Amanda Suchecki Email & Phone Number

Greater Chicago Area

• Provide pragmatic, solutions-focused employment and corporate law advice.• Oversee litigation and employment matters within the Americas and EMEA Regions, including managing budgets and direction of outside counsel to efficiently, effectively and successfully resolve matters.• Coordinate and liaise between the Americas region and the rest of the global legal team regarding the firm’s operations, risks and legal initiatives.• Partner with HR leadership team on global compliance projects including implementation of a Global Employee Handbook, as well as provide day-to-day advice to our Americas and EMEA HR partners. • Provide legal advice and services in connection with a broad array of business transactions, including drafting and negotiating commercial agreements (e.g., client engagement, confidentiality, master services and vendor agreements).• Oversight of privacy and AI compliance program

Chicago, Il

• Advised on employment matters within the Americas and EMEA regions, including hiring, terminations, discrimination, wage & hour issues, disability accommodation, state and federal compliance (e.g., ADA, ADEA, Title VII, FMLA, FLSA, OFCCP and WARN Act) and investigations• Managed and oversaw preparation of all legal documentation supporting multiple reductions in force• Managed employment litigation, including overseeing outside counsel and developing case strategy• Supported resolution of attorney demand letters, and Federal, state and local agency claims and charges• Conducted sensitive internal investigations and prepare comprehensive reports and recommendations to business based on analysis; • Prepared, negotiated and evaluated risks involved with complex employment agreements, including those containing employee non-solicits and other restrictive covenants

Chicago, Illinois

• Defended management in employment and labor litigation, including formulating and executing case strategy. • Broad experience preparing for all phases of trial, including taking and defending depositions, representing clients in mediations and settlement conferences, preparing witnesses for trial and depositions, drafting pretrial and dispositive motions and motions in limine, and drafting jury instructions.• Successfully briefed appeal before the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, resulting in affirmation of motion to dismiss age discrimination claims• Authored over 45 position statements in connection with representing clients before such agencies as the EEOC, DOL and Illinois Department of Human Rights• Second-chaired collective bargaining agreement negotiations, including drafting proposals, and participating in all bargaining sessions with union and planning meetings with client • Advised clients on all aspects of employment and labor law, including wage and hour issues, EEO practices, pre-employment inquiries, discharge and discipline, FMLA leave and ADA accommodations and issues arising under the NLRA• Conducted workplace investigations involving discrimination and harassment claims, providing substantive reports of findings and recommend courses of action• Conducted 50-state survey of wage and hour laws in order to develop individualized scheduling and timekeeping guidelines for Fortune 500 company’s restaurants• Speaker during firm webinars on 1) Office of Federal Contract Compliance Program’s final rules for veterans and disabled individuals; and 2) pregnancy discrimination • Served as member of Meckler Bulger Tilson Clerk Hiring Committee, overseeing the hiring and training of firm law clerks (2013-2015) • Contributing Editor to the "Age Discrimination in Employment Law" treatise supplement and "The Developing Labor Law" cumulative supplement

San Antonio, Texas Area

• Managed unemployment claims and served as company representative during Texas Workforce Commission unemployment hearings• Drafted initial EEOC position statements, produced annual EEO-1 reports and contributed to annual AAP update• Authored human resource policies, revised employee handbook and developed management trainings• Oversaw documentation, certification and compliance for employee FMLA leave requests• Managed benefits administration, including open enrollment, for 1,250 employees• Counseled management on employment issues related to FMLA leave and discharge/discipline decisions

Juris Doctor, Magna Cum Laude

Activities and Societies: Externship for Judge Lefkow in the Northern District of Illinois; member of Loyola Law Journal; recipient.

Bachelor Of Science, Communication Studies

Activities and Societies: Dean’s List; National Scholars Honor Society; National Dean’s List Study Abroad, Rome, Italy; Recruitment Chair.

Education record

Activities and Societies: Jesuit Rangerettes, National Honor Society