Alisa B. Arnoff
Chicago, Illinois
| Phone: | (312) 629-0546 |
| Fax: | (312) 629-0550 |
| Email: | aba@sacounsel.com |
BAR MEMBERSHIPS AND PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
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
A Survey of Recent Federal Activity Involving Joint Employment Issues, American Bar Association Section of Labor and Employment Law, Employee Rights and Responsibilities Committee Mid-Winter Meeting (March 2010).
Pleadings, Discovery, and Settlement: Checklists and Forms, Employment Termination, published by the Illinois Institute of Continuing Legal Education (April 2008).
2005 Illinois Human Rights Commission Decisions, 43 ISBA Labor and Employment Law No. 4 (March 2006).
The Technology-Use Rights of the Non-Union Employee, co-authored with Gregory J. Murphy and Andrea E. Scheele, National Conference on Equal Employment Opportunity Law, American Bar Association Labor and Employment Law Section's EEO Committee (March 2006).
RECENT SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
Taking the Bite out of Employee Lawsuits in a Dog Eat Dog World, Chicago Veterinary Medical Association, Burr Ridge, Illinois (April 28, 2010).
An Earthquake of Change in Employment Relations: Temporary Workers and the Employers that Hire Them, American Bar Association Section of Labor and Employment Law, Employee Rights and Responsibilities Committee Mid-Winter Meeting, Coronado, California March 27, 2010 (Panel member Management Representative).
13th Annual Employment & Labor Law Short Course, Illinois Institute of Continuing Legal Education, Chicago, Illinois, March 19, 2010 (Moderator).
AADA 2010: Disability' Redefined, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago Business TEAM Quarterly Luncheon, Chicago, Illinois, March 2, 2010.
Employer Access to Employees' Private E-mails and Text Messages: Legal or Not? A New Administration = New Employment Laws, Northern Illinois Society For Human Resources Annual Update and Panel Discussion, Highland Park, Illinois September 10, 2009.
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.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Selected for inclusion in "Illinois Super Lawyers" in area of employment and labor law in 2008, 2009, 2010.
Elected in 2010 as a Fellow of the College of Labor & Employment Lawyers.
May, 2010 received an Award for Excellence in Pro Bono Service from the Chicago Chapter of the Federal Bar Association and the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
AV Peer Rated, Martindale Hubbell.
