Thacker Martinsek LPA is honored to be recognized as a “Law360 Ceiling Smasher” and to be listed as number 1 of the 25 firms given designation for their diversity and inclusion of women. This ranking was included in Law360’s annual announcement of “The Best Law Firms For Female Partners.” Out of more than 300 firms ...
The Firm is delighted that partner Stephanie Scharf has been selected by the Chicago Bar Association’s Alliance for Women to receive its Founder’s Award. The Award will be presented on May 22, 2015 at the Alliance’s Annual Award Luncheon at the Standard Club in Chicago. Read more here.
Berens & Miller, P.A. has announced that Nancy Geegnan and Justi Miller were panelists in the Professional Development for Litigators – ABA Law Practice Today. The ABA’s online magazine has over 400,000 recipients. Click here to read the article.
On March 18, 2015, the General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a report (Report), the purpose of which is to provide guidance to employers on which employee handbook rules, in the NLRB’s view, comply with the National Labor Relations Act (Act) and which employee handbook rules do not. Work rules could ...
Schmoyer Reinhard is pleased to announce John A. Ferguson, Jr. has joined the firm as a Partner, and Justin Barbour has been promoted to a Partner at the firm. Read more here.
Congrats to Gary Lafayette and Rebecca Kimura of Lafayette & Kumagai LLP. On April 13, 2015 their Motion for Summary Judgment was granted in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California on behalf of a Fortune 500 gas and electric company in an employment matter in which Plaintiff alleged race discrimination, ...
The “being a different kind of law firm inspires us” quote from their website is an understatement and a modest attempt to overshadow the fact that six of the firm’s fifteen partners are minorities, of which, four are women. This innovative thinking of “nonage fairness” and “women’s equality” did not go unnoticed when the firm ...
Manuel “Manny” is the Founder and Managing Partner of Sanchez Daniels & Hoffman LLP. Over the past 27 years the firm has earned a reputation as one of the premier civil litigation defense firms in the State of Illinois and has grown into the second largest minority-owned law firm in the United States. Read more here. ...