UmaChandrasekaran

Uma's litigation experience includes defense of employment discrimination claims (Title VII, Americans with Disabilities Act, and Family and Medical Leave Act), wage-and-hour, wrongful discharge, retaliation, sexual harassment, and whistleblower matters. She has significant trial and appellate experience, and has successfully tried several jury and non-jury cases.

Uma represents employers before administrative agencies, including the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Illinois Department of Human Rights, and the Illinois Department of Labor, and other state and municipal fair employment agencies. She also counsels employers on ways to proactively avoid litigation. Uma has extensive experience drafting employer policies and handbooks, training employees and managers on anti-harassment policies, advising on independent contractor matters, reviewing employment contracts and noncompetition agreements, and conducting internal investigations.

Uma provides the highest levels of client service, using the firm's technology and process resources to provide value and efficiency to her clients.

Uma chairs the Diversity and Inclusion Action Team in the Chicago office. She is responsible for overseeing, implementing, and providing strategic leadership to the diversity initiatives in the Chicago office. Uma loves that she has the opportunity to collaborate with firm leaders to implement the firm's diversity and inclusion strategic goals, and to inspire the concepts of diversity and inclusion into firm culture.