Elizabeth C. Chavez - Geneva, IL

Overview

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • Loyola University Chicago School of Law, Chicago, Illinois
    Juris Doctor
  • Duke University School of Law, Durham, North Carolina
    Honors: Advanced Certification in Mass Tort and Multidistrict Litigation

• Non Legal Education

  • University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin
    B.A.

Current Employment Position(s)

• Managing Attorney

Classes and Seminars

• Mass Torts Made Perfect Speaker: Class Actions in Insurance Claims, Las Vegas, NV, Class Action Law Track, October, 2022
  
• Attorney-Client Privilege and the Work Product Doctrine, LawPracticeCLE, January 2021
  
• Advanced Employee Handbook Drafting, LawPracticeCLE, September 2020
  
• Social Media & the Law: Intellectual Property, Employment and the Duty of Professionals, LawPracticeCLE, January 2020
  
• Understand and Effectively Maximize Job-Protected Leave Entitlement Under the Family Medical Leave Act of 1993, as amended (“FMLA”); LawPracticeCLE, January 2020
  
• Workplace Changes and Challenges: Hot Topics and Emerging Employment Law Issues; LawPracticeCLE, March 2019
  
• Hasta La Vista v. I’ll Be Back: empowering employees to Understand and Effectively Maximize Job-Protected Leave Entitlement Under the Family Medical Leave Act of 1993, as amended (“FMLA”); LawPracticeCLE, March 2019
  
• A Lawyer’s Guide to the Employee Handbooks; mylawCLE and Wolters Kluwer CLE Broadcast, October 2017
  
• HIPAA Law for Lawyers: A Must-Know Guide to New Compliance Requirements; mylawCLE and Wolters Kluwer CLE Broadcast, September 2017
  
• Understanding the Basics and Not-So-Basics of the Attorney-Client Privilege and Work Product Doctrine; mylawCLE and Wolters Kluwer CLE Broadcast, September 2017
  
• International Trademark Registration: Advantages and Disadvantages of International Registration (IR) Through the Madrid Protocol; mylawCLE and Wolters Kluwer CLE Broadcast, September 2017
  
• Sexual Harassment and Hostile Work Environments; Kane County Bar Association CLE Presentation, May 2017
  
• What’s New in 2022: An Employment Lawyer’s Guide to trending topics in 2022, LawPracticeCLE, November 2021

Representative Cases

• Annoereno, et al., v. Claire’s Stores, Inc., 14-cv-07744
• Baranowska v. Intertek Testing Services NA, Inc., 19-cv-6844
• Garner v. National Railroad Passenger Corporation, 18-cv-03789
• Gomez v. River Trails Condominium Association, 19-cv-06157
• In Re Androgel Related Cases
• In Re Blue Cross Blue Shield Antitrust Litigation, MDL 2406
• In re Deere & Company Repair Services Antitrust Litigation, MDL 3030
• In Re Jimmy John’s Overtime Litigation, 14-cv-05509
• In Re Testosterone Replacement Therapy Products Liability Litigation, MDL 2545
• In Re: TikTok, Inc., Consumer Privacy Litigation
• In Re Wholesale Grocery Products Antitrust Litigation, MDL 2090
• Jones v. TSG Staffing, LLC., 18-cv-10321
• Kukovec v. The Estee Lauder Companies, Inc., 22-cv-01988
• Kukovec v. L'Oreal USA, Inc., 22-cv-03829
• Macklin v. The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, 23-cv-00959
• Nuger v. Tomy International, 17-cv-01993
• Robinson v. Tyson Foods, Inc., 23-cv-05501
• Rodriguez v. Unilock Chicago, Inc., 23-cv-05109
• Sheldon, Hunsberger v. State Farm, et al., 19-cv-01080
• Sliga, et. al., v. Combe Inc., 2022LA000004
• Wallace-Howell v. Ultra Foods, 16-cv-07578
• Watt, et al. v. Fox Restaurant Venture, et al., 17-cv-02104
• Wittorp v. Battaglia Food Service Distributors, 19-cv-06555

Published Works

Articles

• Attorney-Client Privilege and Work Product Doctrine, An In-Depth Review, LawPractice CLE (September 2023);
  
• Biometric Data and Privacy Overview, LawPracticeCLE (June 2023), Biometric Data and Privacy Overview (On-Demand) - LPCLE - LAWPRACTICECLE
  
• Advanced Employee Handbook Drafting, LawPracticeCLE (June 2023)
  
• Mass Torts Made Perfect Speaker: Class Actions in Insurance Claims, Las Vegas, NV (Class Action Law Track) (October, 2022)
  
• Attorney-Client Privilege and the Work Product Doctrine, LawPracticeCLE (January 2021)
  
• Advanced Employee Handbook Drafting, LawPracticeCLE (September 2020)
• Social Media & the Law: Intellectual Property, Employment and the Duty of Professionals, LawPracticeCLE (January 2020)
• Understand and Effectively Maximize Job-Protected Leave Entitlement Under the Family Medical Leave Act of 1993, as amended (“FMLA”); LawPracticeCLE (January 2020)
• Workplace Changes and Challenges: Hot Topics and Emerging Employment Law Issues; LawPracticeCLE (March 2019)
• Hasta La Vista v. I’ll Be Back: empowering employees to Understand and Effectively Maximize Job-Protected Leave Entitlement Under the Family Medical Leave Act of 1993, as amended (“FMLA”); LawPracticeCLE (March 2019)
• Drafting Employee Handbooks: Navigating the Complicated Practicality of the Employee Handbook; LawPracticeCLE (December 2018)
• Keep This Between Us: The Attorney-Client Privilege and Work Product Doctrine; LawPracticeCLE (December 2018)
• A Lawyer’s Guide to the Employee Handbooks; mylawCLE and Wolters Kluwer CLE Broadcast (October 2017)
• HIPAA Law for Lawyers: A Must-Know Guide to New Compliance Requirements; mylawCLE and Wolters Kluwer CLE Broadcast (September 2017)
• Understanding the Basics and Not-So-Basics of the Attorney-Client Privilege and Work Product Doctrine; mylawCLE and Wolters Kluwer CLE Broadcast (September 2017)
• International Trademark Registration: Advantages and Disadvantages of International Registration (IR) Through the Madrid Protocol; mylawCLE and Wolters Kluwer CLE Broadcast (September 2017)
• Sexual Harassment and Hostile Work Environments; Kane County Bar Association CLE Presentation (May 2017)

Bar Admissions

• Illinois
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois
• U.S. District Court Central District of Illinois

Specialties and Certifications

• Certified Mediator, Center for Conflict Resolution in Chicago, 2014

Other Affiliations

• Board of Directors Member, Public Justice, 2020-Present
• Board Development and Nominating Committee Member, Public Justice, 2020-Present
• Case Development/Special Projects Committee Member, Public Justice, 2020-Present
• Membership, Outreach & Diversity Committee Member, Public Justice, 2020-Present
• Executive Vice-Chair to Chicago Bar Association’s Young Lawyer Society’s Labor and Employment Committee, 2020-Present
• AAJ New Lawyer Division Public Justice Liaison, 2020-Present
• Kane County Bar Association Labor and Employment Committee Co-Chair, 2023-2024
• Best Lawyers “One’s to Watch,” 2023-2024
• Emerging Lawyer, Leading Lawyers, 2022-2024
• “Civil Plaintiff—Top 40 under 40” Trial Attorney by the National Trial Lawyers, 2020-2024
• Rising Star, SuperLawyers, 2019-2024
• Chicago Magazine Outstanding Young Lawyers in Illinois, 2019-2024
• Advanced Certificate in Mass-Tort MDL, Bolch Judicial Institute, Duke University School of Law (2020)
• Certificate in Mass-Tort MDL, Bolch Judicial Institute, Duke University School of Law (2019)
• Administer Justice volunteer attorney, 2018-Present
• 2017 Top 20 Jury Verdict (Illinois)
• Center for Conflict Resolution (CCR) certified mediator
• Member of Kane County Bar Association, Chicago Bar Association, American Bar Association, Federal Bar Association, Women Antitrust Plaintiffs’ Attorneys (“WAPA”), Public Justice, American Association for Justice (“AAJ”) and National Employment Lawyers Association (“NELA”)
• What’s New in 2022: An Employment Lawyer’s Guide to trending topics in 2022, LawPracticeCLE (November 2021)