Professional Details

Representative Matters

Successfully represented two different plaintiffs in sexual harassment suits arising out of their employment, which resulted in favorable settlements for the clients.

Successfully represented a plaintiff in a breach of contract dispute, which resulted in a favorable settlement for the client.

Successfully represented the defendant in a frivolous action, and subsequent appeal, in which the plaintiff sought to bring suit in a second forum after receiving an adverse ruling in the first forum. After obtaining a dismissal in the trial court for our client, the appellate court affirmed, and the plaintiff recovered no damages.

Successfully represented a plaintiff in an age discrimination suit arising out of his employment with a large private employer, which resulted in favorable settlement for the client.

Successfully represented multiple plaintiffs in wage and hour litigation against a large private employer, which resulted in favorable settlements for the clients.

Successfully represented the defendant in a breach of contract action on appeal, which resulted in a favorable ruling for the client.

Defeated employer's motion for summary judgment in a First Amendment retaliation suit.

Successfully represented a plaintiff in an age and gender discrimination suit against a large private employer, which resulted in a favorable settlement for the client.

Defeated employer's motion for summary judgment in a First Amendment retaliation suit.

Professional Recognition

• Named to the Rising Stars list in Illinois by Super Lawyers® (2012) 

Memberships / Associations

Legal

• Member, Illinois State Bar Association
• Member, Chicago Bar Association
• Advisory Board Member, DePaul College of Law Center on Public Interest Law

Publications

• Are We Really Over the Hill Yet? The Voting Rights Act at Forty Years: Actual and Constructive Disenfranchisement in the Wake of Election 2000 and Bush v. Gore, 54 DePaul L. Rev. 111 (2004).

Related News

• HSPRD associates Karyn Bass Ehler and Daniel Waitzman were named to the Illinois Rising Stars list for 2012 by Super Lawyers®. Read more.
• In an appeal brought by HSPRD, the Appellate Court of Illinois held that a police lieutenant could bring a retaliation claim under the Illinois Whistleblower Act, even though the entity to whom he had disclosed allegations of possible criminal activity was his own employer. Read more.
• HSPRD successfully persuades Illinois Court of Appeals to uphold victory for former police superintendent in contract dispute. Read more.