Whitney Siehl
Associate Attorney at Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP
- Role
- Associate Attorney at Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP
- Location
- Chicago, IL, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Whitney Siehl
Plaintiffs’ Class Action and Civil Rights Litigator with a focus on sexual abuse, sexual…
Experience
Associate Attorney
Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP
Apr 2019 — Present · Chicago, IL, US
Plaintiffs’ Class Action and Civil Rights Litigator with a focus on sexual abuse, sexual harassment, data privacy, consumer protection, antitrust, and sports litigation.Settlements:$215 Million settlement for survivors of USC gynecologist\'s sexual abuse, including novel institutional reforms $17.1 Million settlement for survivors of Harvey Weinstein’s sexual abuse and harassment $5.4 Million settlement for students and payors who paid tuition and fees at George Washington University during the Spring 2020 semester$5 Million for Rutgers students who paid tuition and fees during the Spring 2020 semester$2.5 Million settlement for Quinnipiac students who paid tuition and fees during the Spring 2020 semester$1.5 Million settlement for Brown students who paid tuition and fees during the Spring 2020 semesterRecognition:• Cook County Bar Association’s President’s Award, 2024 • 500 X — The Next Generation, Lawdragon, 2023 - present• Maurice Weigle Exceptional Young Lawyer Award, Chicago Bar Foundation, 2023• Service Award, Women\'s Bar Association of Illinois, 20••••23• Rising Star, Super Lawyers, 2019-presentBar Association Involvement:Women\'s Bar Association of Illinois (WBAI): President 20••••24; Officer 20••••23; Board Member 2017-present; Co-Chair of annual Golf Outing 20••••23; co-chair of numerous other events empowering women in the legal community.Illinois State Bar Association (ISBA): Sports and Entertainment Law Secretary 2024-present; Women and the Law Committee; Tort Law Section CouncilFounding Member of Bar Presidents\' Leadership CouncilFounding Member of Force of Lawyers Against Sexual Harassment (FLASH)Chicago Bar AssociationAsian American Bar AssociationHLAILAGBAC - Chicago\'s LGBTQ+ Bar AssociationPuerto Rican Bar Association of IllinoisAAJITLA
Education
The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law
J.D., cum laude
2010 — 2013
Northwestern University
B.A., English Literature
2006 — 2009
Skills
- Trials
- Legal Assistance
- Legal Issues
- Alternative Dispute Resolution
- Mediation
- Appeals
- Civil Litigation
- Westlaw
- Corporate Law
- Administrative Law
- Commercial Litigation
- Legal Writing
- Litigation
- Dispute Resolution
- Constitutional Law
- Legal Research
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