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nrogers@rsnlt.com

Practice Areas: Education Law, Labor & Employment, Municipal Law, Property Tax & Revenue Preservation

Nanci Rogers' practice is concentrated in the areas of litigation, labor and employment and education law. She represents public and private clients including school districts, community colleges, other local governmental entities and private owners and developers in administrative proceedings and in state and federal courts.

Prior to joining the firm, Nanci concentrated her practice in complex civil litigation. She is also a former judicial extern to the Honorable Reuben Castillo, United States District Judge, Northern District of Illinois.

Nanci's pre-law career includes work as a research economist for Harris Bank in Chicago and service in school administration as Assessment Systems Director for a large unit school district in Illinois.

Education

• J.D., summa cum laude, Loyola University Chicago School of Law, 2001
• M.M., with distinction, Finance and Economics, Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University, 1984
• B.A., Economics and Geography, Northwestern University, 1975

Admitted to Practice

• U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
• Supreme Court of Illinois

Recent Publications

• Contributing author, "School Property and Environmental Issues," ILLINOIS SCHOOL LAW (Ill. Inst. for CLE, 2005).
• Contributing author, "Labor Relations," ILLINOIS SCHOOL LAW (Ill. Inst for CLE, 2005).
• Contributing author, "Personnel Management/Labor Relations," (Illinois Association of School Business Officials Handbook, 2005).

Recent Presentations

• Internet Liabilities: Issues for Schools, North Cook Intermediate Service Center program for Administrators' Academy credit, Des Plaines, IL (March 2007).
• School Internet Use and Liability Issues, Illinois Technology Conference for Educators, Administrators' Academy Program, St. Charles, IL (Feb. 2007).
• Zoning, Subdivision and Land Development Law in Illinois, Lorman Educational Services Seminar, Oak Brook, IL (Sept. 2006).
• Outsourcing Contracts - Implications for Collective Bargaining, IASBO Annual Conference, St. Charles, IL (May 2006).
• Employee Evaluations: How to Provide More Effective Evaluations, Administrators' In-Service, Harper College, Palatine, IL (April 2006).
• Veterans' Rights Vis-à-vis Community Colleges as Employees and Education Providers, RSNLT Conference, Lisle, IL (April 2006).
• Tort Levy Expenditures and Risk Management Plans, Illinois Valley Association of School Business Officials (Sept. 2005).
• Anatomy of an Employment Discrimination Lawsuit, Personnel Law Update Seminar, Council on Education in Management, Oakbrook Terrace, IL (Oct. 2004).
• Risk Management and the Tort Immunity Fund Levy, Pearl City CUSD 200, Pearl City, IL (Oct. 2004).
• Update on Substance Abuse in the Workplace: Ensuring that Your Policies and Practices Are in Compliance, Council on Education in Management, Advanced Employment Law, Certificate Forum for HR Professionals, Chicago, IL (June 2004).
• Permitting Illinois Community Wind Projects, Wind Energy Conference, Minneapolis, MN (June 2004).
• Roundtable presenter, Community Scale Wind Grants, Illinois Clean Energy Community Foundation (June 2004).