Abra C. Siegel has over 25 years of experience as a litigator, with an emphasis on complex corporate litigation and employment law. Upon graduation from law school, Ms. Siegel worked in the New York office of a national law firm, representing corporate clients in civil litigation. She subsequently clerked for the Israeli Supreme Court and its Ministry of Justice. After returning to the United States, Ms. Siegel worked in as a criminal prosecutor on the state and federal level. Following her government service, Ms. Siegel worked at two Fortune 500 companies in the Chicago area, where she managed securities fraud litigation and was trained in employee relations law. Ms. Siegel subsequently founded her own boutique firm, where she represented clients in minority shareholder oppression and trust and estate litigation, and a variety of employment law matters.

 

Ms. Siegel served as Co-Chair of the Social Media Committee of the Labor and Employment Law Section of the American Bar Association ("ABA"), and as Secretary and Continuing Legal Education Coordinator for the Illinois State Bar Association ("ISBA") Standing Committee on Legal Technology. She co-authored Counterclaims and anti-SLAPP Actions: What Happens When the Tide Turns? for the 2016 ABA, Labor and Employment Section, Employment Rights and Responsibility Committee ("ERR") Midwinter Meeting, and she authored the health care industry section of Stretching Beyond the Sea Shore: Non-Compete Geographic Restrictions in a Virtual World, for the 2013 ERR Subcommittee mid-winter meeting and Intentional and Negligent Infliction of Emotional Distress – Viable Employee Claims or Mere Puffery for the Section’s 2010 meeting.  Ms. Siegel's article A “fast” review of Fastcase—Pros and cons of a free (for ISBA members) tool appeared in the ISBA Standing Committee on Legal Technology June 2012 newsletter. 

 

Ms. Siegel earned her law degree from Northwestern University School of Law, cum laude, and her Bachelor of Science in Accountancy from the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign with High Honors. Ms. Siegel passed the C.P.A. exam.

 

When she is not working, Ms. Siegel enjoys biking, traveling and spending time with her family.