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Rima Najjar Kapitan
About Rima
Practice Areas
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Practice Areas
Education
40%
19 years
Employment and Labor
40%
20 years
Constitutional
10%
17 years
Litigation
10%
17 years
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Licensed in Illinois for 20 years
State: Illinois
Acquired: 2005
No misconduct found
Location
Kapitan Law Office, Ltd.
P.O. Box 6779, Chicago, IL, 60680
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Posted by anonymous | November 09, 2016 | Hired Attorney | Employment & Labor
Smart and Thorough
Rima is a very smart, organized and poused attorney that listens to you and analyzes all facets of your case. She is a strong advocate and I would recommend her for any employment matter you may have. She is a trustworthy and highly professional attorney.
Posted by anonymous | October 04, 2013 | Discrimination
Effective Discrimination Lawyer
Ms. Kapitan is a great lawyer, who deeply cares for her clients and handles her cases with exemplary professionalism and legal acumen. My case involved discrimination in an academic setting, which was settled successfully thanks to Ms. Kapitan's mastery of the legal framework. She also fought ver...
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Experience
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)
Academic Freedom Encompasses the Right to Boycott: Why the AAUP Should Support the Palestinian Call for the Academic Boycott of Israel
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