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Matthew Schiff is a founding partner of
Schiff & Hulbert. He represents management in defense
of claims of discrimination, retaliation, harassment,
and employment torts. He counsels on employee handbooks
and contracts, collective bargaining and contract administration,
workers' compensation and related matters. He has served
as Special Assistant Attorney General for the State
of Illinois in discrimination litigation.
Mr. Schiff has tried numerous jury and
nonjury cases on behalf of employers before state and
federal courts and agencies. He is admitted to practice
before the United States Supreme Court, the United States
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, the Illinois
Supreme Court, the Federal District Court for the Northern
District of Illinois, including the trial bar, and the
Central District of Illinois. Mr. Schiff serves as Distance
Learning Coordinator for the American Bar Association,
Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section (TIPS). He
served as chair of the American Bar Association, TIPS
Employer-Employee Relations Committee. He was Management
Chair of the ABA, Labor and Employment Law Section,
Committee on Workers' Compensation Law. He has served
as committee program chair at ABA annual and mid-year
meetings, as a speaker and moderator at ABA National
Institutes, and as a featured speaker at every LRP National
Workers' Compensation and Disability Conference.
Mr. Schiff is a frequent lecturer and
seminar leader for various bar associations, the Council
on Education in Management, Lorman Education, and other
academic and trade associations. He has contributed
to numerous books and published many articles on workers'
compensation and employment law. Mr. Schiff received
his undergraduate degree from Cornell University and
his law degree from Boston University School of Law
where he served as Articles Editor for the American
Journal of Law and Medicine. He is a graduate of the
National Institute for Trial Advocacy, a member of the
Defense Research Institute, and has been named a Fellow
of the American Bar Foundation. |
