Compassionate & Experienced Chicago Employment Lawyers

For employees and potential employees with marginalized identities in Chicago, IL, bigotry, bias, and harassment are unfortunately common. People of Color, women and gender-non-conforming people, LGBTQI+ people, people with disabilities, older people, immigrants, and members of minority religious groups are often the target of these actions and attitudes. It is endemic, and it can be deeply destructive to the lives of the people and communities it is inflicted upon.

Workplace discrimination and unfair treatment can also happen to people of all demographics in retaliation for actions the higher-ups in a workplace want to punish. There are many sources of this type of retaliatory discrimination—including but certainly not limited to whistleblowing, trying to form a union, filing workers compensation claims, reporting bad actors, and generally refusing to accept or allow an employer to violate your reasonable boundaries and rights.

To those who are the targets of this sort of treatment, the effects can be severe and long-lasting. In addition to any professional harm it might cause, both in your current position and beyond, surviving acute discrimination or harassment can lead to more wide-reaching social, personal, psychological, and economic damages. It can harm a person’s worldview, their physical and psychological health, their wellbeing, their relationships, and their ability to reach their full potential in all areas of their lives.

People who face this sort of adversity can often find themselves feeling helpless or resigned, and like there’s no way forward for them to pursue justice in their case. However, if you have endured this sort of treatment, there is hope. The law provides many opportunities for recourse for survivors of discrimination, hostile treatment, harassment, bias, retaliation, and other similar forms of employment-based harm.

With the right legal help, you can address what happened to you head-on. In Chicago, IL, you can find the right legal help with Attorney Chiquita Hall-Jackson and the team at Hall-Jackson & Associates, P.C.

WE GON’ BE ALRIGHT

A Black Executive’s Guide To Navigating Workplace Dynamics


CHAPTER 1

Who's the Boss? Identifying Your Lane in the Corporate Hustle

WE GON’ BE ALRIGHT

Our Areas of Practice

Employers are sometimes influenced by biases, leading them to make employment decisions that unfairly disadvantage employees or prospective employees of a certain protected classes. These discriminatory decisions are often based on:

Many laws are currently in place assuring an employee’s rights within their workplace. Some examples include the right to workplace safety, the right to make workers’ compensation claims, or the right to overtime payment. Other laws protect employees’ rights to share...

Sexual harassment is any unwelcome sexual advances or requests for sexual favors, or any conduct of a sexual nature in the workplace or in a work-related environment. If your supervisor or co-worker is sexually harassing you, you have an obligation to inform someone in authority...

Buying or selling your home? Our office can assist you through the entire process. We handle Chicago and the surrounding area’s commercial and residential real estate closings. Our attorneys also specialize in this area and can provide you with representation...

If you feel like you are being bullied, harassed, or made to feel unsafe or at odds in your workplace, you may be told that you simply need to grin and bear it or quit. In fact, nothing could be further from the truth. If an employee is experiencing severe or pervasive harassment and/or...

We recognize the value in creating intellectual property and understand the need to assist creatives and entrepreneurs in establishing their intellectual property ownership and protecting their intellectual property rights. Our office can assist you in exploring the different avenues...

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) is the independent body that is in charge of the rules governing registered brokers and broker-dealers. FINRA has its own procedure to adjudicate any disputes through arbitration. Hall-Jackson and Associates can assist you with...

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Chiquita Hall-Jackson

Founder

Hall-Jackson and Associates develop very close relationships with our clients. We have a diverse staff who are members of the protected classes. We are both a multi-generational and multicultural workplace. Our clients easily connect with our firm, primarily because we have experts who have been in their shoes on a smaller or larger magnitude. We take the time to understand our clients’ goals and work together with them to formulate and implement the best strategies for protecting their legal interests. We only service employees’ rights, whereas other law firms service both employees and employers.

Our goal is to provide personal and most importantly expert representation of the employees legal needs.

Chiquita Hall-Jackson

Founder

Chiquita Hall-Jackson – Employment Law Attorney Illinois

What Can Hall-Jackson & Associates Help Me With?

Hall-Jackson & Associates offers a wide range of legal services, focused on – though not exclusively –  the area of employment law.

We represent our employee clients in a variety of disputes with their employers across a variety of arenas and agencies. Most of our cases are filed in Federal Court, though we also bring cases before agencies like the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the Illinois Department of Human Rights (IDHR), and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), among others.

If you or a loved one is dealing with employee discrimination or any other employment-related legal issues, you are not alone. However, you will need an experienced, knowledgeable Chicago employment attorney to represent you and give you the best possible chance of a good outcome. The expert Chicago employment attorneys at Hall-Jackson & Associates are here to help. Call today for a free evaluation of your case.

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Intake Specialist

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Jane Bourke

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Attorney (of Counsel)

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Intake Specialist

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