• As lead counsel in numerous federal, state, and administrative cases, develop and implement litigation and discovery strategies• Successfully argued motions to dismiss in federal and state court on matters involving employment discrimination and alleged liberty interest violations• Effectively represented state agencies before the Illinois Civil Service Commission against former employees appealing their discharge for personal conduct violations, resulting in discharges being upheld by the Commission• Extensive oral advocacy experience in state court, successfully arguing motions to quash subpoenas and briefs in support of administrative decisions• Manage heavy caseload with minimal supervision, which includes independently interviewing witnesses, taking and defending depositions, and reviewing documents and preparing responses to discovery requests

• Drafted numerous transactional documents, including asset purchase agreements, stock purchase agreements, employment contracts, commercial real estate leases, LLC operating agreements, and corporate by-laws• Independently conducted due diligence and prepared closing documents for a variety of corporate transactions• As primary associate on breach of fiduciary duty case involving a family limited partnership that went to trial and resulted in judgment in favor of our clients, reviewed thousands of documents, prepared deposition and direct examination questions, and wrote initial drafts of motions to dismiss that successfully eliminated several counts from amended complaints