Matthew B. Schiff and James W. Hulbert founded Schiff & Hulbert in 1995 with a clear mission. These highly experienced and successful lawyers saw the need for a law firm that could meet all the worker’s compensation and labor and employment law needs of companies and organizations in Illinois. Schiff & Hulbert offers union and nonunion employers a “one-stop shop” by providing the services needed to help keep healthcare providers, manufacturers, construction firms and other businesses competitive in the face of escalating workers’ compensation costs, and complex labor and employment regulations.

Today, Schiff & Hulbert has a distinguished record of aggressively and successfully defending employers in workers’ compensation and labor and employment law, and providing training, guidance and consultation.

Our combined expertise in workers’ compensation and labor and employment law provides the best total solution. This integrated and multidisciplinary approach means a more powerful defense and added value for you.

We advise our clients on employment matters that help prevent problems in the first place. Schiff & Hulbert is vibrant, adding attorneys who share the founders’ philosophy and vision. Our attorneys are experienced in litigation before federal and state, trial and appellate courts, as well as administrative agencies, including the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, U.S. Department of Labor, Illinois Workers' Compensation Comission, Illinois Department of Human Rights, and the Illinois Department of Employment Security. We regularly counsel our clients regarding the federal, state,
and local laws, which affect the relationship between employers and employees.