About Jill A. Dougherty

Jill A. Dougherty has over 35 years of experience as an employment law attorney and litigator. She counsels and assists employers with labor and employment law compliance and helps them prevent claims of discrimination, harassment, and retaliation. She focuses on workplace investigations, wage and hour and other compliance audits, and creating and developing policies, best practices, and training.

Meet Jill A. Dougherty

Concentrations

•Discrimination and harassment (Title VII, ADA, ADEA, state Equal Employment Opportunity, and Human Rights Acts)
•Wage and hour laws, employee classification, and joint employer liability
•Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) reasonable accommodations
•Federal Contractor Compliance (OFCCP) affirmative action programs
•Employee non-compete, confidentiality, trade-secret, and anti-poaching agreements
•Public accommodations provisions (Title III) of the ADA
•Position statements, fact-finding conferences, mediation/conciliation, and agency audits

 

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Areas of Law

  • Other 2
    • Labor & Employment
    • Workplace Compliance & Counseling

Practice Details

  • Firm Information
    Position
    Practice Group Attorney
    Firm Name
    Greenberg Traurig, LLP
  • Representative Cases & Transactions
    Cases
    Experience: Representative Matters: Conducted internal ethics
    compliance
    workplace investigations for corporate clients at all levels within organizations, from line workers through C-suite.
    Drafted
    revised employment-related h
    books, policies,
    employment agreements, including non-compete, confidentiality, trade-secret,
    anti-poaching agreements.
    Drafted EEOC
    state agency Position Statements
    responses to Requests for Information.
    Provided day-to-day counseling for human resources
    business professionals with regard to employment matters
    best practices.
    As in-house employment litigation counsel, achieved an exceptional history of summary judgment wins in discrimination cases in both state
    federal court, including 100% success in winning summary judgment or dismissal of claims raising the theory of joint employer liability.
    Prepared policies, created electronic audit tools
    design manuals,
    conducted training for compliance with the Public Accommodations provisions (Title III) of the ADA, as amended, for a Fortune 500 corporation with over 13,000 facilities nationwide.
    The above representations were h
    led by Ms. Dougherty prior to her joining Greenberg Traurig, LLP.
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Experience

  • Bar Admission & Memberships
    Admissions
    1983, Illinois
    Memberships

    Professional & Community Involvement

    •Member, American Bar Association, Labor & Employment Law Section and Employment Rights and Responsibilities Committee
    •Member, Illinois Bar Association
    •Member, Chicago Bar Association
    •Member, Association of Workplace Investigators

  • Education & Certifications
    Law School
    University of Illinois College of Law
    Class of 1983
    J.D.
    Ethics & Compliance Certification, 2017
    Other Education
    Williams College
    Class of 1980
    B.A.
  • Personal Details & History
    Age
    Born in 1958
    Joliet, Illinois, October 16, 1958

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77 West Wacker Drive, Suite 3100Chicago, IL 60601U.S.A.

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  • How many attorneys are in this law firm?
    Greenberg Traurig, LLP has 2750 attorneys at this location.
  • What law school did this attorney attend?
    Jill A. Dougherty attended University of Illinois College of Law.
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    Greenberg Traurig, LLP was established in 1967.