Danuta Bembenista Panich

Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif. Recipient: American Jurisprudence Award in Constitutional Law 1975; U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois Excellence in Public Interest Service Group Award 2006; Federal Bar Association Section Chair Award 2007; Bar Register or Preeminent Women Lawyers 2011. Board Member - Munster Medical Research Foundation since 1990, Chairperson - Pension Committee; Public Interest Law Initiative, 2004-2007. Member Sedona Conference, Working Group on Electronic Document Retention and Production and Working Group on International Electronic Information Management, Discovery and Disclosure; Society for Human Resources Management; National Association of Profesional Women. Frequent speaker, including: records management issues in litigation for American Records Management Association (2009, 2010); developing records management programs for Illinois Institute of Continuing Legal Education 2007; wage and hour issues and collective actions for Federal Bar Association Bi-Annual Labor & Employment Law Conferences (2009, 2011), Indiana Continuing Legal Education Foundation 2010 and Ohio Bar Association CLE 2008; e-discovery for Strafford Publications 2011, 2010, 2008 and 2005, Federal Bar Association Chicago Chapter CLE 2007, Illinois Institute of Continuing Legal Education 2007, University of North Carolina School of Law E-Discovery Symposium 2006, Joint West Legalworks/Kroll-On-Track Symposium 2006, and Florida Bar Association CLE 2006; Family Medical Leave Act issues for Indiana Chamber of Commerce 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008 and Federal Bar Association Bi-Annual Labor and Employment Law Conference 2011; accommodation issues for Indiana Chamber of Commerce ADA Conference 2008; collective bargaining for Alabama Chapter of the Federal Bar Association (2008); retaliation and whistleblower claims for Chicago Chapter of the Federal Bar Association (2008); Occupational Safety and Health Act for Indiana University School of Law 2009 hnd Federal Bar Association Bi-Annual Labor & Employment Conference 2007; employment law enforcement issues in immigration for Illinois Institute of Continuing Legal Education 2008 and Joint Federal Bar Association/Immigration Policy Center 2006; labor and employment law issues in contingent workforces for Annual Conference of Vendor management Systems Professionals 2006; annual guest lecture on Labor and Employment Law in Business Transactions at Loyola Law School since 1995; annual guest lecture on Technology in the Law at Duke Law School since 2006; and many in-house and client programs. Publications: "Whistleblower Litigation: Firewords for the Nuclear Industry?" Public Utilities Fortnightly, Vol. 126, No. 1, July 1990; "Developments in the Law of Electronic Discovery" The Labouring Oar, Winter 2006; "Back on the Cutting Edge: 'Donning-and- Doffing' Litigation Under the Fair Labor Standards Act" The Federal Lawyer Vol. 58, No. 3 March/April 2011. Fellow: Federal Bar Foundation.