) involving employment discrimination, commercial litigation, retaliation, job harassment, civil rights, whistle-blowing, unlawful discharge, False Claims Act/Qui Tam, securities/investment claims, fraud, contract and defamation claims - primarily in Wisconsin and the Chicago metropolitan/Northern Illinois area, and elsewhere too.

Firm: Babbitt & Melton LLP

332 South Michigan Avenue Suite 710 , Chicago , Illinois 60604

Practice Areas: Appellate , Corporate , Education , Employment & Labor , Discrimination

77 West Wacker Drive 4100 , Chicago , Illinois 60601

Practice Areas: Discrimination,Labor

Firm: Querrey and Harrow, Ltd.

175 West Jackson Boulevard   1600 , Chicago , Illinois 60604

Practice Areas: Civil Rights,Discrimination,Labor ,Workers Compensation

Firm: Laner, Muchin, Dombrow, Becker, Levin and Tominberg, Ltd.

515 North State Street   2800  60 , Chicago , Illinois 60610

Practice Areas: Administrative ,Corporate ,Discrimination,Government Agencies,Labor

Firm: Miner, Barnhill and Galland, P.C.

14 West Erie Street , Chicago , Illinois 60610

Practice Areas: Discrimination,Employment & Labor ,Government Agencies

Firm: Law Offices of Mitchell A. Kline

203 North Lasalle Street Suite 2100 , Chicago , Illinois 60601

Practice Areas: Discrimination, Labor , Sexual Harassment, Workers Compensation, Wrongful Termination, Employment & Labor

Firm: Hurley, McKenna and Mertz, P.C.

33 N Dearborn Street   1430  606 , Chicago , Illinois 60602

Practice Areas: Construction ,Discrimination,Medical Malpractice,Personal Injury,Products Liability

Firm: DeBofsky & Associates, PC

200 W. Madison St. , Chicago , Illinois 60606

Practice Areas: Discrimination, Employee Benefits, ERISA, Insurance , Social Security Benefits & Disability, Social Security

Attorney Mark DeBofsky is a member of the firm as well as an adjunct professor of law at John Marshall Law School.  He has also lectured at conferences sponsored by the American Bar Association, the American Association for Justice, and LexisNexis/Mealey's.  Many of his cases have resulted in precedent setting decisions that have been published by the federal appellate courts.. In 2008, he was nominated as a finalist for LexisNexis' Insurance Law Center Policyholder Attorney of the Year award. Attorney DeBofsky is proud to have been recognized by his peers in the legal profession with the coveted AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated SM by Martindale-Hubbell®.  He has also been ranked by other lawyers to be among the top five percent of all Illinois attorneys in Social Security Disability law by the Leading Lawyers Network, and was named a Super Lawyer in Employee Benefits/ERISA in 2009 and 2010.

542 S. Dearborn Street, Suite 660 , Chicago , Illinois 60605

Practice Areas: Discrimination

Megan O'Malley, a principal and founding member of O'Malley & Madden, P.C., concentrates her practice in the areas of civil rights and employment law. Her decision to focus exclusively in those areas is born of her unwavering commitment to employee rights and eliminating discrimination in the workplace. Ms. O'Malley has successfully litigated hundreds of claims on behalf of victims of discrimination, harassment and retaliation. She has also represented numerous whistleblowers in claims against their employers for retaliatory conduct. She has extensive trial experience before the federal and state courts and administrative agencies, and she has successfully argued before both the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals and the Illinois Appellate Court on behalf of employees. Although she primarily litigates cases in court, Ms. O'Malley also routinely counsels employees through career transitions and reviews, drafts and negotiates employment contracts, severance negotiations, and favorable non-compete agreements.. Ms. O'Malley is a former President of the National Employment Lawyers Association, Illinois Chapter and a past Chair of the Chicago Bar Association’s Labor and Employment Committee. She has been selected as a Leading Lawyer and an Illinois Super Lawyer in the area of employment law. Ms. O'Malley currently serves as the Co-Chair of the Judicial Nominations Committee of the National Employment Lawyers Association. She is licensed to practice before the United States Supreme Court, the Illinois Supreme Court, the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, and she is a member of the Federal Trial Bar.

Firm: Law Office of Lori D. Ecker

180 N. LaSalle Street Suite 3700 , Chicago , Illinois 60601

Practice Areas: Americans with Disabilities Act, Contracts, Discrimination, Employment & Labor , Family , Labor , Mediation, Sexual Harassment, Wrongful Termination, Employment & Labor

Practice Dedicated Exclusively to Employment Law on Behalf of Employees.. Lori is an experienced trial attorney practicing since 1982. She is an arbitrator and mediator of employment disputes and represents employees in cases arising under local, state, and federal antidiscrimination laws and in matters involving the Family and Medical Leave Act, noncompete agreements, severance agreements, employment contracts and employment torts.. Ms. Ecker has litigated over 100 cases, but much of her time is spent in alternative dispute resolution of employment cases as an advocate and also as a mediator and arbitrator. Ms. Ecker is a member of the Association of Attorney-Mediators. She received her formal training as a mediator with the DePaul University Mediation Training Certificate Course. She is listed as a court-certified mediator for the Circuit Court of Cook County’s Court-Annexed Major Case Civil Mediation Program, and she is listed on the American Arbitration Association’s National Employment Arbitration Roster.. Ms. Ecker is a Fellow of the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers and the American Bar Foundation. She is listed in Who’s Who in American Law and Martindale-Hubbell’s Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers. She was selected by her peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America, as an Illinois Super Lawyer, a Leading Illinois Attorney, and a member of the Leading Lawyers Network. Ms. Ecker is often interviewed as an authority on employment law by national and regional media, such as Fortune Magazine, CBS Chicago, WMAQ-AM, WBEZ-FM, and the Chicago Tribune. A frequent lecturer, Ms. Ecker has spoken and written on a wide variety of employment law topics, including mediation, arbitration, litigation strategy, employment torts, sexual harassment, sexual orientation and gender identity discrimination, age discrimination, leaves of absence, and retaliation.. A graduate of Lake Forest College, Ms. Ecker received her J.D. from DePaul University College of Law. She is admitted to practice in the State of Illinois, the United States Supreme Court, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, the U.S. District Court for the Northern and Central Districts of Illinois and the Northern District of Indiana. She is a member of the U.S. District Court Trial Bar.. Ms. Ecker is Employee Co-Chair of the Employment Rights and Responsibilities Committee of the ABA’s Section of Labor and Employment Law. She is a Co-Chair of the Section’s Membership Development Committee, a member of both the National Employment Lawyers Association and its local affiliate, NELA/Illinois, of which she is a past President and a founding Executive Board Member; a past member of the Labor & Employment Law Section Council of the Illinois State Bar Association; and a member of the Chicago Bar Association, for which she served as Chair of the Labor and Employment Law Committee during the 1997-98 bar year. Ms. Ecker is also a member of WPATH.

Firm: Leslie V. Matlaw, P.C.

28 East Jackson Building 10th Floor M995 Illino , Chicago , Illinois 60604

Practice Areas: Discrimination,Housing

Firm: Vedder, Price, Kaufman and Kammholz, P.C.

222 North La Salle Street , Chicago , Illinois 60601

Practice Areas: Discrimination,Labor

Firm: Stephen A. Glickman, P.C.

55 West Monroe Street , Chicago , Illinois 60603

Practice Areas: Business , Contracts, Corporate , Discrimination, Employment & Labor , Family , General Practice, Sexual Harassment, Wrongful Termination, Employment & Labor

Stephen A. Glickman is a top-rated senior Chicago employment law attorney who has successfully represented employees and employers in a wide range of employment law matters for more than 34 years.  Dedicated exclusively to employment law, his legal practice covers all areas of employment law, including:. Mr. Glickman's client reviews and peer endorsements demonstrate what sets him apart from the field, including:. Over the course of his career, Mr. Glickman has earned the reputation as one of the top employment lawyers in Chicago, Illinois.  He was selected by Super Lawyers for inclusion in the 2022, 2021, 2020 and 2019 Super Lawyers List of the Top-Rated Employment and Labor Lawyers in Illinois (Top 5% of all Illinois Lawyers) based on his high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement.  He was handpicked by for inclusion in the 2022, 2021, 2020 and 2019 List of the Best Employment Lawyers in Chicago (Top 18 out of 1,063 Lawyers) based on his reputation, credibility, experience, engagement and professionalism.  Mr. Glickman also received the Clients' Choice Award in 2022, 2021 and 2020, based on his consistent 5-Star Client Reviews.. Mr. Glickman has an extensive employment law litigation background in federal and state court.  He aggressively litigates sexual harassment, retaliation, employment discrimination, FMLA, ADA, wrongful termination and many other types of employment law claims.  In addition, he represents clients in administrative proceedings before the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Illinois Department of Human Rights, Department of Labor, and other governmental agencies.  He negotiates outstanding employment separation agreements, severance packages and settlements of employment law claims.  He also successfully resolves employment disputes through mediation.. Mr. Glickman advises employers on a whole host of employment issues, including hiring and firing decisions, employee discipline and discharge, personnel policies, employee handbooks, ADA accommodation requests, FMLA and other leaves of absence, employment selection testing, drug and alcohol testing, employment risk management and compliance with the ever-changing federal, state and local employment laws.  He also advises executives on executive employment contracts, executive compensation, non-competition and non-solicitation agreements, as well as executive severance.. Mr. Glickman was admitted to the Illinois Bar and the United States Distrct Court for the Northern District of Illinois in 1987.  In 1989, he was admitted to the Federal Trial Bar and the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.  He is a member of the Labor and Employment Law Section of the Illinois State Bar Association, the Labor and Employment Law Committee of the Chicago Bar Association and the National Employment Lawyers Association.  He has served as an Arbitrator for the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois since 1995.. Born in Chicago, Mr. Glickman received his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Wisconsin, Madison in 1983 and earned his Juris Doctor degree from the DePaul University College of Law in 1987.. Mr. Glickman takes pride in providing his clients with a full range of quality legal services on a personalized basis.