Frank B. Garrett III

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Frank B. Garrett III represents school districts, community colleges, local governmental bodies and public and private companies in all aspects of employment law, including complaints and charges of unlawful discrimination, wrongful termination, sexual harassment, civil rights violations, employee discipline and termination.  Additionally, Frank counsels and provides training to employers on all aspects of the employment relationship.

Frank represents clients in state and federal court, at the trial and appellate levels and before the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Board, the Illinois Human Rights Commission and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.  Frank is a regular speaker on employment law, at the local, state and national level.

Before joining Robbins, Schwartz, Frank worked as an Assistant Corporation Counsel for the City of Chicago.  In this capacity, he represented the City of Chicago in a variety of personnel matters and defended the City in unlawful discrimination and civil rights lawsuits.

Awards

• Illinois Leading Lawyer, Employment and School Law, 2004-2010
• Illinois Super Lawyers, 2005

Recent Publications

• Author, "Teacher’s Request for a Classroom with 'Natural Sunlight' Constitutes a Reasonable Accommodation Under the Americans With Disabilities Act," Resources (The Management Association of Illinois, 2010)
• Contributing author, “Employment Discrimination,” ILLINOIS SCHOOL LAW (IICLE, 1996, 1999, Supp. 2001, 2005 and 2010)

Recent Presentations

• SB7 Education Reform Legislation and Employee Use of Facebook, Myspace, Texts, Twitter and Other Electronic Communication, Illinois Association for Employment in Education’s Annual Conference, Aurora, IL (September 2011)
• Settlement & Summary Judgment: Effective Preparation, Representation & Responses, Panel Moderator, Annual Employment Law Conference for the Law Bulletin, Chicago, IL (September 2011)
• Navigating Training and Personnel Posting Requirements, Illinois Association of School Personnel Administrators, Lisle, IL (January 2011)
• Overcoming Legal Restrictions on the Use of Affirmative Action to Achieve Diversity, Richland Community College, Decatur, IL (June 2010)
• Recent and Potentially Forthcoming Legislative Developments in Federal Employment Law, Chicago-Kent College of Law, Chicago, IL (November 2009)
• So You Want to Take a Leave:  Revisions and Additions to the Family and Medical Leave Act and Americans with Disabilities Act, Illinois Association of School, College and University Staffing, Aurora, IL (September 2009)
• Protecting College Administrators from Employee Complaints and Lawsuits, Rock Valley College No. 511, Rockford, IL (June 2009)
• What to Do When OCR Comes Knocking, National School Boards Association, San Diego, CA (April 2009)
• Student Privacy Rights:  Changes to the Family Education Rights and Privacy (“FERPA”) and Illinois Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Confidentiality Acts (“MHDDCA”), Oakton Community College,  Des Plaines, IL (February 2009)
• Modification and Adjustments to Students with Disabilities, Oakton Community College, Des Plaines, IL (December 2008)
• What to Do When OCR Comes Knocking, Illinois Council of School Attorneys, Chicago, IL (November 2008)
• Employment of Personnel:  Recruitment, Application and Hiring Guidelines, Prairie State College, Chicago Heights, IL (March 2007)
• Illinois FMLA Update, Council on Education in Management, Chicago, IL (March 2006)
• What to Expect When You Are Sued for Employment Discrimination, Management Association of Illinois’ Annual Conference (March 2005)