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Heather A. Bailey
Heather A. Bailey
Heather A. Baileyis a Partner at Amundsen Davis, LLC, in Chicago, where she focuses her practice on employment and labor law. She is a member of the Advisory Committee (2017 – present) and Past President (2015 – 2016) of the Professional Women’s Club of Chicago. She has been recognized by Crain’s Chicago Business as a Notable Leader in Employment & Labor Law (2023) and a Notable Woman in Law (2026). Bailey earned her BA from Bowling Green State University and her JD from the University of Illinois Chicago School of Law.
Tiffany L. Carpenter
Tiffany L. Carpenter
Tiffany L. Carpenteris a shareholder and equity partner of Howard & Howard PLLC in Chicago, where she concentrates her practice in matters related to litigation. She has been recognized by the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin as one of 40 Illinois Attorneys Under 40 To Watch (2021). She is a member of the Board of Directors of the Illinois Judges Foundation Lawyers Auxiliary Committee’s Lawyers Auxiliary Committee and the Annual Award Chair of DRI Women in Law. Carpenter earned her BA from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and her JD from the University of Illinois Chicago School of Law, where she was the recipient of the Marie Adornetto Monahan Endowed Judicial Extern Scholarship (spring 2006) and sat on the Trial Advocacy and Dispute Resolution Honors Board (2006 – 2007).
Marcia G. Cotler
Marcia G. Cotler
Marcia G. Cotler is Principal and Founder of Cotler Law LLC, in Northbrook, where she focuses her practice on employment law. She has been recognized as an Illinois Super Lawyer (2019 – 2022). She earned her B.A. with highest honors from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and her J.D. cum laude from Georgetown University Law Center.
Jacinta Epting
Jacinta Epting
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
Lynn W. Esp
Lynn W. Esp is General Counsel for ZFS Solutions, LLC, in Zeeland, MI, where she practices corporate and employment law. She has represented management in employment issues before state and federal courts, drafted employee guidelines and handbooks, and delivered presentations on current issues in employment law and is a member of the Illinois and Michigan State Bar Associations. Esp earned her BA from Boston College and her JD from the Chicago-Kent College of Law.
Steven M. Hartmann
Steven M. Hartmann
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.
Michael J. Leech
Michael J. Leech
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.
Michael R. Lied
Michael R. Lied
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.
L. Steven Platt
L. Steven Platt
L. Steven Platt is Of Counsel at Howard & Howard Attorneys PLLC in Chicago and has practiced labor and employment law for more than 48 years. 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 BA from Northwestern University and his JD from Loyola University of Chicago.
Emily J. Stine
Emily J. Stine
Emily J. Stine is an associate at Freeborn & Peters LLP, in Chicago, where she focuses her practice on commercial and reinsurance litigation. She was selected by peer review as an Emerging Lawyer in Commercial Litigation (2018). Ms. Stine earned her B.A. with distinction from Purdue University, Phi Beta Kappa, and her J.D. summa cum laude, Order of the Coif, from DePaul University College of Law, where she was the Managing Editor of Lead Articles for the DePaul Law Review.

Heather A. Bailey

Tiffany L. Carpenter

Marcia G. Cotler

Jacinta Epting

Lynn W. Esp

Steven M. Hartmann

Michael J. Leech

Michael R. Lied

L. Steven Platt

Emily J. Stine

Employment Termination: Employer Obligations and Workplace Considerations (ARCHIVED 2018 EDITION)