Law Firm Overview

Jeff Brown is principal and founder of Jeffrey Grant Brown, P.C., a Chicago law firm, with a practice concentrating in Employment Law and Litigation. Mr. Brown is a 1986 graduate of DePaul University College Of Law. He has represented employees and employers in employment contract drafting and dispute resolution; discrimination in the areas of gender, age, disability, national origin, religion and race; anti-competition contracts; defamation; retaliatory discharge; and other claims related to employment law and litigation. Mr. Brown's litigation practice is also concentrated in representing claimants in negotiating and litigating disability insurance policy claims; in publicity, privacy, and entertainment law litigation; and in commercial contract litigation.  Mr. Brown is a member of the National Employment Lawyers Association (NELA) and the Illinois Chapter of NELA. He is also a member of the Chicago Bar Association Labor and Employment Law specialty panel. He has successfully represented plaintiffs in several employment-law related class actions, including the Hooters Restaurant gender discrimination case. Mr. Brown also represents several charitable organizations.

Areas of Practice

• Litigation & Appeals
• Disability Insurance Policy claims
• Entertainment, Sports & Leisure Law
• Art
• Entertainment
• Class Actions
• Employment Contracts
• Federal Trial Practice

Published Works

• Watkins v. City of Chicago, 992 F.Supp. 971 (N.D.1998)
• J.F. Walker Co., Inc. v. Commercial Wholesale, 658 N.E.2d 542 (Ill. App. 1st Dist. 1993)
• Menke v. Monchecourt, 17 F.3d 1007 (7th Cir. 1994)

Representative Cases

• Paunescu v. INS, 76 F. Supp. 2d 896 (N.D.Ill. 1999)
• Hull v. Board of Trustees of University of Illinois at Chicago, 2001 WL 811144 (N.D. Ill. 2001)
• Menke v. Monchecourt, 17 F.3d 1007 (7th Circuit 1994)
• J.F. Walker Co. v. Commercial Wholesale, 658 N.E.2d 542 (Ill. App. 1st Dist. 1993)

West Practice Categories

Consumer Protection, Contracts, Directors' & Officers' Liability, Formation & Business Planning, Joint Ventures, Limited Liability Companies, Partnerships, Shareholders' Rights, Civil Rights, Age Discrimination, Disability & Illness Discrimination, Gay & Lesbian Rights, National Origin Discrimination, Police Misconduct, Race Discrimination, Religious Discrimination, Sex Discrimination, Sexual Harassment, Communications & Media Law, Discrimination, Freedom of Information, Employment Law -- Employee, Americans with Disabilities Act -- Employee, Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) -- Employee, Employee Rights -- Employee, Employment Contracts -- Employee, Employment Discrimination -- Employee, Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) -- Employee, Railroad Worker Injury/FELA, Pensions, Benefits & Compensations -- Employee, Sexual Harassment -- Employee, Wage & Hour Laws -- Employee, Whistleblower/Qui Tam, Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act -- Employee, Wrongful Termination -- Employee, Affirmative Action -- Employer, Americans with Disabilities Act -- Employer, Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) -- Employer, Employee Rights -- Employer, Employment Contracts -- Employer, Employment Discrimination -- Employer, Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) -- Employer, Occupational Safety & Health Act (OSHA) -- Employer, Pensions, Benefits & Compensations -- Employer, Sexual Harassment -- Employer, Wage & Hour Laws -- Employer, Whistleblower -- Employer, Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act -- Employer, Wrongful Termination -- Employer, Entertainment, Sports & Leisure Law, Art, Entertainment, Sports, Lotteries, Bad Faith Insurance, Life & Health, Wage & Hour Laws, Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act, Litigation & Appeals, Class Actions -- Plaintiff, Complex Litigation, Federal Appellate Practice, Federal Trial Practice, State Appellate Practice, State Trial Practice, Defamation & Privacy -- Defense, Defamation & Privacy -- Plaintiff