In 2014, after 20 years of tenaciously representing clients in her diverse litigation practice that included commercial, family, employment and state environmental law, Lauren Blair started Lauren Blair Consulting (LBC), an employment law consulting firm in pursuit of a more collaborative legal practice that focuses on counseling individuals, entrepreneurs and businesses of all sizes and industries on strategies and solutions designed to facilitate employer-employee relations, improve workforce operations, enhance the workplace environment and manage the risk of employment law-related litigation.
Executives and corporate clients turn to Ms. Blair for thoughtful and sound advice on general employment law matters, including executive compensation, employment agreements, training and compliance. With two decades of practice, she has significant depth of knowledge and experience handling a wide range of employment matters including: litigating federal, state and local employment discrimination claims; negotiating, litigating and arbitrating employment agreements, separation agreements, independent contractor agreements and restrictive covenants (non-competition, non-solicitation and nondisclosure agreements); on-site training for business owners/executives, supervisory employees and non-supervisory employees; and auditing and drafting employment handbooks, policies and other necessary workplace forms. Before starting LBC, Ms. Blair practiced employment law and commercial litigation at leading law firms in Chicago, Illinois, Los Angeles, California and Morristown, New Jersey. She has advised and represented businesses, ranging from sole proprietorships to Fortune 500 companies, on a wide variety of employment matters and in all phases of employment disputes and litigation, including appeals. Ms. Blair thrives on working closely with clients to learn their business and legal needs, and develop end-game strategies that deliver desired results.
Based in Chicago, Ms. Blair has clients throughout the country. She is currently licensed in Illinois, and held licenses in good standing in California and New Jersey. She received her Bachelor of Arts from Cornell University in 1991 and Juris Doctorate from Chicago-Kent College of Law in 1993. She also studied French in elementary school, high school and abroad at L'Universite Paris-Sorbonne in Paris, France, and is fluent in French. Ms. Blair is a staunch advocate of arts and culture and community engagement. She served on Goodman Theatre's Scenemakers Board for over 8 years and on Kohl Children's Museum Board for 2 years, and continues to dedicate her service to other Chicagoland arts, civic and community boards.
Ms. Blair regularly speaks on panels and at seminars as an industry expert and thought-leader. She has been a featured guest on several media programs including WYCC's In The Loop and Vocalo's The Morning AMp, and has appeared in multiple publications including the Chicago Sun-Times, TCW and Chicago Social. Ms. Blair is passionate about writing and from 2012 through 2014, she was a contributor to her Today's Chicago Woman magazine blog, Working It. In 2013, Ms. Blair recognized as one of five outstanding alumni in Chicago-Kent Magazine's 125th Anniversary issue.
Executives and corporate clients turn to Ms. Blair for thoughtful and sound advice on general employment law matters, including executive compensation, employment agreements, training and compliance. With two decades of practice, she has significant depth of knowledge and experience handling a wide range of employment matters including: litigating federal, state and local employment discrimination claims; negotiating, litigating and arbitrating employment agreements, separation agreements, independent contractor agreements and restrictive covenants (non-competition, non-solicitation and nondisclosure agreements); on-site training for business owners/executives, supervisory employees and non-supervisory employees; and auditing and drafting employment handbooks, policies and other necessary workplace forms. Before starting LBC, Ms. Blair practiced employment law and commercial litigation at leading law firms in Chicago, Illinois, Los Angeles, California and Morristown, New Jersey. She has advised and represented businesses, ranging from sole proprietorships to Fortune 500 companies, on a wide variety of employment matters and in all phases of employment disputes and litigation, including appeals. Ms. Blair thrives on working closely with clients to learn their business and legal needs, and develop end-game strategies that deliver desired results.
Based in Chicago, Ms. Blair has clients throughout the country. She is currently licensed in Illinois, and held licenses in good standing in California and New Jersey. She received her Bachelor of Arts from Cornell University in 1991 and Juris Doctorate from Chicago-Kent College of Law in 1993. She also studied French in elementary school, high school and abroad at L'Universite Paris-Sorbonne in Paris, France, and is fluent in French. Ms. Blair is a staunch advocate of arts and culture and community engagement. She served on Goodman Theatre's Scenemakers Board for over 8 years and on Kohl Children's Museum Board for 2 years, and continues to dedicate her service to other Chicagoland arts, civic and community boards.
Ms. Blair regularly speaks on panels and at seminars as an industry expert and thought-leader. She has been a featured guest on several media programs including WYCC's In The Loop and Vocalo's The Morning AMp, and has appeared in multiple publications including the Chicago Sun-Times, TCW and Chicago Social. Ms. Blair is passionate about writing and from 2012 through 2014, she was a contributor to her Today's Chicago Woman magazine blog, Working It. In 2013, Ms. Blair recognized as one of five outstanding alumni in Chicago-Kent Magazine's 125th Anniversary issue.
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