The Law Offices of Ruth I. Major PC is uniquely qualified to represent executives and professionals in all aspects of employment law. Ms. Major brings to the firm experience representing both employers and employees. As a Chief Attorney in the employment law department of a large corporation in Chicago, Ms. Major was involved in handling a wide range of employment matters as an insider, including participating in decision making that affected executives at the highest levels. As a partner in the litigation department of a major Chicago law firm, Ms. Major represented Fortune 500 companies as outside counsel in employment matters including negotiations of employment agreements, enforcement of non-compete and non-solicitation agreements and litigation of employment discrimination claims. Ms. Major now applies the invaluable knowledge and experience she has acquired representing employers for the benefit of employees. Our firm understands both sides and uses that unique perspective to the advantage of our clients.

Ms. Major recently served as lead counsel in a federal class action that resulted in a $1.2 million settlement in June of 2008 and in January of 2009 she won the first parental status discrimination trial in Illinois history that resulted in a recommended award in excess of $350,000 (including a $100,000 award of punitive damages) (Chicago Tribune, “Win in Parental Discrimination Case Raises issues for Employers,” front page, January 24, 2010) (ABC News, “Dena Lockwood Was Fired When She Called in Sick to Care for Her Daughter,” January 29, 2010).

In 2008 and 2009 Ms. Major successfully represented the Vice President of the Chicago Teachers Union in a state court action against the CTU and the President of the CTU, among others, including obtaining a temporary restraining order (Chicago Sun-Times, “A Union Divided,” front page, June 12, 2008). In June of 2009 Ms. Major successfully defended a client in a non-compete enforcement action brought in Florida state court by one of the largest employee placement conglomerates in the U.S. Ms. Major is currently representing a former employee in a whistleblower claim against Alpha Kappa Alpha and recently defeated two motions to dismiss. (Chicago Sun-Times, “One Sorority Problem is Solved, Another Isn’t,” February 4, 2010).