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Areas of Practice

  • Employment Advice, Counseling and Training
  • Employment Litigation and Dispute Resolution
  • Higher Education
  • Labor & Employment
  • Labor Management Relations
  • Research Institutions & Higher Education
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Profile

Labor and employment counsel with a focus on higher education

Michelle Lewis counsels on employment law compliance, policy development, diversity initiatives and labor relations. She has in-depth experience developing policies on the prevention of harassment and discrimination in work and learning environments, in addition to conducting small and large-scale employment investigations. Her other employment law experience includes:

  • Collective bargaining agreements
  • Negotiations
  • Arbitration
  • Mediation

Prior to practicing law, Michelle served as an HR director for a major nonprofit organization as well as a senior university administrator with direct oversight of employment law compliance. Clients benefit from her firsthand experience as a career professional with two decades of in-depth knowledge of every aspect of employment law compliance.

Bar Admissions

  • Illinois
  • Missouri

Education

  • Saint Louis University School of Law (J.D.)
    • Dean’s List
    • Academic Excellence Awards: legal research and writing, client counseling, worker’s compensation, climate change and the law
    • Alpha Sigma Nu Jesuit Honor Society
    • ABA Regional Client Counseling Competition winner
  • Lindenwood University (M.S.)
    • Business Management
  • Illinois State University (B.A.)
    • English

Areas of Practice

  • Employment Advice, Counseling and Training
  • Employment Litigation and Dispute Resolution
  • Higher Education
  • Labor & Employment
  • Labor Management Relations
  • Research Institutions & Higher Education

Professional Career



Articles

  • "Client Advisory: Illinois Enacts Mandatory Paid Leave Law for Workers"
  • "Client Advisory: New Changes to Title IX Regulations Proposed"
  • "Reports and White Papers: Key Takeaways: Implicit Bias and Communications with Key Stakeholders"
  • Final Title IX Regulations Now Expected Summer 2024: How To Prepare for the Impending Compliance Deadline
  • Lindsey Davis, Michelle Lewis and Brenna Wildt Write Campus Safety Magazine Article About Title IX Revisions, Significance for Schools
  • The Revised Title IX Regulations are Finally Here: What Has Changed and What to Do Next

Seminar

  • The Revised Title IX Regulations: What Colleges and Universities Need to Know to Stay Compliant

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