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Amanda Burns Joins C&A

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We are pleased to announce that Amanda Burns has joined the firm as an associate. Amanda obtained her J.D. and graduated cum laude from Loyola University Chicago in 2019. While in law school Amanda was an editor on the Loyola University Chicago Law Journal and served as an academic tutor for property and contract courses. Amanda’s interest in employment law grew through internships at the Chicago Public Schools Board of Education and the Attorney General’s Office where she had hands-on experience in the administrative grievance process as well as the Illinois Wage Payment Collection Act.  Following law school, Amanda worked as a Judicial Law Clerk for Judge Eve Reilly in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Chancery Division and then pursued plaintiff side employment law in private practice.

We look forward to Amanda playing a key role in the practice. Welcome!

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