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

Nanci Rogers represents clients on a wide range of matters related to education and local government law. Nanci counsels employers in all areas of employment and labor law, including employee discipline and termination, grievance arbitration, employee benefits plans, employment agreements, and labor contract administration. She advises municipalities and educational employers in the areas of finance, risk management, tax and Board governance issues. Nanci represents school districts, community colleges, municipalities and other local governmental bodies in matters before state and federal courts and in administrative review proceedings, including proceedings involving zoning and land use, property tax rate objections, and employment and contract disputes.

Nanci was recently awarded the Annual Litigation Award from the Illinois Institute for Local Government Law for her work on obtaining a favorable Illinois Supreme Court ruling in the case of Napleton v. Village of Hinsdale, 229 Ill. 2d 296 (2008), which established that municipal governments' zoning decisions are reviewed under the deferential rational basis test. In 2008, 2009 and 2010, Nanci was named a "Rising Star" by Super Lawyers Magazine in the area of Governments, Cities, and Municipal Law. Nanci is a member of the Executive Committee of the Illinois Council of School Attorneys and currently serves on the PRESS policy advisory board of the Illinois Association of School Boards.

Prior to joining the firm, Nanci represented private business entities in complex civil litigation matters. 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 public 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, Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University, 1984
• B.A., Northwestern University, 1975

Admitted to Practice

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

Organizations

• American Bar Association
• Chicago Bar Association
• Illinois Association of School Boards, PRESS Advisory Board (2009)
• Illinois Council of School Attorneys
• Illinois State Bar Association
• National Association of School Boards, Council of School Attorneys

Awards

• Illinois Institute for Local Government Law, Annual Litigation Award, (February 2009).
• Named Illinois "Rising Star", by Super Lawyers Magazine, in the area of Government/Cities/Municipal Law (2010, 2009, 2008)
• Beta Gamma Sigma

Recent Publications

• Contributing author, "Illinois Supreme Court Clarifies Standard of Review for Zoning Decisions," Illinois Municipal Review (August 2008)
• Contributing author, "School Property and Environmental Issues," Illinois School Law (IICLE, 2005)
• Contributing author, "Labor Relations," Illinois School Law (IICLE, 2005)
• Contributing author, "Personnel Management/Labor Relations," Illinois Association of School Business Officials Handbook (2005)

Recent Presentations

• The New Frontier: Advising School Clients on Compliance with the Amended Illinois Freedom of Information Act, Illinois Council of School Attorneys Annual Seminar on School Law, Chicago, IL (November 2009)
• Options for Funding Employer Provided Health Benefits, Lisle, IL and Springfield, IL (October 2009)
• Section 403(b) Deferred Compensation Plan Compliance for Educational Employers (Oak Brook, IL, Sept. 2008; Springfield, IL, May 2008; Schaumburg, IL, April 2008)
• Managing Employee Use of the School Technology System, K.I.D.S. ROE and Learning Technology Center 2 East (Rockford, IL, May 2008; Utica, IL, September 2007)
• Internet Liability and Computer Acceptable Use Policies for Schools, Illinois Technology Conference for Education, St. Charles, IL (February 2008)
• Internet Liabilities: Issues for Schools, North Cook Intermediate Service Center Administrators' Academy, Des Plaines, IL (March 2007)
• School Internet Use and Liability Issues, Illinois Technology Conference for Educators, Administrators' Academy Program, St. Charles, IL (February 2007)
• Zoning, Subdivision and Land Development Law in Illinois, Lorman Education Services Seminar, Oak Brook, IL (September 2006)
• Outsourcing Contracts – Implications for Collective Bargaining, IASBO Annual Conference, St. Charles, IL (May 2006)
• Employee Evaluations: How to Provide More Effective Evaluations, Harper College, Palatine, IL (April 2006)
• Tort Levy Expenditures and Risk Management Plans, Illinois Valley Association of School Business Officials, Morris, IL (December 2005)
• Anatomy of an Employment Discrimination Lawsuit, Personnel Law Update Seminar, Council on Education in Management (October 2004)
• Risk Management and the Tort Immunity Fund Levy, Pearl City, IL (October 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 (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)