Seyfarth’s Tracy Billows Named to Crain’s Chicago 2021 List of “Notable Gen X Leaders in Law”

Tracy Billows, co-office managing partner of Seyfarth’s Chicago office and partner in the firm’s Labor & Employment department, was recognized as one of the 2021 “Notable Gen X Leaders in Law” by Crain’s Chicago Business. These leaders must have shown the ability or power to effect change and have assumed a leadership position outside their organization.

This group of “Gen X Notables” are at the peak of their careers, managing offices, chairing legal groups or running their own lucrative practices. With the pandemic, these professionals quickly adapted to working virtually and navigated clients through new regulations and protocols. Labor and employment specialists counseled on modified work rules and labor shortages. With the reckoning on racial injustice, many led stepped-up initiatives on diversity and inclusion. 

In Billows’ profile, Crain’s Chicago wrote:

In addition to her role as co-managing partner of Seyfarth’s Chicago office, Tracy Billows is special counsel to Seyfarth’s COVID-19 task force, where she advises the executive committee and office managing partners on pandemic challenges. Billows worked to create platforms and communication streams to answer client and internal questions. Previously, Billows was chair of Seyfarth’s Chicago Labor & Employment Group. In 2020, she worked with the Society for Human Resource Management to highlight workplace issues, preparing a five-page white paper on family leave program principles. Billows collaborates with Seyfarth’s Diversity & Inclusion team to further its mission and blunt the impact of the pandemic on diversity in the profession. She tightened the focus on retaining talent by starting an internal interview process to improve the associate experience.

You can view the full list here.