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Practice Areas: Education Law, Labor & Employment

Amanda Tiebert practices in the area of labor and employment law. She has represented clients in federal court and administrative agency proceedings involving discrimination, retaliation, harassment and wrongful discharge claims. She counsels employers in all aspects of employment law including hiring, employee discipline issues, terminations, employee handbooks and policies and wage and hour matters.

Prior to joining Robbins, Schwartz, Amanda concentrated her practice in the areas of employment law and commercial litigation.

Education

• J.D., magna cum laude, DePaul University College of Law, 2005, Order of the Coif
• B.A., Indiana University - Bloomington, 2002

Admitted to Practice

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

Recent Publications

• Deciphering Female Gender Roles in Cases of Undue Influence, DePaul Women's Law Caucus Digest (2004)

Recent Presentations

• Using the FMLA & ADA to Your Advantage – An Employer's Perspective; Illinois Association of School Personnel Administrators' 2010 Annual Spring Conference, Lisle, Illinois (January 2010)
• Personnel and Student Records: Legal Basics; Administrators' In-Service (October 2009)
• Practice Pointers for New Teachers; Teachers' In-Service (July 2009)
• Guide to the Family and Medical Leave Act: Military Leave and Updated Regulations; Administrators' In-Service Presentation (April 2009)
• Peer Sexual Harassment: District Responsibility for Student Sexual Harassment; Teachers' In-Service (February 2009)
• Personnel & Student Records: Legal Basics, In-Service (May 2009)
• Healthy Boundaries: Personnel and Student Boundaries in the Sexual Harassment Context, In-Service (April 2009)
• Review of FMLA and Leaves of Absence, CUPA-HR, Bloomington, IL (September 2008)
• Contract Grievances and Unfair Labor Practices: Practical Tips For The Educational Employer, IASBO (August 2008)
• Coaching 101, In-Service (August 2008)
• How to Stay Out of the Principal's Office, In-Service (July 2008)
• Investigation and Discipline of Employee Misconduct: Effective Strategies to Minimize Employee Grievances, Charges, and Lawsuits, Administrators In-Service Workshop (June 2009)
• Practice Pointers for New Teachers, Teachers In-Service Workshop (July 2009)