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Annual Employment Law Seminar
Monday, January 11, 2021
12:00 pm - Tuesday, January 19, 2021
2:00 pm
4.0 hours Illinois MCLE (pending)
Join us for the FBA’s Eighth Annual Employment Law Seminar and hear from employment law experts on the ever-changing landscape of federal laws and regulations.
Panelists will include members from the judiciary, academia, government, in-house counsel and private practice. Buying a ticket for this virtual program provides you with access to all four panels on January 11th and January 19th, 2021.
Part I: Monday, January 11, 2021
12:00-1:00 pm
Can I say that? Employee and Corporate Speech in Polarized Times
Susan Rider
Vice President and Deputy General Counsel, Labor, Employment & Benefits
Exelon
Prof. Thane Rosenbaum
Distinguished University Professor and Creative Director
Forum on Life, Culture & Society
Touro College
Prof. Geoffrey R. Stone
Edward H. Levi Distinguished Service Professor
University of Chicago Law School
Prof. David C. Yamada
Professor of Law, Director New Workplace Institute
Co-Director Employment Law
Suffolk University Law School
Erin McAdams Franzblau
Partner
Freeborn & Peters LLP
Moderator
1:00-2:00 pm
The Ins and Outs of COVID-19-Related Employment Issues: Hear from Attorneys in the Government and Private Practice
Megan O’Malley
Principal and Founding Member
O’Malley & Madden, P.C.
Allison Powers
Partner
Barack Ferrazzano Kirschbaum & Nagelberg LLP
Carol Miaskoff
Associate Legal Counsel
Office of Legal Counsel,
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Peter Vassalo
Counsel for Special Litigation
Division of Occupational Safety and Health, Office of the Solicitor, U.S. Department of Labor
Diane Smason
Deputy Director
Chicago District Office, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Moderator
Part II: Tuesday, January 19, 2021
12:00-1:00 pm
Supreme Court: 2020 and Beyond
Tom Goldstein
Partner
Goldstein & Russell, P.C.
Susan Provenzano
William M. Trumbull Professor of Practice
Northwestern Pritzker School of Law
Deborah Hamilton
EEOC Supervisory Trial Attorney
*(speaking in her personal capacity, not as a representative of the EEOC)
Todd Church
Shareholder
Littler Mendelson
Moderator
1:00-2:00 pm
Judges Panel: Hear from our District and Magistrate Judges about best practices and recent updates in employment law
Hon. John Kness
U.S. District Judge
Northern District of Illinois
Hon. Steven Seeger
U.S. District Judge
Northern District of Illinois
Hon. Beth Jantz
U.S. Magistrate Judge
Northern District of Illinois
Hon. Heather McShain
U.S. Magistrate Judge
Northern District of Illinois
Brenda Feis
Partner
Feis Goldy LLC
Moderator
| Category | Price | Discount Code |
|---|---|---|
| FBA Members – General | $60 | FBAMEMBER1 |
| FBA Members – Gov’t Employees and YLD | $40 | FBAMEMBER2 |
| Nonmembers – Gov’t Employees and YLD | $100 | NONMEMBER |
| Law Students | $40 | STUDENT |
| Non-member | $120 | n/a |
