Overview
Jeff joined Laner Muchin in 1994 as an associate and has been a partner at the Firm since 1998. He regularly litigates employment, employee benefits and labor matters, including employment contract disputes, post-employment restrictions, employment-related class and collective actions as well as discrimination, harassment, and retaliation claims. He also conducts employment-related corporate investigations in a variety of settings. Jeff also provides compliance-related and strategic advice on a broad range of labor and employment issues.
Jeff served in the United States Army, as well as serving as a police officer, prior to embarking on his legal career.
HONORS, MEMBERSHIPS AND PUBLICATIONS
- Illinois Leading Lawyers and Super Lawyers designation for several years
- Member, John Marshall Law Review and National Moot Court Team
- Member and past chair of the Labor & Employment Committee, DuPage County Bar Association
- Member of National Board, Christian Legal Society
- Author, Rowe v. State Bank of Lombard: The Key to Unlocking a Landlord's Duty to Provide Security, 23 J. Marshall L. Rev. 131 (1989)
- Contributing author for American Law Reports and the Illinois Institute of Continuing Legal Education
Practice Areas
Education
The John Marshall Law School -- Chicago, J.D., summa cum laude, 1991
The University of Houston – Clear Lake, B.S., summa cum laude, 1987
Admissions
- US. Supreme Court
- Illinois
- U.S. District Court for the Northern, Central and Southern Districts of Illinois
- Trial Bar, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
- U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, 6th, 7th, 10th and Federal Circuits
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern and Western District of Arkansas
- U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of Indiana
