Upon graduation from law school, Ms. O’Brien joined Laner, Muchin, Dombrow, Becker, Levin and Tominberg, Ltd. in 1989. She is a member of the Firm’s Executive Committee and its Hiring Chairperson. Ms. O’Brien was named to the list of “Top 50 Women Attorneys in Illinois for 2010”.
She represents public and private sector employers in numerous areas including collective bargaining negotiations, union election campaigns, drafting and implementation of harassment and discrimination prevention programs, drafting and enforcement of confidentiality, non-competition and other restrictive covenant agreements, drug and alcohol testing policy and practice issues, grievance handling and grievance and interest arbitrations, and compliance obligations under the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act, the Workers' Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, the Fair Labor Standards Act and all other state, federal and local employment and labor laws. Ms. O’Brien has served on the Adjunct Faculty of the Loyola School of Law where she taught Employment Discrimination law.
