Background of our law firm

-- 25+ years representing employees and plaintiffs in labor & employment, discrimination, class cases, FLSA and False Claims Act litigation.

-- Helped to found National Employment Lawyers Association (NELA); Pres., NELA Illinois , 1997-1999; founded Illinois Advocate, NELA newsletter.

-- Court appointed Special Master in EEOC v. Dial, a pattern and practice sexual harassment case.

-- Handled hundreds of civil rights, FLSA, FCA and individual and class cases. FCA cases include:

-- Toomey, et al., v. Maxwell Manor - First quality of care FCA nursing home case in N.D. Illinois - settlement with management company for $1,898,000, followed by $55 million default judgment against owner.

-- USA ex rel. Dr. Raymond Pollak v. University of Illinois , et al., - partial settlements in 2003 of $2.4 million for false hospitalizations in liver transplantation; employment and defamation cases pending.

-- USA ex rel. Grandeau v. Cancer Treatment Centers of America, et al., - non-intervened FCA case; won important pretrial decisions defeating motions to compel arbitration of Qui Tam claims and to dismiss Qui Tam action; DOJ briefs of interest on counterclaims against whistleblowers.

-- USA, ex rel., Figurski v. Forest Health Systems et al., - $4.1 million settlement of FCA and retaliatory discharge claims.