Freeborn Adds Employment Partner Erin McAdams
Erin E. McAdams has joined Freeborn & Peters LLP’s Chicago office as a partner in the Litigation Practice Group, focusing on employment litigation and counseling.
“We are very pleased to have Erin join Freeborn and our highly regarded team of attorneys who help our clients in their day-to-day decisions on hiring, discipline, disability and leaves of absence, and terminations,” said Steven M. Hartmann, a partner and leader of the firm’s Labor and Employment Practice Group. “Erin’s deep litigation and counseling experience will further support our clients’ business interests as we continue to enhance and expand the firm’s labor and employment services.”
In a release, the firm said McAdams helps companies navigate employment laws, and defends employers in a wide range of class, collective, and single-plaintiff disputes before federal and state courts. She counsels and litigates matters brought under state and federal antidiscrimination laws, the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA). She helps guide employers through sensitive internal investigations involving claims of harassment and discrimination and claims by whistleblowers. In addition, she has an active Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) practice, representing clients in the trucking, locomotive and retail industries in investigations, emergency responses, and litigation against state and federal agencies.
Prior to joining Freeborn, McAdams was an associate at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP. She received her J.D. (cum laude) from Indiana University Maurer School of Law and her Bachelor of Arts (magna cum laude) from the University of Notre Dame.
