James P. Bartley
James P. Bartley
James P. Bartley is a Partner with Klein, Thorpe & Jenkins, Ltd., in Chicago, and practices in labor and employment law and school law. Bartley is a member of Illinois Council of School Attorneys, where he has chaired and served on the executive committee; member of the Illinois State Bar Association and has served on the executive board of Education Law Committee; and member of the Illinois Local Government Lawyers Association. Bartley received his B.A. from Loyola University and his J.D. with high distinction from The John Marshall Law School.
Maryam T. Brotine
Maryam T. Brotine
Maryam T. Brotine is Associate General Counsel and Director of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at the Illinois Association of School Boards in Lombard. Brotine is a Member of the Illinois Attorney General’s Advisory Committee on Special Education and has served on the Illinois State Board of Education’s Ensuring Success in School Task Force and Whole Child Task Force. She received her B.S. from the University of Illinois and her J.D. from DePaul University College of Law, where she was an International Human Rights Sullivan Fellow and a member of the Moot Court Trial Team, National Lawyers Guild, and the Chiapas Practicum. She has also completed Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management’s Beyond Diversity Certificate Program and Cornell University’s eCornell Diversity and Inclusion Certificate Program.
Stewart H. Diamond
Stewart H. Diamond
Stewart H. Diamond is a Partner at Ancel Glink, P.C., in Chicago, where he concentrates his practice in representation of local governmental bodies. He represents municipalities in all aspects of growth from 4,000 to 100,000 and has advised numerous communities on their transition to home rule. Diamond also represents a number of water agencies during their multimillion-dollar construction phase and during mature operations. He drafted one of the first contract and bylaws agreements for a comprehensive intergovernmental self-insurance pool in the United States and currently represents a large number of intergovernmental self-insurance pools. Diamond is the originating General Editor of the IICLE^® municipal law and school law handbooks and has participated in numerous seminars on these subjects. He is the Editor of the ILLINOIS MUNICIPAL HANDBOOK, published by the Illinois Municipal League. He is also one of the authors of the ILLINOIS PARK DISTRICT LAW HANDBOOK, now in its 8th edition, published by the Illinois Association of Park Districts, and a handbook on township law. Diamond has written many articles on local government law. He has taught municipal law at Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law and The John Marshall Law School and is Past Chair of the Illinois State Bar Association Local Government Law Section Council. In over 40 years of law practice, he has represented as regular or special counsel many governmental bodies in the Chicago metropolitan area and in other parts of the state. He was educated at the University of Chicago, where he received both his A.B. and his J.D., and University College, Oxford, England.
Frank B. Garrett III
Frank B. Garrett III
Frank B. Garrett III is a Partner with Robbins, Schwartz, Nicholas, Lifton & Taylor, Ltd., in Chicago, where he concentrates in education law, employment law, and litigation. Mr. Garrett has been named an Illinois Leading Lawyer in Employment Law and is a member of the Illinois Council of School Attorney, the American Bar Association, and its Labor and Employment Section. Mr. Garrett received his B.A. from Oberlin College and his J.D. from DePaul University College of Law.
Philip H. Gerner III
Philip H. Gerner III
Philip H. Gerner III is a Partner with Robbins, Schwartz, Nicholas, Lifton & Taylor, Ltd., in Chicago, where he counsels and represents school districts and community colleges in collective-bargaining negotiations, union representation petitions, and IELRB proceedings; teacher evaluations, remediations, and dismissals; employee discipline and discharge issues; labor contract administration and grievance arbitration; and other labor and employment issues. Mr. Gerner is a frequent presenter for the Illinois Association of School Boards, the Illinois Association of School Administrators, the Illinois Association of School Business Officials, the Illinois Community College Trustees Association, and other educational employer associations on a full range of labor and employment issues. He has been named an Illinois Leading Lawyer in employment and school law. Mr. Gerner received his B.A. cum laude from St. Lawrence University and his J.D. from Washington University School of Law.
Timothy E. Guare
Timothy E. Guare
Timothy E. Guare is a Partner with Hodges, Loizzi, Eisenhammer, Rodick & Kohn, LLP, in Arlington Heights, where he practices in the areas of public sector labor and employment law. He is a frequent speaker at labor and employment conferences and seminars presented in respected forums including the Illinois and National Public Employer Labor Relations Associations, the IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law Public Sector Labor Relations Law Program, and IICLE®. A former teacher of mathematics, he has also served as a board member of his local high school district and as education editor in his community’s local press. Mr. Guare received his undergraduate degree from the University of Illinois and his J.D. from DePaul University College of Law.
Margaret Kostopulos
Margaret Kostopulos
Margaret Kostopulos is a Partner at Ancel Glink, P.C., in Chicago, where she focuses on labor and employment law and school law. She is a member of the Illinois State and Chicago Bar Associations and the Illinois Council of School Attorneys. Kostopulos is also a member of the Illinois Public Employer Labor Relations Association and has conducted training programs before IPELRA and other state associations on Illinois labor law issues. She has been named by Chicago Magazine and Illinois Super Lawyers as one of the top labor and employment lawyers in the state. Kostopulos received her B.A. from Loyola University and her J.D. from The UIC John Marshall Law School.
Keri-Lyn J. Krafthefer
Keri-Lyn J. Krafthefer
Keri-Lyn J. Krafthefer is an Equity Partner at Ancel Glink, P.C., in Naperville, where she focuses on local government law and election law. Illinois Super Lawyers named her one of the Top 50 Female Attorneys in the State of Illinois, and Leading Lawyers Magazine named her one of the top ten leading women lawyers in government, municipal, lobbying, and administrative law. Krafthefer has been named as a Super Lawyer representing cities and villages for every year that such distinction has been awarded. She received her B.A. from the University of Illinois and her J.D. from The UIC John Marshall Law School.
Rachel E. Lutner
Rachel E. Lutner
Rachel E. Lutner is a Partner with Robbins, Schwartz, Nicholas, Lifton & Taylor, Ltd., in Chicago, where she focuses on labor and employment law. Ms. Lutner has conducted management and employee training sessions and seminars on harassment, workplace policies, human resources functions, union avoidance, civility in the workplace, and investigating and resolving other complaints. She is also an author and speaker on labor and employment issues. Ms. Lutner received her B.A. from Carleton College and her J.D. from the University of Illinois College of Law.
Colette L. McCarty
Colette L. McCarty
Colette L. McCarty is an associate at Robbins, Schwartz, Nicholas, Lifton & Taylor, Ltd., in Champaign, where she concentrates her practice in education law with a focus on student issues. Ms. McCarty is a frequent presenter on topics dealing with student and school issues and has spoken for the Illinois Community College Chief Student Services Officers and the Large Unit District Association and Robbins Schwartz Administrators’ Academy. She is a member of the Illinois State Bar Association, the Illinois Council of School Attorneys, and the National Council of School Attorneys. Ms. McCarty received her B.A. magna cum laude from the University of Illinois and her J.D. from the University of Illinois College of Law.
Thomas M. Melody
Thomas M. Melody
Thomas M. Melody is a Partner with Klein, Thorpe & Jenkins, Ltd., in Chicago, where he concentrates his practice in labor and employment law. Melody is a Member of National Council of School Attorneys and serves on the Executive Committee of Illinois Council of School Attorneys. He is also a member of the National and Illinois Public Employer Labor Relations Association and the Illinois State and Chicago Bar Associations. Melody received his J.D. from Loyola University School of Law and his B.A. from Loyola University.
Susan E. Nicholas
Susan E. Nicholas
Susan E. Nicholasis a Partner at Robbins Schwartz, in Champaign, and concentrates her practice on labor and employment, students, and municipal law. Nicholas is a member of the Illinois Council of School Attorneys and the Illinois State and Decatur Bar Associations. She received her B.A. from Illinois Wesleyan University and her J.D. magna cum laude from Southern Illinois School of Law.
Everett E. Nicholas, Jr.
Everett E. Nicholas, Jr.
Everett E. Nicholas, Jr., is with Robbins, Schwartz, Nicholas, Lifton & Taylor, Ltd., in Decatur, where he focuses on education law. Mr. Nicholas has represented clients in arbitrations, unfair labor practices, administrative review actions, as well as all types of trials and appellate matters. On behalf of school districts, he has successfully prosecuted numerous tenured teacher dismissals, prosecuted and defended many detachment and consolidation cases, and represented districts in litigation challenging student expulsions, reductions in force, due-process violations, and civil rights issues. He has served on the Illinois State Bar Association’s Education Law Council three different times, serving as Chair twice. He has also served as Chair of the Local Government and House Committees of the Chicago Bar Association and as a member of the ISBA Labor Law Committee. He was recognized by his peers as being in the top five percent of Illinois attorneys in a survey by the Law Bulletin Publishing Company, listed in Leading Lawyers.com, and named an Illinois Super Lawyer. Mr. Nicholas received his A.B. from Wheaton College and his J.D. from the University of Illinois College of Law.
Robert E. Riley
Robert E. Riley
Robert E. Riley is a Partner with Robbins, Schwartz, Nicholas, Lifton & Taylor, Ltd., in Chicago, where he concentrates in advising and representing units of local government (including school districts, community colleges, and municipalities), corporations, and insurers in labor and employment matters. Mr. Riley has been a speaker for the Illinois Association of School Boards, the Illinois Association of School Administrators, the Illinois Community College Business Managers Association, and the Council on Education in Management and has spoken at numerous seminars for school district superintendents, board members, and business managers. He is a member of the American, Illinois State, and Chicago Bar Associations, the Chicago Council of Lawyers, and the State Judicial Evaluation Committee. Mr. Riley received his B.A. from Western Illinois University and his J.D. from DePaul University College of Law.
James D. Rock
James D. Rock
James D. Rock is Of Counsel at Ancel Glink, P.C., in Chicago, where he focuses on local government. Mr. Rock received his B.S. from Central Michigan University, his M.A. from Northern Illinois University, and his J.D. from the University of Illinois Chicago School of Law.
Caroline A. Roselli
Caroline A. Roselli
Caroline A. Roselli is a Partner with Robbins Schwartz, in Chicago, where she practices in the areas of education law, special education, and student rights. Roselli is First Vice Chair of the Illinois Council of School Attorneys and a member of the National Council of School Attorneys and has been named an Illinois Super Lawyer in School Law multiple times. She received her B.A. from the University of Notre Dame and her J.D. cum laude from Loyola University Chicago School of Law.
Laura M. Sinars
Laura M. Sinars
Laura M. Sinarsis a Partner with Robbins Schwartz, in Chicago, where she focuses on education law, special education, and student rights. Sinars is a member of both the Illinois and National Councils of School Attorneys and has been named and Illinois Super Lawyer. Sinars received her B.A. the University of Notre Dame and her J.D. from the University of Notre Dame Law School.
Gregory T. Smith
Gregory T. Smith
Gregory T. Smith is a Partner at Elrod Friedman LLP, in Chicago, where he focuses his practice on local government, real estate, and economic development. Mr. Smith received his B.S. with honors from DePaul University and his J.D. from Chicago-Kent College of Law.
Scott F. Uhler
Scott F. Uhler
Scott F. Uhleris a Partner at Klein, Thorpe and Jenkins, Ltd., in Chicago, where he concentrates his practice in school, municipal, and election law. He is a member of the Illinois Municipal League, the National and Illinois Councils of School Attorneys, and the Illinois Local Government Lawyers Association. Uhler received his B.S.W and M.S.W. from the University of Illinois Chicago, and received his J.D. from DePaul University College of Law.
Allen Wall
Allen Wall
Allen Wall is a Partner with Klein, Thorpe & Jenkins, Ltd., in Chicago, where he concentrates his practice in the areas of general litigation and municipal, library, and school law. Previously, Mr. Wall was a Senior Assistant General Counsel for the Chicago Board of Education. He received his B.A. magna cum laude from Williams College, his Masters from Duke University, his Masters and his Ph.D. from Northwestern University, and his J.D. from the University of North Carolina — Chapel Hill School of Law.

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James P. Bartley

Maryam T. Brotine

Stewart H. Diamond

Frank B. Garrett III

Philip H. Gerner III

Timothy E. Guare

Margaret Kostopulos

Keri-Lyn J. Krafthefer

Rachel E. Lutner

Colette L. McCarty

Thomas M. Melody

Susan E. Nicholas

Everett E. Nicholas, Jr.

Robert E. Riley

James D. Rock

Caroline A. Roselli

Laura M. Sinars

Gregory T. Smith

Scott F. Uhler

Allen Wall

School Law (Illinois): Personnel and Student Issues (ARCHIVED 2015 EDITION)