Jennifer L. Colvin

Examples of Jennifer’s work include but are not limited to:

• Representing Fortune 500 companies, smaller companies and non-profit organizations in administrative and court proceedings
• Obtaining a directed verdict for a premier provider of advanced machining solutions in a same-sex sexual harassment and national origin discrimination claim
• Obtaining summary judgment for a Fortune 100 company in a claim asserting negligent hiring and retention, assault, battery and intentional infliction of emotional distress
• Obtaining summary judgment for a national distributor of building materials in a wage and hour claim
• Defeating numerous grievances in arbitrations for a large telecommunications company and for a large producer of steel pipe

Education

• J.D., DePaul University College of Law – Chicago, 2001
• B.A., Marquette University, 1998

Admission to Practice

• U.S. Supreme Court
• U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Wisconsin
• Illinois
• Wisconsin
• U.S. District Court, Central, Northern and Southern Districts of Illinois

• American Bar Association
• Chicago Bar Association
• National Association of Women Lawyers
• Wisconsin Bar Association

• Ogletree Deakins Podcast – “Workplace Strategies Watercooler 2025: Managing Multiple Generations—Planning for the Future” – June 6, 2025
• Workplace Strategies Seminar – “Managing Multiple Generations—Planning for the Future” – Las Vegas – April 24, 2025
• Ogletree Deakins Podcast – “Workplace Strategies Watercooler 2024: California Lite? Expanding Employee Protections in Activist States” – May 23, 2024
• Workplace Strategies Seminar – “Dazed and Confused? Managing Marijuana Issues in the World of Legalization” – San Diego – May 12, 2023
• Illinois Search & Staffing Association: Legislative Conference – “The Changing Landscape of Joint Employer Status” – Rosemont – February 23, 2023
• Corporate Labor and Employment Counsel Exclusive – “Top Issues for U.S. Employers With Permanent (or Hybrid) Remote Workers” – Colorado Springs – September 22, 2022
• Workplace Strategies Seminar – “Cannabis Confusion? Managing Marijuana Issues in the Workplace” – Austin – June 24, 2021
• Ogletree Deakins Webinar – “In the Weeds: What Illinois Employers Need to Know About Legalized Marijuana” – November 20, 2019
• Corporate Labor and Employment Counsel Exclusive – “Enough Is Enough! When the Right to a Leave of Absence Finally Has Been Exhausted” – New Orleans – November 15, 2019
• Ogletree Deakins Podcast – “The Gig Economy Hits Temporary Staffing: What are the Legal Considerations?” – December 18, 2018
• Ogletree Deakins Workplace Strategies Seminar – “Getting the Generations to Jell: Managing the Multigenerational Workforce” – Phoenix – May 10, 2018
• Labor and Employment Counsel Exclusive – “Generations Y and Z, the Gig Economy, and New Employment Strategies” – Boca Raton – November 9, 2017
• Wisconsin State SHRM Conference – “How To Be a Super Sleuth: Preparing for and Conducting Effective Workplace Investigations” – Madison – October 16, 2014
• Ogletree Deakins Briefing – “Downsizing In Difficult Times” – Chicago – May 28, 2009

• May 26, 2022 – SHRM Online – “Illinois Issues Proposed Regs on Equal Pay Registration Certificate Requirements”
• September 3, 2015 – SHRM Online – “No ADA Case, as Village Accommodated Officer Post-Stroke”
• December 12, 2013 – SHRM.org – “Black Police Sergeant Denied Transfer from Midnight Shift May Pursue Claim”
• 2005 – International Association of Defense Counsel Newsletter – “42 U.S.C. Section 1981 Claims: An Overview”
• 2003 – Illinois Defense Quarterly – “Critical Issues Under the Fair Labor Standards Act”

• January 17, 2025 – Law360 – “Predictions For Arbitration Carveout, NLRB Legality And More”
• July 25, 2024 – Bloomberg Law – “Dueling Rulings on Temp Worker Pay Laws Sow Confusion in States”
• March 14, 2024 – Law360 – ” 3 Questions About Biden’s New Paid Leave Proposal”
• August 11, 2023 – Law360 – “Temp Worker Wage Rights Add To Equal Pay Analysis Debate”
• July 3, 2023 – Bloomberg Law – “Caste, Weight Emerge Among Expanding Bias-Protected Traits”
• August 22, 2022 – Law360 – “These Firms Go Above And Beyond To Retain Female Attys”
• June 1, 2021 – SHRM Online – “Distinguish Between the ADA’s Many Prohibitions on Medical Examinations”
• January 17, 2020 – SHRM Online – “Marijuana and the Workplace: What’s New for 2020”

• Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America®
  • Employment Law – Management (2022-2025)
  • Litigation – Labor and Employment (2022-2025)
• Illinois Super Lawyer (2016-2025)
• Super Lawyers Illinois Rising Star (2010-2015)
• Thomson Reuters Stand-out Lawyer (2024, 2025)