Alisa B. Arnoff | Attorney

Admitted to practice in the State of Illinois

Admitted to practice in federal district courts for the Northern and Central Districts of Illinois, Eastern District of Wisconsin.

Admitted to practice before the Third, Sixth, Seventh and Eleventh Circuit Courts of Appeal.

Member of the Illinois State and American Bar Associations.

Editor-in-Chief,  Illinois Bar Journal Editorial Board.

Past Chair of Illinois State Bar Association's Labor & Employment Law Section Council.

Former Co-Editor of Illinois State Bar Association's Labor & Employment Law Section Council Newsletter.

Former Co-Chair of the Chicago Bar Association's Young Lawyers' Division Labor & Employment Law Committee for 1994-1996.

Former Chair, Human Resources Committee, Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of America, Inc.


EDUCATION

Juris Doctor, Loyola University School of Law, Chicago, Illinois.  1988

B.A. English, Loyola University, Chicago, Illinois.  1984

RECENT PUBLISHED WORKS

American Bar Association Labor and Employment Law Section's EEO Committee (March 2006), National Conference on Equal Employment, 2006

2005 Illinois Human Rights Commission Decisions, 43 ISBA Labor and Employment Law No. 4, March 2006, 2006

Nursing Mothers Require Accomodation, 23 ISBA Labor and Employment Law No. 1 (November 2001)

Don't Ask for Trouble When Hiring Staff , 47 American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Bulletin, No. 3 (June), 1999

A Case in Point-Racial Insults Turn to Violence , Chemical Processing Magazine, May, 1999

A Case in Point-Some Bad Behavior Gets Worse: From a Legal Standpoint , Chemical Processing Magazine, March, 1999

HIV Rulings Go Beyond Disability Law , 46 American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Bulletin, No. 5 (October), 1998

RECENT SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

Beards, Prayer, and Other Acts of Conscience:  Accommodating Employee Religious Freedom In The Workplace, American Bar Association Section of Labor and Employment Law, Teleconference (April 15, 2009).

The Basics:  Covenants Not-To-Compete and Trade Secrets,  American Bar Association Section of Labor and Employment Law, Employee Rights and Responsibilities Committee Mid-Winter Meeting, Key West, Florida   March 25, 2009.

Employee Rights in Employer-Provided Equipment, Chicago Bar Association's Trade and Professional Association Law Committee, Chicago, Illinois   February 10, 2009.

New Discrimination Cases You Must Understand to Protect Your Organization, Recent Developments in Employment Law 2008, Council on Education in Management, Oak Brook, Illinois September 25, 2008.

United States Supreme Court Update Employment and Labor Law Cases, Chicago Bar Association Labor & Employment Law Committee, Chicago, Illinois   May 14, 2008 [with co-presenter Lori Ecker].

Employment Litigation Skills Training:  Avoiding/Exploiting Pleading Pitfalls,  American Bar Association Section of Labor and Employment Law, Employee Rights and Responsibilities Committee Mid-Winter Meeting, Dana Point, California   April 1, 2008.

EEOC Update: The Relationship Between Discrimination and Retaliation, and What You Must Do to Break the Bond and Minimize Your Liability Risks,  Recent Developments in Employment Law 2007,  Council on Management in Education, Oak Brook, Illinois December 4, 2007
Workplace Investigations, Strong Foundations Build Strong Cases, American Bar Association Section of Labor and Employment Law, Employee Rights and Responsibilities Committee Mid-Winter Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana   March 28, 2007.
Discrimination & Employment Laws Potpourri Illinois, 9th Annual Employment Law Update & Motion Workshop, Illinois Institute of Continuing Legal Education, Chicago and Peoria, Illinois, April  2006
"Legal Issues of Hiring and Managing Employees with Mental Disabilities,"  Mental Health Issues in the Workplace: Strategies for Managing and Assisting Employees, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, Chicago IL, July 14, 2005
"Family and Medical Leave Act Decisions - 2002", Chicago Bar Association Young Lawyers Section Labor & Employment Law Section, Chicago, Illinois, February 7, 2003
Speaker and Moderator, "Deciphering Recent Court Decisions Interpreting the FMLA", State and Federal Leave Law Update 2002, Council on Education in Management, Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois, November 18, 2002

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Selected for inclusion in "Illinois Super Lawyers" in area of employment and labor law in 2008 and 2009.

AV Peer Rated, Martindale Hubbell

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