Overview

About Richard M Manzella

* Single attorney firm concentrating in employment law since June 1999 representing Plaintiffs in nearly every aspect of their employment including discrimination (e.g., Title VII, ADEA, Illinois Human Rights Act, ADA) and wrong ful dismissal (e.g., FMLA, Workers' Compensation retaliation, whistleblower claims) pension/ERISA, wage and hour, severance and employment agreement review and unemployment appeals.
* Also representing clients in consumer rights actions.
* Experienced in state and federal courts at both trial and appellate levels.
* Admitted to Illinois and Northern District of Illinois Bar 1999, Central District of Illinois 2002, Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals 2004.
*15 years of supervisory and management experience operating a Human Resources consultancy specializing in assessment center design, employee selection, test validation, survey development and analysis, and relational database design and development.
* Extensive experience with data manipulation, statistical software, and multivariate statistical techniques.
* Expert in behaviorally-based selection methodologies (e.g., structured interviews, work simulations, assessment centers).

Practice Areas
Education
SchoolFocusDegreeYear
DePaul University College of Law - DePaul UniversityJ.D.1998
Illinois State UniversityIndustrial/Organizational PsychologyM.A.1990
University of Illinois - Urbana-ChampaignPsychologyB.S.1988
Fees
Credit Cards Accepted
Contingent Fees
Free Consultation
Rates, Retainers and Additional Information:
Modified contingent representation or traditional contingent available in some matters; flat-rate approach to employment agreement/severance review, unemployment matters and appellate work.
Jurisdictions
LocationYear Admitted
Illinois1999
Professional Activities
ActivityOrganizationStart YearEnd Year
President and FounderOASIS Consulting, Inc.19992005
Details: Human Resources consultancy concentrating in assessment center design and implementation, personnel selection, test validation; survey design, processing, and analysis; database design and development. Major client/project (4/00 - 8/2005): Mercer Human Resources Consulting; conception, design, production-related analysis and activity/job costing reporting work, and eventual sale of proprietary relational database used for the collection and reporting of human resources activity-based costing data.
OwnerManzella & Associates19901999
Details: Major Clients/projects: Mitsubishi Motors of North America, Inc. a large-scale assessment center design and implementation for assembly line workers; supervisory selection, test validation, design and implementation of a multi-user database for comprehensive applicant tracking. 1993 - 1996 Rush Prudential Health Plans; collection, analysis, and reporting of annual employee survey data; variety of survey collection, reporting, and analysis activities for health care professionals.
Market Research AnalystThe Pantagraph19931994
Details: Provided technical and statistical information to sales representatives and Advertising Director regarding demographic characteristics of readers; sole developer and writer of subscription-based publication summarizing local business activity; facilitated regular focus group discussions regarding reader preferences and habits.
Psychology InstructorHeartland Community College19931993
Details: Developed initial course curriculum for new course in general psychology; lectured biweekly three-hour class and evaluated junior college students for mastery of materials.
Professional Affiliations
PositionYears
Member, ISBA1999-Current

Publications

Publications
TitlePublisherPublished
Presentation to Bloomington-Normal Human Resource CouncilMarch, 2008
Wage and Hour Presentation

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Law Office of Richard M. Manzella
117 N Center St
Bloomington, IL, US 61701
 
Fax: +1 (815) 366-4800
Telephone: +1 (309) 829-7424