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L. Steven Platt
has litigated ADEA cases for 21 years. He has tried over 100 cases
to verdict in Federal District Courts and state courts and has handled cases, appeals and
amicus briefs in jurisdictions ranging from California to New York. He was elected a "Fellow" in the American College of Labor and Employment Lawyers in 1997, was the three-time Chair of the Chicago Bar Association Civil Rights Committee (1995-1997), is a member of the adjunct faculty of labor and employment attorneys with the Illinois Institute of Continuing Education, and was one of 18 people selected by the EEOC to participate in the negotiated rulemaking that led to the regulations adopted by the EEOC under the Older Workers Benefit Protection Act (1994-1997). He is also the Plaintiff/Public National Liaison, EEO Agency Liaison, and National Legislative Liaison Co-Chair of the ABA Labor and Employment EEO Committee, and is currently the President of the National Employment Lawyers Association, a 3,500-member, national plaintiff lawyer’s group. |
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Cathy Ventrell-Monsees has litigated several ADEA class actions and has written
more than 50 amicus briefs in the U.S. Supreme Court and circuit courts. For thirteen
years, she directed an age discrimination litigation project at AARP. She serves on the
Board of Directors of the National
Employment Lawyers Association and co-chairs NELA's ADEA Committee with Steve Platt. She is a member of the Council of the ABA Labor and Employment Section and a past Co-Chair of the its EEO Committee. She is an associate editor for the 1998 Supplement to Employment Discrimination Law (3d Ed.). She teaches employment law and frequently appears in the media and at conferences as an expert on age discrimination issues. |
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