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Anthony E. Antognoli is a Partner with Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP, in Chicago, where he focuses on the representation of large and mid-size clients in the areas of employee benefits, federal taxation, and tax-exempt organization matters. He is an adjunct faculty member at Loyola University Chicago School of Law, Taxation LL.M. program (2007 – present). He is a member of the ESOP Association, and a member of the Chicago (Employee Benefits Committee and Chair of that committee’s IRS Liaison Subcommittee (2005 – 2007)) and Illinois State Bar Associations. Mr. Antognoli earned his B.S. from the University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana and his J.D. from Loyola University Chicago School of Law where he also received a Certificate in Tax Law.
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Heather A. Bailey is a Partner at SmithAmundsen LLC, in Chicago, where she focuses her practice on employment and labor litigation for the management side. She is a member of the Professional Women’s Club of Chicago (President, 2015 – 2016), was selected to the Illinois Super Lawyers list (2014 – 2022), and received the Lawyer Monthly Women in Law Award (2018). She earned her B.A. from Bowling Green State University and her J.D. from the University of Illinois Chicago School of Law.
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Lisa M. Burman is a Partner with Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP, in Chicago, where she concentrates her practice in the area of employee benefits and ERISA benefits. She has previously served as Chair of the Chicago Bar Association’s Employee Benefits Committee and the IRS Liaison Subcommittee, and served on a special task force created by the IRS/ASPPA Great Lakes Area. Ms. Burman has been named to the “Super Lawyer” list by Illinois Super Lawyers magazine. She is a member of the American and Chicago Bar Associations. Ms. Burman received her B.S. from Loyola University of Chicago and her J.D. and her LL.M. from IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law. She is also a certified public accountant.
Tiffany L. Carpenteris a shareholder/member of Howard & Howard PLLC in Chicago, where she concentrates her practice in matters related to employment, products liability, and commercial litigation. She has experience representing and defending clients during individual and corporate depositions and drafting and arguing analytical memoranda, demand letters, settlement agreements, and substantive motions in federal and state courts throughout the nation. She was recognized by the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin as one of 40 Illinois Attorneys Under 40 To Watch (2021). She is a member of the Illinois Judges Foundation Lawyers Auxiliary Committee and a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation. She earned her B.A. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and her J.D. from the University of Illinois Chicago School of Law.
Jacinta Epting is Vice Chancellor of City Colleges of Chicago. She has experience in employment law, real estate, litigation, procurement, public finance, eminent domain, insurance coverage, construction law, and consumer protection law. She earned her B.A. from Elmhurst College and her J.D. from the University of Illinois College of Law at Urbana-Champaign.
Lynn W. Esp is General Counsel for M&K Truck Centers, Bryon Center, MI, where she practices corporate and employment law. She has represented management, including credit unions, in employment issues before state and federal courts, drafted employee guidelines and handbooks, and delivered presentations on current issues in employment law. She earned her B.A. from Boston College and her J.D. from Chicago-Kent College of Law.
Margaret Curtiss Hannon is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Law at the University of Michigan Law School, in Ann Arbor, where she focuses on legal research and writing on labor and employment law. She has been recognized and awarded the Dean’s Teaching Award (2010) and the Dean’s Teaching Award Honorable Mention (2011). Ms. Hannon is the Associate Editor, Legal Communications and Rhetoric: JALWD and the Editor in Chief for the Monograph Series of the Legal Writing Institute. She earned her B.A. cum laude from Binghamton University and her J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School where she served as Note Editor and Associate Editor of the Michigan Law Review.
James Harbert is a Partner with Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP, in Chicago, where he concentrates his practice in employee benefits. He has served on the American Bar Association, Faculty for ERISA Basics National Institute (2013 – 2015). Mr. Harbert is also a volunteer attorney for the National Immigrant Justice Center Pro Bono Program, and he received the Big Shoulders Fund Director’s Award, for his pro bono legal work in support of inner-city Chicago Catholic schools. He received his A.B. from the College of William and Mary and his J.D. from the University of Virginia.
Steven M. Hartmann is a Partner and General Counsel at Freeborn & Peters LLP, in Chicago, where he focuses his practice on employment law and commercial litigation. He has been peer selected for Illinois Leading Lawyers in Commercial Litigation, Creditors’ Rights, and Bankruptcy & Workout Law (2015 – 2021) and recognized by Illinois Super Lawyers in Business Litigation (2015 – 2021). He earned his B.A. with honors from Northwestern University and his J.D. magna cum laude from the University of Illinois College of Law.
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Michael J. Leech is an independent mediator-arbitrator of Talk Sense Mediation with offices in Chicago and Philadelphia. Mr. Leech is rated A.V. Preeminent by Martindale Hubbell, an Illinois Super Lawyer and Leading Lawyer (2005 – present), and a Top 100 Illinois Super Lawyer (2011 – 2013). He is a Fellow of the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers (1997), a Distinguished Fellow of the International Academy of Mediators (2011), a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation (2011), a member of the American Law Institute (2013), Past President of the Association of Attorney-Mediators, and a member of the National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals. He earned his B.A. and J.D. from the University of Virginia.
Bradford A. LeHew is the Manager at the Law Offices of Bradford LeHew, in Chicago, where he concentrates his practice in employment and condominium law. Mr. LeHew was chosen a Super Lawyer Rising Star in Labor and Employment Law (2011 – 2013, 2015) and is a member of the American and Chicago Bar Associations. He received his B.S. from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, his MPS HRER from Pennsylvania State University, and his J.D. with honors from the Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago-Kent College of Law.
Michael R. Lied is an attorney with Howard & Howard Attorneys, PLLC, in Peoria, where he focuses his practice on labor and employment law and immigration law, representing employers. Mr. Lied is a Member of the State Bar of Michigan, the American Immigration Lawyers Association, the Federal Bar Association, the American Bar Association and its sections of Litigation and Labor and Employment Law, and the Illinois State Bar Association and it section on Labor and Employment Law. He is a member of the Leading Lawyers network and has been selected as an Illinois Super Lawyer (2007 – 2020). Mr. Lied received his B.S. and M.A. from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and his J.D. from the University of Michigan.
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L. Steven Platt is Senior Counsel at Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone, P.L.C., in Chicago, where he concentrates his practice in labor and employment law. He has been recognized as a Super Lawyer, is a Fellow of the American College of Labor and Employment Lawyers, and is rated Preeminent by Martindale-Hubbell. He received his B.A. from Northwestern University and his J.D. from Loyola University of Chicago.
Michael C. Rosenblat, of Michael C. Rosenblat, P.C., in Northbrook, concentrates his practice in False Claims Act litigation, healthcare investigation and audit defense, and criminal defense. He was previously the Deputy Chief of the Special Litigation Division, the Medicaid Fraud Unit, and Criminal Prosecutions in the Office of the Illinois Attorney General. Mr. Rosenblat has spoken at numerous events. He is a member of Taxpayers Against Fraud, the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, and the Chicago and Illinois State Bar Associations. He has also served in the United States Army as an infantry platoon leader and as a Judge Advocate General. He received his B.A. from the University of Illinois and his J.D. from The John Marshall Law School.
Don R. Sampen is a Partner at Clausen Miller P.C., where he concentrates on appellate, commercial, and insurance-related litigation. He has taught as an adjunct professor at several Chicago-area law schools, including insurance law, trial practice, pretrial litigation, and other subjects. He is the former Chief of Special Litigation, and Chief of the Public Interest Division, for the Illinois Attorney General’s Office, where he concentrated on complex civil litigation. He is AV Preeminent rated by Martindale-Hubbell and is an Illinois Super Lawyer in Insurance Coverage. He has argued appeals in the Illinois Supreme Court, all five Illinois appellate districts, four other state appellate courts, and six U.S. Courts of Appeals. Mr. Sampen received his J.D. magna cum laude from Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law.
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Todd D. Steenson serves as Assistant General Counsel for Exelon Business Services Corporation. He is a member of the American and Federal Bar Associations. Mr. Steenson earned his B.A. summa cum laude from Augsburg College and his J.D. summa cum laude from the University of Minnesota Law School.
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