Name: Kathleen C. Chavez
Item: Kathleen C. Chavez
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Bio

Kathleen C. Chavez is a founding partner of Foote, Mielke, Chavez & O’Neil, LLC Ms. Chavez earned her Juris Doctor degree in 1998 from Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law and a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance from Northern Illinois University in 1995. Ms.Chavez is a nationally recognized civil litigator with a reputation for obtaining exceptional results in challenging cases. Ms. Chavez is admitted to the: Illinois Bar; District of Columbia Bar; United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois, United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois, Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals; Federal Trial Bar; Federal Court of Claims and is also frequently admitted pro hac vice in cases nationwide.

Ms. Chavez is an accomplished trial attorney who has extensive complex civil litigation experience (including class, multi-plaintiff, mass tort and individual), including multi-district litigation (“MDL”), federal and state civil litigation, administrative proceedings and arbitration. She frequently serves in leadership roles, on committees and as a team member in some of the most challenging and transformative complex civil litigation nationwide. She is a results-driven, highly focused “problem-solver” with an unmatched ability to strategically frame critical issues, develop innovative solutions and negotiate outstanding results for her clients. Her practice areas include a range of complex matters, involving competition law, consumer fraud and unfair trade practices law, environmental law, technology law, intellectual property and trademark law, qui tam law, civil rights law, contract law, Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (“RICO”) law, labor and employment law and hour, insurance and other state and federal statutory and common law claims.

Ms. Chavez has utilized her diverse experience and unique background to consistently provide invaluable contributions in complex cases that require the cooperation and collaboration of multiple plaintiffs’ counsel. Whether as a leader or a team member, Ms. Chavez consistently offers an unparalleled level of advocacy, energy, enthusiasm and commitment to her clients. Recoveries from the cases in which she has been involved (including verdicts, judgments and settlements) exceed $15 billion dollars and involve a diverse range of complex civil claims.

Ms. Chavez is a member of the American Bar Association (“ABA”), the Chicago Bar Association (“CBA”), the Federal Bar Association (“FBA”), the National Employment Lawyers Association (“NELA”) and the Kane County Bar Association (“KCBA”) and the Women’s Bar Association of Illinois (“WBAI”). Ms. Chavez’s has received numerous recognitions and distinctions, and inclusion in selective and peer-reviewed organizations, such as: Super Lawyers^®, Leading Lawyers^®; Top 25 Women National Women Trial Lawyers; Top 100 National Trial Lawyers; Top 20 Illinois Verdicts; Leading Women Lawyers; Top Employment Lawyers for Employees, Chicago Lawyer Magazine; Top 10 % of Lawyers in the USA; Lawyers of Distinction Board of Directors; Top Women Lawyers, Chicago Lawyer Magazine; Esteemed Lawyers of America^® and Lawyers of Distinction; Illinois 16th and 18th Judicial Circuit Arbitrator; certification as an American Arbitration Association (“AAA”) Employment Panel Arbitrator; and Illinois State Bar Association 40 Hour Mediation Certification. Ms. Chavez is a frequent lecturer at conferences, symposiums and other continuing legal education (CLE) programs.

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