Human Resources Assistant

SHERYL C. ALLENSON

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LEGAL EXPERIENCE

MediRegs, a Wolters Kluwer Company Editorial Consultant 7/10 to

present

Evaluated current labor and employment law cases to analyze decisions

applicable to compliance. Drafted employment law-related questions and

responses; developed risk assessments for human resources legal compliance

question set.

Law Office of Sheryl C. Allenson, P.C. 1/08 to

present

Established firm to serve employment, labor and commercial clients.

Representative matters include employment counseling for national supplier

of sewing equipment; a labor dispute between an individual and a

municipality; and, commercial disputes.

Represent employees in claims of discrimination and retaliatory discharge.

Serve as adjudicator for municipality.

Law Offices of Stuart P. Krauskopf, P.C., Of Counsel

1/05 to 10/07

Assisted in firm's inception, marketing and development of initial client

base. Opened and operated firm's suburban location. Practice focused in

civil litigation, including commercial disputes, employment counseling and

defense of employment claims; school law and advocacy and appellate

practice.

. Successfully defended numerous charges of employment discrimination

based on age, religion, race and national origin, sexual harassment

and retaliatory discharge.

. Represented numerous clients to seek collection of accounts

receivables, including appearance in all branches of court, and pre-

litigation dispute resolution. Represented corporate clients in

bankruptcy court to litigate secured and unsecured claims, as well as

preference actions and adversary proceedings.

. Represented out-of-state bank in complex bankruptcy action.

. Regularly appeared in court in Cook, Lake, Will and Kankakee counties,

as well as in Federal District Court for the Northern District of

Illinois.

. Appeared before numerous administrative agencies, including the

Illinois Department of Human Rights, the Illinois Human Rights

Commission, the Illinois Department of Labor, and the Equal Employment

Opportunity Commission.

. Obtained temporary restraining order, and ultimately permanent

injunction against former officer of software company to protect

confidential information and trade secrets, rights in restrictive

covenant, and to block source code from being released into public

domain.

. Represented employees in disputes regarding the enforceability of

restrictive covenants.

. Appeared and assisted on numerous defense matters regarding school bus

client.

Myers, Miller and Krauskopf, Contract associate 9/07

to 1/08

Contracted in September to assist in trial preparation and trial in age

discrimination matter in Federal District Court for the Northern District

of Illinois. Firm hired as trial counsel in September, with late October

trial date. Trial outcome: Jury verdict in defense favor.

. Reviewed and analyzed all discovery and pleadings, including

dispositive motions, to develop trial strategy.

. Drafted and successfully argued motion to admit plaintiff's expert as

defense witness.

. Drafted final pretrial order; prepared Motions in Limine and rebuttals

to plaintiff's motions, and conducted research to support those

motions and rebuttals; selected defense exhibits; reviewed and

analyzed plaintiff's exhibits and prepared objections thereto.

. Assisted in witness selection and preparation. Argued Motions in

Limine and various pre-trial issues; researched and wrote briefs

regarding the admission and exclusion of witnesses in light of court's

ruling; and, second chaired week-long trial.

FagelHaber LLC 1991 to 2001

Litigation Associate, 1992 to 2001. Summer Associate/Law Clerk, 6/91 to

11/92.

Handled all types of business and employment litigation, and professional

liability defense litigation.

. Defended claims against a public entity under the Americans with

Disabilities Act.

. Defended private and public clients against discrimination claims

based on age, religion, race and national origin, sexual harassment

and retaliatory discharge.

. Defended allegations of violations under the Worker Adjustment and

Retraining Notification Act, ERISA, OSHA and other employment related

statutes.

. Regularly handled employment related matters, including wage and

unemployment claims. Successfully litigated matters before a

Department of Labor Administrative Law Judge, which was subsequently

upheld on review.

. Managed nationwide collection activities for national foodservice

company, for secured and unsecured claims. Handled Illinois claims and

participating in the prosecution of matters outside of Illinois.

Worked with company to liquidate secured assets where necessary;

protected client interests in bankruptcy matters, including

participating in litigation.

. Represented national bank and other financial institutions in

litigation of secured and unsecured claims, including all areas of

collection of unpaid obligations through liquidation of secured

interests. Presented seminars to bank officers regarding Illinois

credit, collection and bankruptcy laws as they related to the bank

claims.

. Initiated and defended suits alleging common law fraud and violations

of the Illinois Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Practices Act on behalf

of corporations.

. Regularly appeared in all divisions of state and federal district

court, handling bench trials, evidentiary hearings, complex

dispositive motions and administrative hearings.

. Participated in alternative dispute resolutions, including a mediation

that resolved a discrimination case pending in federal district court.

. Authored numerous briefs for matters before Illinois Appellate Court,

and co-authored briefs in appeals before the Seventh Circuit Court of

Appeals.

. Managed small caseload of defense matters on behalf of auto insurer.

EDUCATION ADVOCACY EXPERIENCE

Bernard Weinger Jewish Community Center @ Am Shalom 2002 to

2005

. Co-head teacher in three-year-old preschool classroom (2003-05).

. Prepared and taught weekly lesson plans; supervised assistant teacher;

interacted with parents daily on children's' progress; wrote and

presented annual student conferences.

. Participated in meetings regarding students identified with

developmental or social differences. Identified strategies to foster

students' success in preschool program.

. Assistant teacher in preschool classroom involved in all phases of

instruction (2002-03).

Volunteer Special Education Mentor 2003-

2007

Mentor and assist parents in navigating complex special education services

available resources, for students with developmental or educational

disabilities.

JOURNALISM EXPERIENCE

Comprehensive General Liability Reporter 6/90 to 8/90

Researched new cases applicable to Reporter's audience and prepared

summaries for publication.

Coal Magazine, News Editor 1/88

to 1/89

Determined content for news section of coal industry trade publication;

researched and drafted stories on environmental, technical and legislative

developments; assigned stories to stringers nationwide; edited stories

prepared by stringers. Attended and presented at trade shows.

Pensions & Investment Age, (a Crain Communications publication)

Summer Intern, Summers 1986 and 1987. Freelance Reporter, 9/86 to 12/87.

Wrote articles for publication; investigated topics of interest; prepared

in-depth reports.

EDUCATION

IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law, Chicago, Illinois

JD, with Honors 1992

GPA 3.49; Class rank 45/296; Dean's List all eligible semesters.

. Managing Editor, IIT Chicago- Kent Law Review, 1991-92. Staff

Member, 1990-91.

. Student Liaison, Disciplinary Tribunal, 1991-1992.

. Judicial Externship, Judge James Zagel, 1992

University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa

BA, Journalism, 1987. Additional emphasis in Sociology.

. Worked as reporter for Daily Iowan, campus newspaper.

. Undertook independent study in investigative journalism, leading to

the publication by a Cedar Rapids daily newspaper of an

investigative piece regarding cults.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

. Admitted to the Bar of State of Illinois, November, 1992

. Admitted to the Bar of the District Court for the Northern District

of Illinois, December 1992

. Member of the Illinois Bar Association, American Bar Association

. Certified Administrative Adjudicator

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