Ruth I. Major
Top Rated Family Law Attorney with 33 years of experience
Employment
70 West Madison Street, Suite 2020, Chicago, IL 60602
About Ruth I. Major
Practice Areas
- Employment
Education
- University of Iowa College of Law, Iowa City, Iowa, 1990J.D.
- Honors: With Distinction
- University of Illinois, Champaign, Illinois, 1985B.S.
- Major: Finance
- Honors: With Honors
Classes and Seminars
- Presenter, Commercial Litigation Section, Chicago Bar Association
- National Employment Lawyers Association (Chicago Chapter) Annual Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals
- Practicing Law Institute’s Employment Law Institute, Faculty Member
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- U.S. Supreme Court, 2012
- Supreme Court of Illinois, 1990
- U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit, 2001
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois, 1990
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois Trial Bar, 1996
- U.S. District Court Western District of Wisconsin, 2002
- U.S. District Court Central District of Illinois, 2010
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Indiana, 2011
- U.S. District Court Western District of Texas, 2012
- U.S. District Court Western District of Michigan, 2012
- U.S. District Court District of Colorado, 2013
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Michigan, 2013
Other Affiliations
- 7th Circuit Bar Association (Member)
- American Bar Foundation (Fellow)
- American Bar Association (Member)
- Chicago Bar Association, Judicial Evaluation Committee's Investigative Committee (Member)
- Federal Bar Association, Labor & Employment Law Section (Member)
- Chicago Bar Association, Labor & Employment Committee (Member)
- Chicago Bar Association, Alliance for Women (Former Board Member)
- Practicing Law Institute (Faculty Member)
- The Public Interest Law Initiative (Former Fellow and Current Sponsor and Fellow Alumni Class Representative)
- Women's Tactical Association (Corporate Sponsor)
- Supreme Court Historical Society
- Federal Bar Association Membership Committee (Member, 2013-2014)
- DLA Piper Lawyer Alumni
- Drinker Biddle Alumni Network
- American Bar Foundation (Board)
Past Positions
- Penny Nathan Kahan & Associates
- Gardner Carton & Douglas (now Drinker Biddle)
Articles
Published Works
- Seventh Circuit Labor and Employment Update, Federal Bar Association, Labor & Employment Law Section
- "The Battle Between a Public Employee's Right to Free Speech and a Public Employer's Interest in Protecting Its Operations Returns to the Supreme Court for Another Round", Federal Lawyer, May/June, 2014 edition
- "McDonnell Douglas: The Oft-Misunderstood Method of Proof", The Federal Lawyer, May 2012 Edition
- "Military Leave, An Employer's Obligations", Franchising World, January 2002
Office Info
Nearby Lawyers
- Employment
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