After concluding a first career in large corporate banking, Attorney Hanlon commenced practicing law in 2005 with an emphasis on complex civil litigation. He has appeared before various courts including the United States District Courts in Central and Northern Illinois, Northern Indiana, Middle Florida (PHV), North Dakota, Southern Texas, Eastern and Western Wisconsin; as well as the United States Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit; the National Labor Relations Board (Administrative trials and proceedings), and the Illinois Labor Relations Board. He has appeared in: the Circuit Courts of Cook, Champaign, DuPage, DeKalb, Lake, Kane, McHenry, Moultrie, Shelby, Stephenson, and Will; the 1st , 2nd and 5th Districts of the Illinois Appellate Court, and the Illinois Supreme Court. Most recently he has served the People of the State of Illinois as the Shelby County State’s Attorney.
Rob has expertise in A) Complex Civil Litigation, B) Labor Relations including negotiating union contracts, arbitration of grievances, grievance procedures, unfair labor practices, union violence, ambulatory picketing, and matters before the EEOC and Illinois Dept of Human Rights; C) Criminal matters (murder, criminal sexual assault, child pornography, misdemeanors, DUI and more) D) Governmental powers and legal compliance with various statutory authority matters, E) Mechanic liens, F) Contracts, G) OSHA compliance; H) Labor Racketeering and Hobbs Act extortion, I) ERISA matters, and J) FOIA litigation.
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