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Sherri Thornton Pierce | Chicago Lawsuit & Dispute Lawyer | Illinois

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Sherri Thornton Pierce

Sherri Thornton Pierce

Lawsuit & Dispute, Contract, Civil Rights, Government Agencies, General Practice, Education

Veteran litigator with significant trial experience in employment and business dispute cases

Experience: 39 years

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About Sherri

Sherri L. Thornton-Pierce is a seasoned trial lawyer, presently focusing her practice on complex public and private business concerns, with an emphasis on constitutional issues, employment and labor law, SBE/DBE/MWBE procurement matters, state and county government gaming law issues, and all manner of public and private organizational  concerns. She has over 20 years of civil trial and appellate experience as a U.S. Department of Justice trial attorney, an Assistant U.S. Attorney (Chicago), and as a supervisory (litigation) associate general counsel for the Board of Education of the City of Chicago.

Over the course of her career, Sherri has tried jury and non-jury cases in federal courts nationwide and has argued appellate cases in various jurisdictions on a variety of issues.

Sherri received her B.A. from Rutgers University and her J.D., with high honors, from Howard University School of Law.

Call for initial consultation, 800-961-9050.

Experience

Litigation Partner

Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP

2014 – Present

Chicago, IL

Litigation Partner

Shefsky & Froelich, Ltd

January 2007 – Present

Admission

Verified Illinois

2005

Verified Maryland

1987

Education

Howard University School of Law

J.D.

1985

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Recognitions & Achievements

Associations
  • American Bar Association (Member), National Association of Former Assistant United States Attorneys (Member), National Bar Association (Member), Illinois State Bar Association (Member), Chicago Bar Association (Member), Cook County Bar Association (Member), Black Women Lawyers Association of Greater Chicago, Inc. (Member), Women in the Boardroom (Member)

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