Attorney Directory: Steven J. Teplinsky

Steve Teplinsky is a partner and a member of the firm's Management Committee. He represents business and public sector clients in all aspects of employment and labor law. Mr. Teplinsky's primary focus is on employment litigation before courts, administrative agencies and arbitrators. He also spends a great deal of time working with clients on preventative measures, developing and implementing policies and counseling on day to day employment issues. He has argued more than 75 appeals in various State and Federal Appellate Courts on a wide variety of matters. From 1978 to 1980, he served as an Illinois Assistant Attorney General. Mr. Teplinsky served as an instructor and adjunct professor at both the Chicago-Kent College of Law and The John Marshall Law School. Mr. Teplinsky frequently presents speeches, seminars and training sessions on numerous employment law topics, including sexual harassment, hiring, termination, contingent workforce, FMLA and American with Disabilities Act. He serves as a member of the of firm�s Diversity Committee. Mr. Teplinsky has been selected by his peers to the Leading Lawyers Network among Labor and Employment Law attorneys.

Professional Activities

Member, Trial Bar of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Member, Appellate Lawyers Association of Illinois

Member, Labor & Employment Sections, American and Illinois Bar Associations

Member, Transportation Lawyers Association

Selected Speeches & Publications

Co-Author, "Mental Impairments and the Americans with Disabilities Act," Rotational Magazine (Summer 1998)

Author, �Maintaining a Safe Workplace in a Violent Society,� The Transportation Lawyer, December 2001

Co-Author, �Failure to Train Managers is an Extraordinary Mistake,� The Daily Reporter, November 18, 2002

Speaker and Coordinator, �Significant Legal Developments Impacting Employment Decisions,� Stateline SHRM, April 11, 2002

Speaker, �HR Basics,� SHRP, July 2002

Speaker, �Significant Developments in Employment Law,� Elgin Chamber of Commerce, March 2002

Speaker, �The Contingent Workforce�-Transportation Lawyers Association Annual Meeting, Tucson, Arizona, May 2002.

Speaker, �Wrongful/Rightful Termination� � Stateline SHRM, September 11, 2003

Speaker, �Discipline Without Punishment�-Tooling and Manufacturing Association, May 2004;

Speaker, �The Termination Process�-Tooling and Manufacturing Association, July 2004

Other

Past President, Northwest Suburban Jewish Community Center

Baseball coach

Performer in Community Show Choir

Law School: Illinois Institute of Technology's Chicago-Kent College of Law (J.D., with honors, 1978)

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