Brad concentrates his law practice in the areas of civil and commercial litigation. His legal focus includes advising and representing corporations and individuals in labor and employment litigation disputes in both federal and state court, during administrative proceedings and before federal and state agencies. Brad is a member of Litchfield Cavo LLP’s financial institutions class action team and defends clients against credit union class actions nationwide.
Prior to joining the Firm, Brad represented clients in cases involving alleged employment discrimination and gender-violence claims, breach of contract and political retaliation, as well as cases involving personal and catastrophic injury. He has handled matters involving violations of the U.S Fair Labor Standards Act, the U.S. False Claims Act, the Illinois Whistleblower Protection Act, and the Illinois Business Corporation Act.
Brad has represented clients before the Illinois Appellate Court, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals and in private arbitration. He has presented matters before the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, U.S. Department of Labor, Illinois Department of Labor, Illinois Department of Human Rights and the Illinois Court of Claims.
Brad has extensive experience conducting legal research, drafting bench memoranda and assisting judges in drafting judicial opinions. After earning his law degree at Chicago-Kent College of Law, Brad worked as a Judicial Law Clerk for the Cook County Circuit Court, Law Division, focused on Commercial Litigation. While attending law school, he completed a judicial externship for a United States Magistrate Judge in the Northern District of Illinois.
Practices
- Obtained dismissal for accounting firm principal against claims of racketeering, fraud and trade secret violations; the Appellate Court found that Plaintiffs failed to support their claims under the federal RICO Act, the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act and the Defend Trade Secrets Act, affirmed dismissal and denied Plaintiffs’ petition for rehearing en banc in favor of our client.
Education
- Chicago-Kent College of Law, JD, 2007
- International and Comparative Law, Certificate 2007
- Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition, 2007
- Thomas Tang Moot Court Competition, 2006
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, BS, Agricultural and Consumer Economics, 2003
Admissions
- Illinois
- United States District Courts: Central District of Illinois, Northern District of Illinois
Professional Memberships
- Illinois State Bar Association
- Chicago Bar Association
- Illinois Farm Bureau
Languages
- English
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Presentations/Publications
- Presenter, “Overview of Regulation E Claims,” Joseph A. McDonald Attorney Conference, California Credit Union League (December 2022)
- Co-Presenter, “Employment Law Update, 2019,” Lake County Bar Association, 2019 Civil Trial and Appeals Seminar (July 2019)
- Chapter Author, “Chapter 2: Agricultural Employment,” Employment Law Update, 2008 Edition, Aspen Publishers (March 13, 2008)
Honors & Awards
- Selected to the Illinois Super Lawyers Rising Stars list in 2017 in the practice of Labor and Employment Law, a designation received by fewer than 2.5 percent of attorneys in the state