Rima Najjar Kapitan

Rima Najjar Kapitan

5.0
Rating: 7.3

Licensed for 20 years

Employment and labor Lawyer at Chicago, IL
Practice Areas: Employment & Labor, Education, Constitutional, Litigation

P.O. Box 6779, Chicago, IL

About Rima

Practice Areas

4

Practice Areas

Education 40%

Higher Education Law - University Setting Tenure appeals; representation in grievances; employment litigation; Faculty Handbook review and editing.

18 years

40%
Employment and Labor 40%

Employment litigation; severance agreement negotiation; administrative hearings; unemployment compensation hearings; drafting and revising employment policies.

19 years

40%
Constitutional 10%

Freedom of speech; due process

16 years

10%
Litigation 10%

Contract litigation

16 years

10%

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Licenses

Licensed in Illinois for 20 years

State: Illinois

Acquired: 2005

Active and Authorized to Practice Law

No misconduct found

Location

Kapitan Law Office, Ltd.

P.O. Box 6779, Chicago, IL, 60680

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Rima Najjar Kapitan's Reviews

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5.0 /5.0

7 Client Reviews

5 star (7)
4 star (0)
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Posted by anonymous | April 12, 2024 | Hired Attorney

This review is from a person who hired this attorney.

GOAT

As Caitlin Clark is to basketball, Rima Kapitan is to human rights and employment discrimination law. She is brilliant and is a leading Palestinian human-rights attorney who defends academics, students and others who defy the narrative. The greatest of all time!

Posted by anonymous | July 16, 2021 | Hired Attorney

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First Class

Rima Kapitan represented me as a graduate student in an academic case. As a student without significant cash flow, she immediately made me feel comfortable and was willing to work with me financial-wise, which was so awesome. Rima the epitome of professionalism, kind, but is 'no nonsense' when repres...enting her clients. Although the case did not turn out as (anyone) had expected, I couldn't have had the great successes I did if it weren't for Rima and her partner Yusra. She can get stuff done...and quickly. I had an extremely positive experience with her law firm.

Posted by anonymous | December 1, 2018 | Hired Attorney

This review is from a person who hired this attorney.

Great Lawyer

Rima takes the time to understand the details of your case and has an in-depth understanding of higher-education law. After an initial discussion of the problem I was relieved to find out that Rima concentrated her practice on representing faculty Rather than institutions. She was excellent at resp...onding to attempts by university lawyers to bully and intimidate me, and in making sure that they respond to the concerns I raised. In the end, the settlemnet Rima negotiated for me was over twice the amount that the university originally offered.

Posted by Dr Sayed | November 30, 2018 | Hired Attorney

This review is from a person who hired this attorney.

Excellent

Rima is one of the most amazing, caring lawyers out there. I can't say enough good things. Honest, reliable, professional, and get the job done. He helped me with an issue and did it fast and in a very cost-effective way. Thank you, Rima!

Posted by anonymous | July 28, 2017 | Hired Attorney

This review is from a person who hired this attorney.

Smart and STRONG advocate

Rima is extremely smart and understood every facet of my complex case that dealt with regulations, subtle interpretation of policies and emails; and execs who were pretty cunning and thought they could bully my attorneys and me. I think she is one of the reasons these big whigs decided to settle. Tou...gh calm under pressure and brilliant. Nice person to boot! Good person to have on your side!

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Employment and labor lawyer | Aug 05

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Employment and labor lawyer | Jan 30

Relationship: Co-worker

"Rima is very knowledgeable in the area of employment discrimination, especially in cases involving academic freedom. I would recommend her to anyone who has been discriminated against in the workplace."

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Experience

Rating:  7.3 (Very Good)

Work Experience

2010 - Present

Owner, Kapitan Law Office Ltd.

2007 - 2010

Partner, Amal Law Group

Associations

Trial Bar of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Member

National Employment Lawyers Association

Member

American Association of University Professors

Member

Education

2005

DePaul University College of Law

Juris Doctor

2002

Indiana University Bloomington

BA - Bachelor of Arts

Publications

2018

Chapter in Downs, Donald & Chris Suprenant, The Value and Limits of Academic Speech: Philosophical, Political and Legal Perspectives (Routledge: 2018) Safeguarding Academic Freedom on Campus Through Faculty Governance

2015

Chapter in Mullen, Bill and Dawson, Ashley, Eds., Against Apartheid: The Case for Boycotting Israeli Universities (October 2015) Climbing Down from the Ivory Tower: Double Standards and the Use of Social and Economic Justice to Achieve Social Justice

2013

AAUP Journal of Academic Freedom (Volume 4, 2013) On Myths, Straw Men and Academic Freedom

2011

Arab Studies Quarterly Vol. 33:3/4 (Summer/Fall 2011) Academic Freedom as a Fundamental Human Right in American Jurisprudence and the Imposition of “Balance” on Academic Discourse About the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict

Languages

Arabic

English

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