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Practice Areas
Education
- J.D., with honors, Chicago-Kent College of Law, 1997
- B.A., University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, 1994
Bar & Court Admissions
- Illinois
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois – Trial Bar
- U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
Staci Ketay Rotman
Staci represents private and public employers in all aspects of labor and employment law. She has tried employment cases before federal courts, and represents clients before federal and state courts and administrative agencies, as well as in arbitration proceedings. Staci has extensive experience in connection with employment discrimination, sexual harassment, wrongful discharge, the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), restrictive covenants, employment related torts, employment policies and agreements, reductions in force and other workplace issues. She also advises and represents employers on the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and related state statutes, ranging from worker classification audits to claims alleging unpaid wages.
Staci represents employers in a wide variety of industries, including manufacturing, financial services, retail, hospitality and hotels, utilities, hospitals and nursing homes, and municipalities.
Prior to joining the firm in December 2005, Staci practiced at Holland & Knight LLP. She is a member of the American and Chicago Bar Associations.
Staci volunteers in the Constitutional Rights Foundation Chicago’s “Lawyers in the Classroom” program with Dvorak Academy, the firm’s Chicago Public Schools’ partner school.
Representative Experience click to view
- Achieved a favorable judgment for a leading national retailer in a case involving race and disability discrimination, whistleblower retaliation and FMLA retaliation claims brought in federal district court by a former human resources manager; the court dismissed the manager’s claims in their entirety and awarded attorneys’ fees in favor of the retailer on a counterclaim which asserted that the manager breached a binding confidentiality agreement by taking confidential documents that she claimed supported her allegations
- Represented and successfully settled litigation claims brought against a subsidiary of a global energy management company by a customer service representative alleging unpaid overtime under FLSA and the Illinois Minimum Wage Act
- Advised series of clients on the proper classification of certain positions under the FLSA
- Served as an integral member of the team that developed the litigation strategy and successfully resolved an action brought by 20 current and former employees of a leading national retailer in which the plaintiffs alleged sexual harassment and discrimination; the case settled under the requested budget set forth by the client
- Secured favorable jury verdict for a Chicago modeling agency in suit filed by an employee alleging sexual harassment
News
- "Non-tipped Duties Cannot Exceed 20 Percent of Work"
- Franczek Radelet Launches Wage & Hour Insights Blog
- 28 Franczek Radelet Attorneys Named Super Lawyers & Rising Stars
Publications
- Department of Labor Issues Updated FLSA Regulations
- Michigan Jury Finds Mortgage Loan Officers Exempt, Disregarding the Department of Labor’s Interpretive Guidance
- U.S. Supreme Court Holds That FLSA Anti-Retaliation Provision Protects Oral Complaints
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