Tracy M. Billows
Tracy M. Billows
Tracy M. Billows is a Partner with Seyfarth Shaw LLP, in Chicago, where she concentrates her practice in representing and counseling employers in a variety of areas of labor and employment law. Ms. Billows is a member of the American and Chicago Bar Associations, the Society for Human Resource Management, and the Human Resource Management Association of Chicago. She received her B.A. from DePaul University, her M.S. from Loyola University, and her J.D. with honors from Chicago-Kent College of Law.
Daniel R. Bryer
Daniel R. Bryer
Daniel R. Bryer is counsel for Allstate Insurance Company, in Northbrook. Mr. Bryer received his B.A. from Indiana University, his J.D. magna cum laude from The John Marshall Law School, and his LL.M. degree in Business Law from Loyola University Chicago School of Law.
Paul H. Burmeister
Paul H. Burmeister
Paul H. Burmeister is a Shareholder at Davis & Campbell L.L.C. in Chicago, where he concentrates in labor and employment law. He is a member of the National Association of College and University Attorneys and the Chicago Bar Association. Mr. Burmeister received his B.A. and M.A. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and his J.D. from the Loyola University Chicago School of Law.
Eric S. Chovanec
Eric S. Chovanec
Eric S. Chovanec is a Partner at Thomas Mamer, LLP, in Champaign, and focuses his practice on employment law. Chovanec has been named a Leading Lawyer and is a member of the American and Illinois State Bar Associations. He received his B.S. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and his J.D. from DePaul University College of Law.
Joshua L. Ditelberg
Joshua L. Ditelberg
Joshua L. Ditelberg is a Partner at Seyfarth Shaw LLP in Chicago, where he concentrates his practice on labor and employment issues. He is Vice President and Past President of the Chicago Chapter of the Labor and Employment Relations Association, a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation, and a Fellow of the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers. Mr. Ditelberg received his B.A. summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, from the University of Pennsylvania, his M.A. with honors from the University of Pennsylvania, and his J.D. magna cum laude, Order of the Coif, from the University of Michigan Law School.
Noah A. Frank
Noah A. Frank
Noah A. Frank is Associate General Counsel at Enlivant, in Chicago, where he focuses on employment and labor law, litigation, and compliance. Frank was selected as a Super Lawyers Rising Star every year from 2012 to 2020 until going in-house. He received two B.A. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, M.H.R.I.R. from the University of Illinois Institute of Labor & Industrial Relations, and J.D. cum laude from the University of Illinois College of Law.
Michael V. Furlong
Michael V. Furlong
Michael V. Furlong is an associate at Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C., in Chicago, where he concentrates his practice in labor and employment law. Mr. Furlong is Chair of the Young Lawyers Section of the Chicago Bar Association Labor and Employment Committee. He received his B.A. from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and his J.D. from The John Marshall Law School, where he worked on The John Marshall Law Review.
Peter J. Gillespie
Peter J. Gillespie
Peter J. Gillespie is a Partner at Laner Muchin, Ltd, in Chicago, where he represents and counsels management on employment law issues. Gillespie is a member of the Editorial Board of SciTech Lawyer and is Membership and Diversity Committee Chair, American Bar Association Section of Science and Technology Law. He received his B.A. from Northwestern University and his J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center.
Michael F. Hughes
Michael F. Hughes
Michael F. Hughes is a Partner at Amundsen Davis LLC, in St. Charles, where he concentrates on labor and employment. Hughes is a member of the Illinois State Bar Association. He received his J.D. from IIT/Chicago-Kent College of Law.
David E. Krchak
David E. Krchak
David E. Krchak is Of Counsel at Thomas Mamer, LLP, in Champaign, where he concentrates his practice in labor and employment law and civil rights defense. Krchak is Past Chair of the Labor and Employment Law Section Council of the Illinois State Bar Association. He is also a member of the Defense Research Institute and a contributor to the Illinois Bar Journal. Krchak received his B.A. with high honors from the University of Illinois and his J.D. from the University of Illinois College of Law. He was also an Urban Mass Transportation Fellow at Northwestern University.
John F. Kuenstler
John F. Kuenstler
John F. Kuenstler is a Partner in Barnes & Thornburg LLP, in the firm’s Chicago and Los Angeles offices, where he concentrates his practice in the defense of employers in labor and employment litigation and litigation avoidance counseling. He appears before federal and state courts and agencies across the nation, defending his clients against claims of employment discrimination. Kuenstler has experience litigating and managing class actions and other complex litigation as well as obtaining favorable resolutions of high-profile litigation. He has obtained numerous summary judgment rulings for his clients on claims for alleged sexual harassment and age, race, and disability discrimination. Kuenstler also conducts management training seminars on issues of discrimination, harassment, and retaliation. Kuenstler received his B.A. from the University of Illinois and his J.D. from Washington University St. Louis School of Law.
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.
Richard P. McArdle
Richard P. McArdle
Richard P. McArdle is a Partner in Seyfarth Shaw LLP’s Labor and Employment Practice Group, in Chicago, where he represents employers in the entire range of employment law matters. Mr. McArdle is a member of the American Bar Association’s Equal Employment Opportunity Committee. Mr. McArdle received his B.A. cum laude from Cleveland State University, M.B.A. from Case Western Reserve University — Weatherhead School of Management, and J.D. from Case Western Reserve University School of Law.
Marco A. Moreno
Marco A. Moreno
Mallory A. Moreno is a Principal at Chuhak & Tecson P.C. in Chicago, where she focuses her practice on trust and estate administration and litigation, guardianship, and elder law. She is Chair of the Chicago Bar Association’s Probate Practice Committee and is one of only thirteen Certified Elder Law Attorneys in the State of Illinois. She was recognized by 40 Under 40: 40 Illinois Attorneys Under 40 to Watch (2022). Ms. Moreno received her BA magna cum laude from Miami University and her JD from DePaul University College of Law.
Jeffrey A. Risch
Jeffrey A. Risch
Jeffrey A. Risch is a Partner at Amundsen Davis LLC, in Chicago, where he focuses his practice on management-side labor and employment law. He is a Board Member of the Illinois Chamber of Commerce, and he serves as Chair of its Employment Litigation Committee. Risch is Chapter Labor Counsel and Board Member for the Associated Builders and Contractors of Illinois, and he is also recognized as a 2023 Honoree of Crain’s Chicago Business Notable Leaders in Employment and Labor Law. Rischreceived his J.D., with highest honors, from University of Tulsa College of Law and his B.S. from Illinois State University.
Nancy E. Sasamoto
Nancy E. Sasamoto
Nancy E. Sasamoto is a Principal at Masuda Funai Eifert & Mitchell, Ltd., in Chicago, where she concentrates her practice in employment counseling and litigation. Sasamoto has been chosen as an Illinois Super Lawyer. She is a board member of the Asian American Bar Association of the Greater Chicago Area Law Foundation and a member of the American Bar Association. Sasamoto received her B.S. from the University of Illinois and her J.D. from Washington University School of Law.
Mark J. Sobczak
Mark J. Sobczak
Mark J. Sobczak is a Partner at Nicolaides Fink Thorpe Michaelides Sullivan LLP, in Chicago, and focuses his practice on appeals. Mr. Sobczak received his B.A. from Illinois State University and his J.D. magna cum laude from Northern Illinois University College of Law.

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Conducting the Employment Practices Audit (ARCHIVED 2020 EDITION)

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Tracy M. Billows

Daniel R. Bryer

Paul H. Burmeister

Eric S. Chovanec

Joshua L. Ditelberg

Noah A. Frank

Michael V. Furlong

Peter J. Gillespie

Michael F. Hughes

David E. Krchak

John F. Kuenstler

Michael R. Lied

Richard P. McArdle

Marco A. Moreno

Jeffrey A. Risch

Nancy E. Sasamoto

Mark J. Sobczak

Conducting the Employment Practices Audit (ARCHIVED 2020 EDITION)