Sara J. Kagay

Associate

T: 312-609-7538 F: 312-609-5005

Chicago

Sara J. Kagay joined Vedder Price as an associate in the firm’s Labor and Employment Practice Area. She was formerly a Labor and Employment Law associate at Kansas City law firm Lathrop & Gage, where she also practiced management-side labor and employment law. Her experience includes the defense of employers in employment litigation before state and federal courts and administrative agencies, including both individual employee and class action litigation. Ms. Kagay has significant experience with all aspects of equal employment opportunity, wrongful discharge, and wage and hour litigation.

Ms. Kagay also regularly counsels employers on day-to-day employment law issues including handbooks and policies, employee discipline and discharge, independent contractors, arbitration policies, harassment and workplace investigations and federal and state employment laws. She partners with management, corporate counsel and human resources professionals to develop practical approaches to employee relations issues and has successfully resolved disputes through negotiation and mediation. Ms. Kagay frequently speaks and trains on employment law issues and conducts coaching workshops for human resources professionals.  She has authored articles on workplace harassment, class actions and the status of independent contractors in Illinois.

Ms. Kagay was selected for inclusion on the 2009 and 2010 Illinois Rising Stars list, which features outstanding young lawyers in the State of Illinois.

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• Labor and Employment Law Newsletter
• New FMLA Regulations Necessitate Policy Changes
• Tightening the Screws on Construction Contractors in Illinois
• Applying the Ellerth Defense to Constructive Discharge: An Affirmative Answer

• Discrimination Law
• Employment Class Action Defense
• Employment Counseling
• Employment Litigation
• Labor and Employment Law
• Labor Relations
• Workplace Security
• Wrongful Discharge

• J.D., with highest distinction, Order of the Coif, University of Iowa College of Law, 2000
• Articles Editor, Iowa Law Review
• B.A., summa cum laude, Drake University, 1997

• Illinois, 2005
• Kansas, 2001
• Missouri, 2000
• U.S. District Court, Central District of Illinois
• U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois
• U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Missouri
• U.S. District Court, Kansas
• U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Indiana
• U.S. Court of Appeals, 7th, 8th and 11th Circuits