About Brent D. Knight
Practice Areas
- Employment
Education
- The University of Michigan Law School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1998J.D.
- Honors: magna cum laude
- Honors: Order of the Coif
- Law Review: Michigan Law Review,
- University of Michigan, 1994B.A.
- Honors: With High Distinction
Representative Cases
- Abbott Labs defends against putative nationwide collective FLSA action brought by pharmaceutical sales representatives (2009)
- Abbott Labs defends against putative statewide class action alleging denial of overtime, meal and rest breaks and other California Labor Code violations (2009)
- Alderwoods defends against non-compete obligations in Chapter 11 bankruptcy
- Alderwoods obtains dismissal of lawsuit alleging unenforceable noncompetition agreements
- Alderwoods obtains dismissal of plaintiff's Rule 23 state law claims (2009)
- ARAMARK defeats noncompetition lawsuit by former employer
- Chinese spiritual leader seeks U.S. political asylum
- Continental Tire appeals judgment compelling arbitration of employee grievances (2009)
- Continental Tire is successful against unfair labor practice charge
- Continental Tire successfully opposes organizing efforts by union
- Encyclopedia Britannica defeats injunction motion in former officer's ERISA action
- FleetPride defeats former employee's injunction action to invalidate non-compete agreement
- General Mills prevails in arbitration involving union grievance seeking severance pay for former employees
- National City Bank prevails in case involving employees' use of computers to conduct work for competitors (2009)
- National City defends lease dispute (2009)
- National City resolves nationwide FLSA collective action challenging exempt status of loan officers (2009)
- SCI and others defend against complaint alleging violations of unpaid overtime (2009)
- Sherwin-Williams defends against Illinois statewide class action for medical monitoring costs for lead poisoning allegedly due to ingestion of lead paint
- Wal-Mart defends against California wage and hour class action involving calculation of employee bonuses
- Wal-Mart settles favorably in statewide wage and hour class action
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- Illinois
- U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois
- U.S. District Court Southern District of Illinois
Office Info
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