Kyle Petersen concentrates her practice on all facets of labor and employment law, including counseling and litigation.  Ms. Petersen’s employment litigation practice includes litigation involving federal, state, and local employment laws, such as Title VII, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN), and various state statutes and common law doctrines relating to employment.  In addition to her litigation practice, Ms. Petersen represents clients in responding to administrative charges before federal, state and local agencies, advises clients with respect to the full range of employment and labor laws, conducts internal investigations, negotiates and drafts employment and separation agreements and advises employers on implementing personnel policies and mitigating risk in employment decisions.

Ms. Petersen has a special emphasis on wage and hour matters.  She has extensive experience counseling employers regarding employee classifications, including the development of strategies for minimizing potential exposure associated with classification changes, and representing management in department of labor audits, as well as single and multi-plaintiff wage and hour litigation under both state and federal law.  Ms. Petersen’s experience in this growing area includes second chairing a lengthy bench trial, resulting in the denial of overtime claims asserted by multiple plaintiffs against a Fortune 1000 company.  The trial came after defeating plaintiffs’ attempts to certify a class of over one thousand employees. 

Ms. Petersen was named an Illinois Rising Star by Illinois Super Lawyers in 2008 and 2009.

Kyle Petersen concentrates her practice on all facets of labor and employment law, including counseling and litigation.  Ms. Petersen’s employment litigation practice includes litigation involving federal, state, and local employment laws, such as Title VII, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN), and various state statutes and common law doctrines relating to employment.  In addition to her litigation practice, Ms. Petersen represents clients in responding to administrative charges before federal, state and local agencies, advises clients with respect to the full range of employment and labor laws, conducts internal investigations, negotiates and drafts employment and separation agreements and advises employers on implementing personnel policies and mitigating risk in employment decisions.

Ms. Petersen has a special emphasis on wage and hour matters.  She has extensive experience counseling employers regarding employee classifications, including the development of strategies for minimizing potential exposure associated with classification changes, and representing management in department of labor audits, as well as single and multi-plaintiff wage and hour litigation under both state and federal law.  Ms. Petersen’s experience in this growing area includes second chairing a lengthy bench trial, resulting in the denial of overtime claims asserted by multiple plaintiffs against a Fortune 1000 company.  The trial came after defeating plaintiffs’ attempts to certify a class of over one thousand employees. 

Ms. Petersen was named an Illinois Rising Star by Illinois Super Lawyers in 2008 and 2009.