Liza Reynolds
EDUCATION:
B.A., Yale University
M.A., University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
J.D. with High Honors, University of Texas Law School
BAR ADMISSIONS:
Supreme Court of Illinois
Supreme Court of Texas
U.S. Courts of Appeals, Seventh and D.C. Circuits
U.S. District Courts, Northern and Central Districts of Illinois, Northern District of Indiana
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:
AFL-CIO Lawyers Coordinating Committee: Member 1998-present, Board of Directors 2003-2006
American Bar Association, Labor and Employment Law Section, Subcommittee on the Development of the Law Under the National Labor Relations Act
Contributing Editor, The Developing Labor Law (BNA)
Guest lecturer, DePaul Labor Education Center
Speaker at numerous AFL-CIO and American Bar Association programs. the Illinois Public Sector Labor Relations Law Conference, the National Academy of Arbitrators annual meeting, and the National Labor Relations Board Judges Conference
International Conference of Teamsters Lawyers
National Organization of Lawyers for Education Associations
Liza Reynolds
N. Elizabeth Reynolds has represented unions, employees, and benefit funds for more than 25 years. She joined Allison, Slutsky & Kennedy, P.C. in 1998 and has been a shareholder in the firm since 2005.
Liza is an experienced advocate for unions in arbitration of contract interpretation and discipline grievances; unfair labor practice and representation cases at the National Labor Relations Board, Illinois Educational Labor Relations Board, and Illinois Labor Relations Board; other federal, state and local agency proceedings; and state and federal court litigation and appeals. She advises labor organizations on internal union affairs, strike preparation, and strategic planning. She provides training to union business agents and shop stewards. Liza has represented jointly trusteed benefit funds on collection matters in federal court.
Liza has represented individuals in a variety of employment matters, including discrimination charges before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the Illinois Department of Human Rights and the Illinois Human Rights Commission; Illinois State Board of Education tenured teacher dismissal proceedings; and Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES) unemployment appeals. She has experience representing educators in work-related investigations by the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services and appeals of DCFS indicated findings.