Jolianne S. Alexander
Wheaton, IL Employment Law Attorney
Jolianne S. Alexander focuses her legal practice on employment law, offering a distinctive perspective shaped by her extensive background as in-house counsel and her work representing both employees and employers. Her experience includes handling a broad range of complex cases under the Illinois Human Rights Act, Title VII, and various employment-related statutes.
Throughout her career, Ms. Alexander has drafted and argued numerous dispositive motions and has independently conducted both jury and bench trials before the Illinois Human Rights Commission and in state court. She has also contributed to trial efforts at the federal level. Her appellate work includes a successful argument before the Second District Appellate Court of Illinois and the Illinois Supreme Court on a novel legal question involving disability discrimination and harassment under the Illinois Human Rights Act.
She is an active member of the DuPage County Bar Association and serves on the DCBA Editorial Board.
Ms. Alexander earned her Bachelor of Science in Biological Sciences from the University of Illinois at Chicago in 2009. She received her Juris Doctor from Loyola University Chicago School of Law in 2013. She is licensed to practice in Illinois and before the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
- Employment Law
- Employee Benefits, Employment Contracts, Employment Discrimination, ERISA, Overtime & Unpaid Wages, Sexual Harassment, Whistleblower, Wrongful Termination
- Employment Discrimination
- Sexual Harrassment
- Civil Litigation
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- Illinois
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- English: Spoken, Written
- Owner
- JSL Law, LLC
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- EEO Special Counsel
- Littler Mendelson P.C.
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- Laner Muchin
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- Mirabella Kincaid Frederick & Mirabella, LLC
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- Kopon Airdo, LLC
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- Gaffney & Gaffney, P.C.
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- Compliance Officer/In-House Counsel
- WCP Solar Services, LLC
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- Loyola University Chicago
- J.D. (2013) | Juris Doctorate
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- University of Illinois - Chicago
- B.S. (2009) | Biological Science
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- Rising Star
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- State Bar of Illinois # 6314222
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- Dupage County Bar Association
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- Loyola University Chicago School of Law
- Annals of Health Law Journal Editor
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- University of Illinois at Chicago
- Mock Trial
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- Northern District of Illinois (Eastern Division) Trial Bar
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- National Employment Lawyers Association (NELA)
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- Chicago Bar Association Symphony Orchestra
- Second Violin
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- DuPage County Bar Association
- Editorial Board Member
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- DuPage County Bar Association - Labor & Employment Committee
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- DuPage County Bar Association - Labor & Employment Committee
- Vice Chair
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- Frequently Asked Questions
- JSL Law, LLC
- Testimonials
- JSL Law, LLC
- “Sexual Harassment in the Workplace: Pre-Litigation Strategies from a Plaintiff’s Perspective”
- DuPage County Bar Association Brief, Vol. 30, No.7
- “Court Affirms that “Disability Harassment” Constitutes Unlawful Discrimination: A Confirmation that Certain Truths are Self-Evident”
- Illinois State Bar Association Labor & Employment Law, Vol. 54, No.4
- “Court Affirms that “Disability Harassment” Constitutes Unlawful Discrimination: A Confirmation that Certain Truths are Self-Evident”
- DuPage County Bar Association Brief, Vol. 29, No.4
