SETH R. HALPERN is a graduate of Northwestern University and The Ohio State University College of Law and was admitted to the bar in 1988. He has practiced primarily in the areas of civil litigation, including employment termination, sexual harassment, commercial litigation, medical and professional malpractice, and certain personal injury matters. Initially concentrating his practice on representation of plaintiffs, he now also acts as defense counsel on behalf of various business interests, including closely held corporations and limited partnerships, in claims involving wrongful employment termination, sexual harassment, age, disability, and race discrimination, contracts, leases, liens, and the Uniform Commercial Code

Mr. Halpern presently heads the firm's Employment Law practice. He has achieved successful verdicts in multiple jury and bench trials and has appeared numerous times before the U.S. District Courts in Illinois and Indiana, various Illinois state courts, and the Illinois Human Rights Commission, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and U.S. Department of Labor.

By invitation, Mr. Halpern has lectured on employment discrimination and retaliation issues, sexual harassment, and the Family and Medical Leave Act for the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, the Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education, Business 21 and the Illinois State Bar Association.

Mr. Halpern has been chosen by his peers as an “Illinois Super Lawyer” representing the top 5% of all practicing attorneys in the state for each of the last six years.