Professional Experience
Sepideh Esmaili Smith practices in the Firm’s Labor & Employment Group. She has experience in employment-related litigation, advice, counseling, and management of employment discrimination and harassment charges in federal and state courts and government agencies. Her recent experience includes:
- Representation of Fortune 500 and other smaller to mid-sized employers in federal and state court.
- Representation of a Fortune 500 company as well as smaller and midsized employers in discrimination matters before local, state, and federal agencies.
- Assisting in the representation of large unionized company in labor arbitrations and disputes.
Education and Honors
- Chicago-Kent College of Law (J.D., high honors, 2007)
Order of the Coif. Chicago-Kent Law Review Member and Editor. Moot Court Honor Society Member. 3 CALI Awards for highest grades. Teaching assistant in Criminal Law and Legal Writing I and II.
- Loyola University, Chicago (B.A., summa cum laude, 2004)
Bar Admissions
Illinois,
2007
Court Admissions
U.S. District Court, Southern District of Indiana, 2008
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, 2007
Professional Recognition
Selected for inclusion in
Illinois Super Lawyers®–Rising Stars Edition 2012 (Employment & Labor).
Professional and Civic Activities
- American Bar Association (Member).
- Illinois State Bar Association (Member).
- Chicago Bar Association (Member).
- Women’s Bar Association of Illinois (Member).
- She has also served on the Women Everywhere Planning Committee since 2007, including chairing its Volunteer Committee.