About Jonathan M. Linas
Practice Areas
- Employment
Education
- Washington University School of Law, St. Louis, Missouri, 2005J.D.
- Law Journal: Washington University Journal of Law & Policy, Executive Articles Editor
- University of Kansas, 2002B.A.
- Major: English
Representative Cases
- American Commercial Lines defends against suit alleging violations under LMRA and ERISA
- American Commercial Lines obtains summary judgment in multi-million dollar retiree medical benefits case (2010)
- Client's sentence is substantially reduced and will be wiped clean upon satisfactory completion of the probationary term (2012)
- Continental Tire obtains reaches favorable settlement in case asserting claims under ERISA
- Felony criminal charges are successfully resolved for pro bono client
- Flying J prevails in collective action lawsuit alleging misclassification under the FLSA
- McDonald's successfully defeats class certification in putative state-wide wage and hour action (2010)
- McDonald's wins dismissal of action for unpaid wages brought under FLSA and Pennsylvania law (2011)
- R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company obtains summary judgment in age discrimination case (2011)
- SeatonCorp and SMX reach favorable settlement in purported state-wide class action alleging violations under California Labor Code and Section 17200 (2010)
- Verizon Business obtains affirmance of summary judgment in Illinois employment action brought by former senior business consultant (2009)
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- Illinois
- Missouri
- U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Indiana
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois
- U.S. District Court Western District of Missouri
Office Info
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Nearby Lawyers
- Employment
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