Todd M. Church represents and counsels retail clients, insurance companies, manufacturers, and other employers in a wide range of labor and employment matters. He has particular experience with:
- Wage and hour counseling and litigation
- Wage and hour class and collective action avoidance and defense
- Employment discrimination litigation
- Restrictive covenants
- Title VII
- The Fair Labor Standards Act
He regularly practices in district courts and before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Illinois Department of Human Rights, and the Illinois Human Rights Commission. He also was part of the Littler Mendelson team that won summary judgment for a chain of discount stores in a Fair Labor Standards Act exemption lawsuit that was recently affirmed on appeal.
Additionally, Todd is involved with The Northwestern University School of Law as an alumni interviewer, student mentor, and judge for moot court competitions.
Before joining Littler, Todd practiced at a firm in Boston from 2002 to 2004, where he was a member of the litigation department and worked primarily on government investigations and white collar crime matters. From 2005 to 2009, he worked at a firm in Chicago in the labor and employment department, primarily handling matters involving Title VII and the Fair Labor Standards Act, as well as general commercial litigation. He also served as a law clerk to the Honorable William J. Bauer, United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.
PROFESSIONAL AND COMMUNITY AFFILIATIONS
- Member, Illinois State Bar Association
- Member, Chicago Bar Association
