Cintra Bentley McArdle is a Senior Counsel with Seyfarth Shaw LLP, the leading national employment and labor law firm. Ms. McArdle is a member of Labor and Employment Department in Chicago, the Employment Litigation and Counseling Group, and the Complex Discrimination Litigation Practice Group.

Ms. McArdle represents employers throughout the country in the entire range of employment law matters. Her work has included the representation of Fortune 500 companies, as well as medium and small sized employers. Her primary focus is litigation and she has extensive experience representing employers in both federal and state trial and appellate courts, and before federal and state government agencies such as the EEOC and the U.S. Department of Labor.

She has represented employers in class actions (including those brought by the EEOC), multi-plaintiff, and single-plaintiff cases involving discrimination on the basis of disability, age, sex, sex harassment, race, race harassment, national origin, and other protected classifications filed under various federal and state statutes, including Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, The Family and Medical Leave Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1981, The Illinois Human Rights Act, The Ohio Civil Rights Act, The Missouri Human Rights Act, The Indiana Civil Rights Act, The Elliot Larsen Civil Rights Acts, and the Persons With Disabilities Civil Rights Act. Ms. McArdle has litigated numerous discrimination cases through both successful summary judgment motions and favorable trial verdicts.

Ms. McArdle’s trial experience includes defense counsel in the first known trial in Illinois state court of discrimination claims since the Illinois General Assembly amended the Illinois Human Rights Act to permit Illinois trial courts to hear discrimination claims. The case involved a former high level executive who asserted claims of age and sex discrimination, and who sought damages in excess of $8m. A complete defense victory was obtained.

Ms. McArdle authored the American Bar Association and BNA Treatise on The Family and Medical Leave Act, which addresses the enforcement mechanisms and remedies available under the Act. She has since served as Chapter Editor for three successive cumulative supplements of this chapter.

Cintra Bentley McArdle is a Senior Counsel with Seyfarth Shaw LLP, the leading national employment and labor law firm. Ms. McArdle is a member of Labor and Employment Department in Chicago, the Employment Litigation and Counseling Group, and the Complex Discrimination Litigation Practice Group.

Ms. McArdle represents employers throughout the country in the entire range of employment law matters. Her work has included the representation of Fortune 500 companies, as well as medium and small sized employers. Her primary focus is litigation and she has extensive experience representing employers in both federal and state trial and appellate courts, and before federal and state government agencies such as the EEOC and the U.S. Department of Labor.

She has represented employers in class actions (including those brought by the EEOC), multi-plaintiff, and single-plaintiff cases involving discrimination on the basis of disability, age, sex, sex harassment, race, race harassment, national origin, and other protected classifications filed under various federal and state statutes, including Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, The Family and Medical Leave Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1981, The Illinois Human Rights Act, The Ohio Civil Rights Act, The Missouri Human Rights Act, The Indiana Civil Rights Act, The Elliot Larsen Civil Rights Acts, and the Persons With Disabilities Civil Rights Act. Ms. McArdle has litigated numerous discrimination cases through both successful summary judgment motions and favorable trial verdicts.

Ms. McArdle’s trial experience includes defense counsel in the first known trial in Illinois state court of discrimination claims since the Illinois General Assembly amended the Illinois Human Rights Act to permit Illinois trial courts to hear discrimination claims. The case involved a former high level executive who asserted claims of age and sex discrimination, and who sought damages in excess of $8m. A complete defense victory was obtained.

Ms. McArdle authored the American Bar Association and BNA Treatise on The Family and Medical Leave Act, which addresses the enforcement mechanisms and remedies available under the Act. She has since served as Chapter Editor for three successive cumulative supplements of this chapter.