Herman, Athena
Practice Areas:
- Employment Law
Past Positions:
- Benassi & Benassi, 1997
Professional Associations:
- Illinois State Bar Association
- Peoria County Bar Association
Current Employment Positions:
- Attorney
Honors:
- Illinois’ Top 40 Attorneys under 40 in 2011
- Federal Rules Advisory Committee by the judges of the Central District of Illinois
Representative Cases:
- Ryan & Gillespie v. DCFS (Constitutional rights, $4.9 million)
- David v. Caterpillar (Title VII, $850,000)
- Albright v. Caterpillar (worker’s compensation retaliation, $1.76 million)
- Radmanovich & Mausshardt v. Combined Insurance Company of America (class action sex discrimination, $ 9 million)
- Woodward v. Mitsubishi Motor Manufacturing of America (class action race discrimination)
- Burwell v. City of Peoria ($550,000 gender discrimination & retaliation for a single plaintiff)