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Matthew Bart Schiff
About Matthew
Practice Areas
6
Practice Areas
Employment and Labor
40%
40 years | 100 cases
Workers Compensation
40%
40 years | 300 cases
Discrimination
5%
40 years | 20 cases
Government
5%
40 years | 10 cases
Fees and Rates
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Licensed in Illinois for 43 years
State: Illinois
Acquired: 1982
No misconduct found
Location
Sugar Felsenthal Grais and Hammer
30 North LaSalle, suite 3000, Chicago, IL, 60602
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Experience
Honors
2016
AV Preeminent Rated, Martindale-Hubbell
2016
Top Attorneys in Illinois, Super Lawyers Magazine
2010
Life Fellow, American Bar Foundation
2010
Fellow, College of Workers Compensation Lawyers
Work Experience
2015 - Present
Partner, Sugar Felsenthal
2000 - 2005
Partner, Brittain Sledz Morris and Slovak
2000 - 2005
Associate, Katten, Muchin & Zavis
1995 - 2015
Founding Partner, Schiff & Hulbert
Associations
2015 - Present
American Bar Association, Tort Trial and Insurance Practice SectionHistory Committee Chair
1985 - Present
American Bar Association, Litigation SectionMember
1985 - Present
American Bar Association, Labor and Employment Law Sectionmember
1985 - Present
American Bar Association, Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Sectionmember
1982 - Present
Chicago Bar Associationmember
1982 - Present
Illinois State Bar Associationmember
2009 - 2012
American Bar Association, Tort Trial and Insurance Practice SectionElected Member Governing Council
1990 - 1991
American Bar Association, Labor and Employment Law SectionCommittee Chair
Sample of Legal Cases
1212 Restaurant Group v Alexander
affirmed
Arbitration between Green Oaks and SEIU
grievance denied
United Stationers v Zurich Insurance
affirmed
RG Construction v Industrial Commission
affirmed
Ross v Entenmann's Bakery
affirmed
American Alliance Insurance Company v 1212 Restaurant Group
affirmed
McDermott v City of Northwoods
affirmed
National Manufacturing v Industrial Commission
reversed.
LaGrange Memorial Hospital v St Paul Insurance
affirmed
Illinois Institute of Technology v Industrial Commission
reversed
Efremidis v Industrial Commission
affirmed
Vilt v. Industrial Commission
affirmed
Noga v Kimco Corporation
reversed
Kraft General Foods v Industrial Commission
Affirmed
Arbitration between Alcan Toyo America and International Brotherhood of Boilermakers
grievance denied
Colvett v L. Karp and Sons
affirmed
Wasielewski v HAVI Corporation
Affirmed
Steel City National Bank v Aetna
Affirmed
Education
1982
Boston University School of Law
JD - Juris Doctor
1979
Cornell University
BA - Bachelor of Arts
Speaking Engagements
2015
National Workers Compensation and Disability Conference
60 Tips in 60 Minutes
2014
National Workers Compensation and Disability Conference
60 TIPS IN 60 MINUTES
2013
National Workers Compensation and Disability Conference
60 Tips in 60 Minutes
2012
National Workers Compensation and Disability Conference
60 TIPS IN 60 MINUTES
2011
20th National Workers Compensation Conf
Lessons from the big leagues
Publications
2009
Guidebook
Larsons Illinois Workers Compensation
2005
CGL Reporter
Reconsidering the Breadth of Employment Related Practices Exclusion
2004
The Brief (ABA)
Conducting Internal Investigations of Employee Theft
2004
TIPS Law Journal
Primer on Caselaw under the Americans With Disabilities Act
2004
Illinois Jurisprudence
Workers Compensation
2002
TIPS Law Journal
Recent Developments in Employment Law
2000
American Bar Association
Litigating the Sexual Harassment Case
1999
The Brief (ABA)
Nine Steps in Conducting Harassment Investigations
1997
(BNA)
Sexual Harassment in Employment Law
1995
Southern Illinois Law Journal
Survey of Illinois Law
1995
Illinois Jurisprudence
Workers Compensation
1994
Gonzaga University Law Review
AIDS and the Health Care Worker
1993
Gonzaga Law Review
Reasonable Accommodation Under the Americans With Disabilities Act
1991
TIPS Law Journal
The Americans With Disabilities Act: A new Challenge for Employers
Languages
English