Practice Areas
Sexual Harassment, Age Discrimination, Disability Discrimination, Employee Benefits, Employment Law, Mediation, Personal Injury, Race Discrimination, Religious Discrimination, Retaliatory Discharge, Sex Discrimination, Workers’ Compensation, Wrongful Termination
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Admitted:
1978, Illinois
Law School:
Indiana University School of Law - Bloomington, IN, J.D.
College:
Harvard University - Graduated with Honors in 1975
Born:
Harvey, Illinois, 1953
Legal Career Highlights
Assistant State's Attorney for Cook County, Illinois, 1978-1983; tried 12 jury trials and over 100 bench trials, winning more than 90% of the trials, including 2 convictions for rape
Owner, Kline's Department Store, Chicago Heights, Illinois, 1983-1995; in charge of all legal, personnel, administrative, and financial matters for family-owned business with over 150 employees
Staff Attorney, Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission, 1995-1996; reviewed workers' compensation cases, which had been appealed
Administrative Law Judge Illinois Human Rights Commission 1996-1998; decided and mediated sexual harassment and disability, sex, age, and race discrimination cases; of the 30 cases I was assigned to mediate, I was able to obtain a mutually agreeable financial settlement in 20 of the cases
Law firm of Stevenson Rusin & Friedman, 1998; defended workers' compensation and discrimination cases
Law Office of Mitchell A. Kline, 1999 through the present; have successfully represented employees and employers in sexual harassment, discrimination, and workers' compensation cases; and have settled and tried numerous cases in federal and state courts
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