Penelope M. Lechtenberg - Hinshaw & Culbertson, LLP

Ms. Penelope M. Lechtenberg


Hinshaw & Culbertson, LLP
100 Park Avenue


Rockford, IL 61101

(815) 490-4916

Penelope M. Lechtenberg

 

 

Partner, Rockford

815-490-4916

plechtenberg@hinshawlaw.com

Practice Focus and Client Representations

 

 

Penelope Lechtenberg represents management in labor and

employment law matters before federal and state courts and

administrative agencies, including the National Labor Relations

Board, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, OSHA, U.S.

Citizenship and Immigration Services, Illinois Department of

Human Rights, Illinois Department of Labor, Illinois Human

Rights Commission and Illinois Department of Employment

Security.

Ms. Lechtenberg counsels employers on a wide range of issues,

including:

  • Union campaigns and strategy
  • Collective bargaining negotiations
  • Grievance procedures
  • Discipline and discharge
  • Discrimination and harassment charges
  • Wage and hour issues
  • ERISA compliance and COBRA matters
  • All contract issues and disputes
  • Restrictive covenants
  • OSHA investigations and related safety matters
  • OFCCP compliance issues
  • Affirmative action requirements
  • Immigration rules and regulations

Ms. Lechtenberg provides employers with practical advice on all

day-to-day employment-related issues. In addition to those listed

above, she counsels on effective implementation of ADA and

FMLA requirements, employee benefits programs,

unemployment compensation procedures and hearings, and

questions arising under the federal and state wage and hour

laws. She regularly prepares employment agreements,

separation agreements and all other forms of business contracts.

Ms. Lechtenberg also maintains a substantial business and

personal immigration practice. She advises corporate and

individual clients in immigration matters involving U.S.

Citizenship & Immigration Services, Department of Labor and

Department of State, from immigration petitions to audits and

workplace investigations.

Professional Background

 

 

In addition to her extensive client representation, Ms.

Lechtenberg serves as an Arbitrator for the Circuit Court of the

Seventeenth Judicial Circuit, Winnebago County, Illinois. She is

a member of the Winnebago County Bar Association, Illinois

State Bar Association, the American Immigration Lawyers

Association and the National Diocesan Attorneys Association.

Ms. Lechtenberg is a past secretary of the Rockford Network of

Professional Women organization, and has served on the board

of directors of the Rockford Chamber of Commerce since 2006.

Ms. Lechtenberg is a member of the Leading Lawyers Network,

where she was selected by her peers as a Leading Lawyer in

Employment Law: Management and Labor Law: Management. In

addition, she has been rated by Martindale-Hubbell for ethics

and legal ability. Ms. Lechtenberg joined Hinshaw & Culbertson

LLP in December 1995.

Publications and Presentations

 

 

Ms. Lechtenberg is the author of, "Updated I-9 Form Now

Required for Every New Hire," which was published in the

December 2007 edition of The Voice, the monthly publication of

the Rockford Chamber of Commerce.

She is a frequent public speaker, presenting employer training

and informative programs about labor, employment and

immigration law. Her presentations include:

  • "Employment Discrimination Law," guest lecturer, Rockford

Business College, Rockford, Illinois, November 2007.

  • "Employment Law (Discrimination) Update," Hinshaw's 2007

Effectively Dealing with Current Labor & Employment Issues

seminar, Chicago, Illinois, September 2007.

  • "Immigration 2007: New Issues and Regulations,"

Employer's Association of Illinois, Rockford, Illinois, April

2007.

  • "2007 Immigration Update," Life Services Network, 2007

Annual Convention & Exposition, Chicago, Illinois, March

2007.

  • "Basics of Employment Immigration Law," Aurora

University's Human Resources Institute, Aurora, Illinois,

February 2007.

  • "Triple Trouble - Overlapping HR Program Changes,"

DuPage Society of Human Resources Management,

Naperville, Illinois, January 2007.

  • "Annual Employment Law Update," Employers Association

of Illinois, Rockford, Illinois, September 2006.

  • "Banking the Unbanked," Community Bankers Association of

Illinois, Indianapolis, Indiana, September 2006.

  • "Human Resources Legal Update," Aurora University's

Human Resources Institute, Aurora, Illinois, June 2006.

  • "Recent Illinois Developments" and "Hiring and Recruiting,"

Lorman Education Services' seminar, "State and Federal

Personnel Laws in Illinois," Rockford, Illinois, June 2006.

  • "Employment-Based Immigration Law Today," Hinshawsponsored

seminar "Effectively Dealing with Current Labor &

Employment Issues," Lisle, Illinois, November 2005.

  • "Wage and Hour," Lorman Education Services seminar

"Illinois State and Federal Personnel Laws," Rockford,

Illinois, March 2005.

  • "Labor and Employment Law Update," Hinshaw-sponsored

breakfast seminar series, Rockford, Illinois, March 2005.

  • "Awareness of Harassment in the Workplace," Rockford

Network, Rockford, Illinois, January 2005.

Community Service Activities

 

 

Ms. Lechtenberg is a member of the Board of Directors of the

Order of Saint Francis (OSF) Saint Anthony College of Nursing

and of Family Counseling Services in Rockford, Illinois.


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