Meredith S. Kirshenbaum

Meredith Kirshenbaum is a principal in the firm's Litigation Group. Ms. Kirshenbaum has experience litigating cases involving labor and employment law, commercial contract disputes, false claims act litigation and real estate disputes and is trained in employee benefits (ERISA) law. Ms. Kirshenbaum's traditional labor law experience includes representing employers in unfair labor practice charges and other matters pending before the National Labor Relations Board, counseling employers during union organizing campaigns, defending employer interests throughout the union-election process and negotiating union contracts.

Ms. Kirshenbaum devotes a considerable portion of her practice to representing and advising charter schools, counseling them in a wide range of areas including traditional labor law, employment law, charter applications, contract negotiations, state commission appeals and school policies. Recent speaking engagements include a session on labor law developments and charter schools at the Alliance of Public Charter School Attorneys Conference, a webinar presentation on labor law for the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, as well as several presentations for the Illinois Network of Charter Schools, including a presentation at the Charter School Leader Summit.

Ms. Kirshenbaum is admitted to practice in Illinois. She has been named a Rising Star by Illinois Super Lawyers in 2020 and 2021, which honors just 2.5 percent of attorneys in the state aged 40 or younger. She received her law degree, with honors, from The University of Chicago Law School in 2012. While attending law school, Ms. Kirshenbaum was recognized as a Kirkland and Ellis scholar and a member of the Order of the Coif. She received her B.S., magna cum laude, in social policy from Northwestern University in 2009.