Elizabeth N. Hall
Shareholder
Chair, Labor and Employment Practice AreaMember, Board of Directors
222 North LaSalle Street Chicago, Illinois 60601
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Elizabeth N. Hall
Shareholder
Chair, Labor and Employment Practice AreaMember, Board of Directors
Elizabeth N. Hall serves as Chair of the Labor and Employment practice area at Vedder Price. She is also the Chicago office Chair of the firm’s women’s affinity group, Women at Vedder Empowering Success (WAVES), and a member of the firm’s Board of Directors and Coronavirus Task Force.
A significant portion of Ms. Hall’s daily practice involves providing practical advice to employers and executives regarding a variety of issues, including managing the remote working environment; preparing for and responding to pandemic-related issues in the workplace (including in relation to return to work, employee safety and COVID-19 exposure and positive cases); understanding and administering leave under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act and state and local laws; employee and applicant use of medical and recreational marijuana; risk management; effective employee discipline and discharge; conducting workplace investigations; accommodating disabilities and pregnancy; workplace violence; managing leaves of absence and complying with FMLA and state leave requirements; workforce reductions; drafting and reviewing employment, recruitment and staffing agreements; policy and handbook development; wage and hour compliance; and state and federal employment laws. She frequently trains clients and employer groups on many of these topics. Ms. Hall also has extensive experience drafting and negotiating severance, settlement and conciliation agreements on behalf of her clients.
Ms. Hall represents a wide range of employers before state and federal courts and administrative agencies, as well as in arbitral forums, defending them against various claims, including single-plaintiff and class allegations of employment discrimination, failure to accommodate disabilities, sexual harassment, wrongful and retaliatory discharge, breach of contract, negligence, invasion of privacy and violations of the FMLA and wage and hour laws. Ms. Hall has successfully argued procedural and employment discrimination issues in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit and has particular expertise in managing electronic discovery teams in complex litigation.
In 2022, Ms. Hall was recognized by Chambers USA “Labor & Employment: ‘The Elite’” in Illinois. Ms. Hall has also been recommended by The Legal 500 United States for the “Labor and Employment Disputes (including Collective Actions): Defense” category in 2017–2018 and 2020–2022, the “Labor & Employment: Labor-Management Relations” category in 2022 and the “Labor & Employment: Workplace & Employment Counseling” category in 2022. In 2018, she was named to the Crain’s Chicago Business “Chicago Notable Women Lawyers” list, and in 2022, she was named to the “Crain’s Chicago Business’ Notable Women in Law” list. She was also selected as an Emerging Lawyer from 2015 to 2020 and as a Leading Lawyer in 2020 and 2021. From 2010 to 2015, Ms. Hall was selected for inclusion as an "Illinois Rising Star," and Super Lawyers named her one of the “Top Women Attorneys in Illinois” in the “Rising Star” category in 2013 and 2014.
Elizabeth N. Hall
Shareholder
Chair, Labor and Employment Practice AreaMember, Board of Directors
Education
- IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law, J.D., 2005, high honors, Order of the Coif
- University of Michigan, B.A., 2001, with distinction
Elizabeth N. Hall
Shareholder
Chair, Labor and Employment Practice AreaMember, Board of Directors
Bar Admissions
- Illinois, 2005
Court Admissions
- U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, 2006
- U.S. District Court, Central District of Illinois, 2006
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of Illinois, 2009
- U.S. District Court, Northern District of Indiana, 2009
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit, 2008
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, 2010
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit, 2010
Affiliations
Member, Human Resources Management Association of Chicago (HRMAC)
Co-Chair, Share our Spare’s 2018 Changemakers Gala
Member, The Fellows of the American Bar Foundation
Elizabeth N. Hall
Shareholder
Chair, Labor and Employment Practice AreaMember, Board of Directors
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Publications
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June 23, 2022 | Article
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June 21, 2022 | Article
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June 17, 2022 | Article
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June 15, 2022 | Newsletter/Bulletin
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March 8, 2022 | Newsletter/Bulletin
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December 20. 2021 | Article
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December 8, 2021 | Newsletter/Bulletin
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November 15, 2021 | Newsletter/Bulletin
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November 5, 2021 | Newsletter/Bulletin
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September 15, 2021 | Newsletter/Bulletin
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June 10, 2021 | Newsletter/Bulletin
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April 1, 2021 | Newsletter/Bulletin
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February 5, 2021 | Newsletter/Bulletin
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January 12, 2021 | Newsletter/Bulletin
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December 21, 2020 | Newsletter/Bulletin
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March 31, 2020 | Newsletter/Bulletin
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March 27, 2020 | Newsletter/Bulletin
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March 25, 2020 | Newsletter/Bulletin
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December 11, 2019 | Newsletter/Bulletin
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Elizabeth N. Hall
Shareholder
Chair, Labor and Employment Practice AreaMember, Board of Directors
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News
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September 2, 2022 | Media Mention
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July 15, 2022 | Media Mention
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June 10, 2022 | Press Release
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June 1, 2022 | Press Release
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June 17, 2021 | Press Release
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March 2, 2021 | Press Release
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June 12, 2020 | Press Release
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December 23, 2019 | Press Release
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November 19, 2019 | Press Release
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August 2, 2018 | Press Release
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June 5, 2018 | Press Release
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June 2, 2017 | Press Release
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May 2010 | Press Release
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Upcoming Events
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March 8, 2023 | Seminar
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April 18, 2023 | Seminar
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Past Events
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October 20, 2022 | Seminar
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October 10-11, 2022 | Seminar
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June 23, 2022 | Seminar
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April 7, 2022 | Seminar
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March 28, 2022 | Special Event
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May 25, 2021 | Webinar
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October 7-8, 2020 | Webinar
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September 16, 2020 | Webinar
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May 7, 2020 | Webinar
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October 23, 2019 | Seminar
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October 15-16, 2019 | Seminar
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September 5, 2019 | Seminar
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May 30, 2019 | Seminar
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May 2, 2019 | Seminar
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February 25, 2019 | SeminarChicago Business Journal Bizwomen Mentoring Monday
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December 13, 2018 | SeminarNorth Shore Labor Counsel: Marijuana and Work
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April 24, 2018 | Seminar
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January 17, 2018 | Seminar
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December 14, 2017 | Seminar
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October 17, 2017 | Seminar
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