Marcia Gerber Cotler

Marcia Gerber Cotler

also known as Cotler Law LLC

5.0
Rating: 9.2

Licensed for 36 years

Employment and labor Lawyer at Northbrook, IL
Practice Areas: Employment & Labor

5 Revere Drive, Suite 200, Northbrook, IL

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Licenses

Licensed in Illinois for 36 years

State: Illinois

Acquired: 1989

Active and Authorized to Practice Law

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Location

Cotler Law LLC

5 Revere Drive, Suite 200, Northbrook, IL, 60062-8000

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Marcia Gerber Cotler's Reviews

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6 Client Reviews

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Posted by anonymous | March 19, 2025 | Hired Attorney

This review is from a person who hired this attorney.

Outstanding Legal Expertise and Guidance on Employment Contract

Marcia provided exceptional representation and guidance throughout my employment contract process, ensuring that my rights and interests were fully protected. Her expertise, attention to detail, and strategic advice made a significant difference, and I highly recommend her for employment-related matt...ers.

Posted by anonymous | June 22, 2023 | Hired Attorney

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Skilled, Practical, and Professional Counsel

I engaged Marcia to assist me in reviewing and negotiating a severance agreement. Marcia not only provided insightful comments to me regarding the severance agreement, but was effective in negotiating additional concessions from my former employer. Perhaps most importantly, Marcia was very efficient ...with her time, making her client service among the very best of her qualities. I would highly recommend engaging Marcia should you need any assistance with employment matters.

Posted by Caitlin | August 17, 2022 | Hired Attorney

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Employment attorney

I don’t have enough positive words for Marcia Cotler. She is so prompt you can barely get off the phone with the other party before she calls you back. She is so thorough and detailed in her work that it will make you question your own profession. She answered emails and drafted responses while on va...cation with her family on the east coast. As a nurse practitioner, I can only hope my pts feel the same attention she has given me. I personally have had no prior experience with a lawyer luckily, but I have to admit Marcia Cotler has been a dream. I almost wish there were another incident that required her assistance!

Posted by Paul | August 30, 2018 | Hired Attorney

This review is from a person who hired this attorney.

Relentless, compassionate, amazing!

My interaction with Marcia began with an initial phone consultation of my separation agreement. We had a long-winded discussion regarding the extenuating circumstances involving my former employer’s knowledge of my son’s impairment since birth as well as my years of service to that company and the mi...ssing criteria of the separation agreement not disclosed by them. Marcia expressed sincere compassion for my family and son. After the initial consultation; Marcia was hired by me and spoke with their legal council, she negotiated a settlement to nearly double the original package and I cannot be more grateful to Marcia!

Posted by anonymous | May 13, 2016 | Hired Attorney

This review is from a person who hired this attorney.

Great Attorney!

Marcia represented me when my previous employer accused me of the alleged breach of contract, which turned out to be my constructive discharge from the employment (Judge even stated that the employer sued me to intimidate and bully me in court). I contacted almost every attorney in NELA (National... Employment Lawyers Association) who practices in Cook County, Illinois via E-mail or phone. Marcia was the most able, experienced, and zealous lawyer of labor and employment, I had ever found. Furthermore, she has pity on those who are falsely charged but cannot afford tremendous legal fees to prove their innocence like me. She even gave me a referral to LAF (Legal Assistance Foundation) for free consultation at first, before I officially retained her. I won the lawsuit with her ingenious strategies; she filed Motion to Dismiss and Motion for Sanction instead of counterclaim. It is extremely rare for them to be passed but we made it. This case was as good as the fighting between spear and shield, but our shied defeated their spear, successfully! Thanks to her sling and stones, David beat Goliath armed with legal team, at last. There are many competent lawyers in the world but it is really hard to find one who has both capability and integrity. I highly recommend her. She works for justice, not for money.

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"Marcia and I worked on opposing sides for a family law matter. Whereas naturally we both had our stances for our respective clients, Marcia was always extremely respectable and fair. She zealously defended her client, as I did mine. It is always a pleasure working fair opposing counsel. Very respectable."

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Experience

Rating:  9.2 (Superb)

Honors

2019

Illinois SuperLawyer 2019, SuperLawyers

Work Experience

2009 - Present

Principal, Cotler Law LLC

2007 - 2009

Of Counsel, Kaplan & Greenswag LLC

2004 - 2007

Attorney, Ottenheimer Teplinsky Rosenbloom LLC

2000 - 2002

Of Counsel, Seyfarth Shaw Attorneys LLP

1989 - 1995

Associate, Mayer Brown LLP

Associations

2016 - Present

North Shore Law

2009 - Present

Illinois State Bar Association

2009 - 2010

Association for Conflict Resolution

Board Member

Education

1989

Georgetown University Law Center

JD - Juris Doctor

1986

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

BA - Bachelor of Arts

Speaking Engagements

N/A

Continuing Education for Human Resource Profesionals

Family Medical Leave Act

Publications

2018

Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education (IICLE) Employment Termination: Employer Obligations and Workplace Considerations Author of Chapter 2: Contractual Exceptions to the Employee-At-Will Doctrine

2005

"The Docket" Official Publication of the Lake Country Bar Journal Time-Out: Parenthood and the Practice of Law

Languages

English

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