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Equal Opportunities & Employment Law Department
 
The Equal Opportunities & Employment Law Department of Gonzalez Saggio & Harlan LLP has extensive experience in employment, public accommodations and credit discrimination litigation. We have obtained numerous favorable jury verdicts for our clients in federal discrimination cases and have established a successful appellate practice. Our department provides training for clients in such areas as diversity; supplier diversity; equal employment opportunities; union avoidance and maintaining a harassment-free workplace. Our attorneys have drafted employee handbooks, handled discipline and discharge issues, managed large reductions in force issues, reviewed wage and hour practices, and written affirmative action plans. We also engage in preventive, day-to-day counseling with clients on a wide range of labor and employment issues.
   
Listing of department attorneys
 

Emery K. Harlan
Kerrie M. Murphy
Gregory M. Wesley
Karma S. Rodgers
Brian A. Price
Elizabeth A. McDuffie
Stephen L. Knowles
Charles P. Magyera
Elizabeth Conkin
Marcie B. Cornfield
Lynn Urkov Thorpe
Karin R. Zeigler
Jill Pedigo Hall

 

Jacquelynn A. Ruiz
Warren E. Buliox
Laurie E. Meyer
Bethany C. McCurdy
Jerilyn Jacobs
Philip Holloway
Alejandro Valle
Felicia Miller-Watson
Avery L. Goodrich, Jr.
Kathleen M. Paustian
Angela K. Dorn
Rasheed A. Simmonds
Mary T. Foster

 
   
Representative Experience
 
  • Prepared and filed position statements for numerous employers in connection with charges pending before the U.S.   Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and various state equal opportunity and human rights commissions.
  • Represented an international financial services corporation in connection with wage-hour investigation by the United States Department of Labor.
  • Prepared and revised employment policy handbook for a large privately held software company.
  • Provided counsel regarding implementation of drug screening program for auto racing association.
  • Reviewed and modified affirmative action plan for large manufacturer in connection with an audit by the United States Department of Labor Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP).
  • Defended major food service corporation in connection with negligent hiring and negligent supervision allegations.
  • Conducted numerous racial and sexual harassment investigations on behalf of employers.
  • Represented Illinois manufacturer in connection with audit by the OFCCP.
  • Advised construction company in connection with prevailing wage investigation by the Department of Labor.
  • Counseled major quasi-governmental entity regarding reserve gate and work stoppage issues in connection with large scale construction effort.
  • Represented major restaurant chain in connection with public accommodations claim before Equal Rights Division.   Case dismissed.
  • Prepared and filed brief on behalf of Fortune 100 employer in race and handicap discrimination case.   Decision of Equal Rights Division dismissing claims was upheld.
  • Represented Fortune 500 company in connection with race harassment claim before federal court. Obtained jury verdict in favor of client.
 


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