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With over 20 years of experience as a labor and employment litigator with Seyfarth Shaw, I am a trusted advisor to clients in the airline, retail, healthcare and manufacturing industries. My practice focuses on advice and counsel and innovative litigation involving: - complex procedural defenses such as preemption of state law claims under ERISA, Railway Labor Act, Airline Deregulation Act, Federal Aviation Act, and the Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance Act (SGLIA); Article III and statutory standing; statute of limitations; and administrative exhaustion requirements, among others- ERISA single, multi-plaintiff and class action matters involving denial of health, disability, life, pension and 401(k) benefits, including defense of high profile “stock drop,” retiree medical and 401(k fee class actions- Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) claims, prevailing as lead counsel in the first BIPA case to be heard by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit - Illinois Genetic Information Privacy Act claims (GIPA)- whistleblower claims under state law, AIR21, Dodd-Frank and Sarbanes-Oxley- discrimination claims in state and federal jurisdictions across the country, including under Title VII, ADA, Section 1981, and the ADEA, and their state law counterparts, including systemic actions brought by the EEOCMy class action experience includes unique procedural issues including sustaining removal of cases to federal court on preemption and Class Action Fairness Act (CAFA) grounds, successfully opposing a named plaintiff-intervenor, successfully petitioning for Fed. R. Civ. P. 23(f) review of class certification, obtaining appellate CAFA review and reversal of a district court remand order, defeating and narrowing class certification, and negotiating and overseeing settlements in classes of up to 160,000 class members.I also have significant e-discovery experience in both single-plaintiff and class action matters, including the effective and efficient management of preservation, collection, review, and production of electronically stored information (ESI), as well as aggressively navigating disputes regarding the breadth and scope of the production of ESI.In 2019, my unique legal strategy in a commercial airline matter was recognized for innovation by The Financial Times. I co-chair the firm's Air and Rail specialty team, and am a member of its ERISA and Employee Benefits Litigation practice group, Whistleblower team and Health Care and Provider Fraud team.ATTORNEY ADVERTISING

Listed skills include Employment Discrimination, Litigation, Employment Law, Class Actions, and 45 others.

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  Partner

  Seyfarth Shaw

  Sep 2004 - Present - Chicago, Illinois

  Labor & Employment Litigator