Attorney Biographies

Paul W. Mollica

Chicago, Illinois
Partner, since 1997

Phone:	(312) 263-0272
Fax:	(312) 263-2942
Email:	pwmollica@mmmglaw.com

Paul W. Mollica is a partner in the firm of Meites Mulder, Mollica & Glink. He and his firm represent plaintiffs in class, collective and public interest litigation covering all aspects of the federal civil rights laws (including employment, constitutional and voting rights, housing and public accommodations), as well as ERISA, securities, qui tam, insurance law and other complex litigation. Mr. Mollica has wide appellate experience, including dozens of appeals in state and federal courts, and has authored or co-authored amicus briefs in the U.S. Supreme Court and Courts of Appeals for such national organizations as the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, ACLU, NAACP, AARP, People for the American Way, and the National Employment Lawyers Association He is also a frequent author and lecturer (for lawyers and courts) in the area of employment discrimination. He served as executive editor on the recently-published Fourth Edition of Lindemann and Grossman's Employment Discrimination Law (2007), was associate editor on the 2000 and 2002 supplements to the Third Edition, and advises as a senior editor on the annual supplement. In 2008, he was named an Advisor to the American Law Institute's Employment Law Restatement. He is also a two-term past president of the Chicago Council of Lawyers, a public-interest bar association. He graduated from DePaul University College of Law with honors in 1986.

Areas of Practice

Class Action
Employment Discrimination
Appellate Practice
Federal Practice
Complex Litigation

Bar Admissions

Illinois, 1986
U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois, 1987
U.S. Court of Appeals 1st Circuit, 2004
U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit, 1997
U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 1994
U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit, 2007
U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit, 1991
U.S. Court of Appeals 8th Circuit, 2006
U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 1999
U.S. Court of Appeals 10th Circuit, 2003
U.S. Supreme Court, 1998

Education

DePaul University College of Law, Chicago, Illinois, 1986
J.D.
Honors: With Honors
Law Review: DePaul Law Review, Managing Editor of Notes and Comments, 1985 - 1986
University of Chicago, 1983
B.A.

Published Works

Executive Editor, "Employment Discrimination Law," 4th Ed., Lindemann & Grossman, 2007
EEO Developments in the U.S. Courts of Appeals: 2007-08, CLE paper presented at ABA Labor and Employment Section Mid-Winter Conf., Tucson, AZ, March 25, 2008
EEO Developments in the U.S. Courts of Appeals: 2006-07, CLE paper presented at ABA Labor and Employment Section Mid-Winter Conf., Charleston, SC, March 21, 2007
"More Federal Circuit Splits in the EEO Field", BNA's Employment Discrimination Report, December 13, 2006
"EEO Developments in the U.S. Courts of Appeals: 2005-06,", CLE paper presented at ABA Labor and Employment Section Mid-Winter Conf., La Jolla, CA, March 22, 2006
"Evidence Issues in Federal Statutory Discrimination Cases,", ALI-ABA Conference on Evidence Issues and Jury Instructions in Employment Cases, Feb 9, 2006
"Judicial Review of Arbitration Awards," Chapter in ADR in Employment Law, Co-author, BNA, 2006
EEO Developments in the U.S. Courts of Appeals -- 2004-05, CLE paper presented at ABA Labor and Employment Section Mid-Winter Conf., Naples, FL, April 6, 2005
"So You Want to Go to the Supreme Court?", BNA Employment Discrimination Reporter, July 14, 2004
"Mixed-Motive Cases Revisited: Impact of Desert Palace v. Costa", BNA's Employment Discrimination Report at 525, May 5, 2004
"Attorneys' Fees," Chapter in "Age Discrimination in Employment Law", Lindemann and Kadue, BNA, 2003
"Employment Discrimination Law," Associate Editor, Lindemann and Grossman, BNA, 3d Ed., Third Supp., 2002
Employment Discrimination Law," Associate Editor, Schlei and Grossman, BNA, 3d Ed., Second Supp., 2000
Federal Summary Judgment at High Tide, 84 Marquette L. Rev. 139, 2000
Employment Discrimination Law in the Seventh Circuit: 1992-1996, 1 Employee Rights and Employment Policy Journal 63, 1997
The Eleventh Amendment's Lengthening Shadow over Federal Subject Matter Jurisdiction: Pennhurst State School and Hospital v. Halderman, 34 DePaul L. Rev. 515, 1984

Classes/Seminars Taught

CLE program for staff attorneys, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, 2007
"EEO Update", ABA Labor and Employment Section Mid-Winter Conf., Chaleston, SC, March 21, 2007
"EEO Update", ABA Labor and Employment Section Mid-Winter Conf., La Jolla, CA, March 22, 2006
"Seventh Circuit Update", NELA-Illinois, Chicago, IL, February 20, 2006
"Evidence Issues in Federal Statutory Discrimination Cases", ALI-ABA Conference on Evidence Issues and Jury Instructions in Employment Cases, February 9, 2006
"Class Action Update", NELA Mid-Year Conference, Royal Sonesta Hotel, Cambridge, MA, October 14, 2005
"EEO Update", ABA L&E Section Mid-Winter Convention, Naples FL, April 6, 2005
"Seventh Circuit Update", NELA-Illinois, Chicago, IL, March 11, 2005
Panelist on Class Settlement, The Impact Fund's Third Annual Strategic, Berkeley, CA, February 17, 2005
Annual EEO Presentation to Law Clerks, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, 2001 - 2008
"Developments in Employment Law", ABA Annual Conference, 2004
"Summary Judgment", NELA Annual Conference, 2004
"ADEA Litigation," "Summary Judgment", Minnesota State Bar Association, 2004
"Consumer Racial Profiling", University of Texas at Austin, Page Lectureship, 2004
"'Mixed' Motive Cases Revisited", ABA Labor and Employment Section Mid-Winter Conference, 2004
19th Annual Illinois Public Sector Labor Relations Law Program, Chicago-Kent College of Law, 2003
"Pro Bono", U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, 2002
Ethical Issues in Employment Litigation: Supplement to Fact Pattern and Materials, CLE paper, NELA Annual Conference, Orlando, FL, 2002
"Merit Selection for Illinois Judges", League of Women Voters of Illinois, 2001
"Plaintiffs Discovery Strategy", University of Louisville, 2000
"Employment Discrimination Law Update: Riding the Circuits on Disparate Treatment," CLE paper, ABA Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA, 1999
"Summary Judgment In Employment Discrimination Cases: Recent Caselaw About Disparate Treatment, Harassment, And Reasonable Accommodation," CLE paper, ABA National Institute on Age Discrimination, Dearborn, MI, 1998
"Summary Judgment In Employment Discrimination Cases: Recent Federal Appellate Decisions," CLE paper, NELA Annual Conference, Monterey, CA, 1998
Recent Developments And Trends Under The ADEA, CLE paper (Co-Author with Cathy Ventrell-Monsees), NELA Mid-year Session, San Antonio, TX, 1997
Release of Discrimination Claims: Issues to Raise on Summary Judgment, CLE paper, NELA mid-year session, Minneapolis, MN, 1996

Honors and Awards

U.S. District Court Merit Selection Committee (N.D. Ill.), 1999 - 2001
Seventh Circuit Task Force, Draft Civil Jury Instructions, 2002
Honoree, Chicago City Council Resolution, November 19, 2003
Chambers USA, Leading Lawyer, Employment & Labor (Plaintiff), 2003 - 2004
Leading Lawyers Network, Leading Lawyer, Employment Law: Employee, 2003 - Present
Marquis Who's Who in American Law, 2005 - Present
Martindale-Hubbell AV-rated, 2002 - Present

Professional Associations and Memberships

American Law Institute, 2008 - Present
Advisor
Chicago Council of Lawyers, 1999 - 2001
President
Chicago Council of Lawyers, 1996 - 2001
Board of Governors
Chicago Council of Lawyers, 1998 - 1999
Treasurer
Chicago Council of Lawyers, 1995 - 1999
Chair, Federal Courts Comm.
Chicago Council of Lawyers, 2002
Chair, Judicial Evaluation Comm.
Chicago Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, 2001 - Present
Board of Governors
Chicago Bar Association, 1998 - 1999
Chair, Civil Rights Comm.
American Bar Association, Section of Labor and Employment
National Employment Lawyers Association, 2000
Seventh Circuit Representative, Amicus Advisory Comm.
National Employment Lawyers Association, 2003
Legislative Comm.
Chicago Appleseed, 2006
Board Member

Past Employment Positions

Sonnenschein, Carlin, Nath & Rosenthal (later Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal), Associate, 1986 - 1990
Meites, Frackman, Mulder & Burger, Associate, 1990 - 1996

Birth Information

January 29, 1961, Fairfax, Virginia