Job Title Category: Partner & General Counsel

  • Linda M. Doyle

    Linda M. Doyle

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    Linda M. Doyle

    Partner & General Counsel
    Areas of focus

    Linda M. Doyle is a partner and serves as the firm’s general counsel. Previously, her practice focused on employment-related litigation and counseling.

    She also previously served as the firm’s chief human resources officer, deputy general counsel, and hiring partner.

    Results
    • Served as lead counsel and secured a defense verdict on behalf of a manufacturer and distributor of wire products against allegations of wrongful termination, harassment and discrimination
    • Served as lead counsel and secured a defense verdict from the DOL for a food company against a Sarbanes-Oxley whistleblower allegation
    • Served as lead counsel and secured a defense verdict for an energy company and its CEO against allegations of breach of contract and tortious interference with a contract related to a non-competition agreement

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    Recognitions
    • Chambers USA 2008 to 2018, Labor & Employment
    • Benchmark Litigation 2014 to 2019, Litigation Star, Labor & Employment
    • The Legal 500
    Capabilities and industries
    Regional markets
    Community
    • American Bar Association, Litigation and Labor and Employment Law Sections
    • Shattered Globe Theatre Company, board member
    • McDermott Will & Schulte Management Committee, member
    • McDermott Will & Schulte Executive Committee, member
    Credentials
    Education
    • University of Michigan Law School, JD
    • Saint Joseph''s University, BS
    Admissions
    • Illinois
    • Pennsylvania
    Courts/Agencies
    • US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
    • US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
    • US District Court for the Central District of Illinois
    • US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
    • US District Court for the Southern District of Illinois
    • US District Court for the Western District of Michigan
    • US District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin
    • Supreme Court of Illinois
    • US Department of Labor