Choate Herschman LLC

Specialties

Choate Herschman LLC exclusively handles employment matters. The firm provides responsive and assertive representation for each client through its communication, approach, and focus on teamwork.

Choate Herschman LLC litigates, negotiates, and mediates various employment law areas including: wrongful termination, sexual harassment, discrimination (race, gender/​sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, pregnancy, disability, and religious), Family and Medical Leave Act violations (FMLA), retaliation and retaliatory discharge, severance agreements, non-​compete agreements, employment contracts, and whistleblower claims.

History

Established in 2011.

Choate Herschman LLC grew from Choate Law. The firm was started with the intent of making an exceptional law firm dedicated to employment law. Therefore, the firm limits its practice to employment law exclusively. The firm provides responsive and assertive representation for each client through its communication, approach, and focus on teamwork.

Meet the Business Owner

Antoinette C.

Business Owner

Her entire career, she has concentrated in employment law exclusively.

Ms. Choate was named an «Illinois Rising Star» for 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2010 and 2009 by Super Lawyers magazine. She has been invited to speak as a guest lecturer on employment issues for the Chicago Bar Association’s Law at the Library Series every year since 2005.

She is an active member of the Illinois Chapter of the National Employment Lawyer’s Association (NELA/​Illinois), an organization comprised of lawyers who seek to vindicate the rights of individuals in the workplace. She currently serves as Immediate Past President of NELA/​Illinois and has been on the Board of Directors since 2006.

Ms. Choate earned her A. B. from the University of Chicago, with a double major in History and Law, Letters, and Society in 2001. In 2004, she was awarded her Juris Doctor from Loyola University Chicago School of Law.