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Daniel K. Wright 
Springfield, Illinois
Partner
phone 888-763-9594
217-280-4271
fax 217-544-9609
email Email Me

 

Areas of Practice:
Business Litigation
Corporate
Commercial Transactions
Construction
Utilities
Employment
Environmental and Business Litigation
Bar Admissions:
Illinois, 2004
U.S. District Court Central District of Illinois, 2005
Education:
Saint Louis University School of Law, St. Louis, Missouri, 2004
J.D.
Law Journal: St. Louis University Law Journal, Staff Member, 2002; Editor, 2003 - 2004


Illinois College, Jacksonville, Illinois, 2001
B.A.
Honors: Magna Cum Laude
Major:  Political Science


Published Works:
The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009: Congress Responds to Justice Ginsberg's Dissent in Ledbetter v Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co., Inc., Illinois State Bar Association, Labor and Employment Law Section Newsletter, November, 2009


Employment Law Legislative Update, Lorman Education Services, 2008


Retaliation Claims: An Employer's Increasing Risk, Brown, Hay & Stephens, LLP Labor and Employment Law Seminar, 2008


United States Supreme Court Crystallizes Time Limitation for EEOC Claims, Illinois State Bar Association, Labor & Employment Law Section Newsletter, November, 2007


Unemployment Claims: Procedures and Pitfalls, Brown, Hay & Stephens, LLP Labor and Unemployment Law Seminar, 2007


Exempt or Nonexempt: Classifying Employees Under the Fair Labor Standards Act and Illinois Minimum Wage Law, Brown, Hay & Stephens, LLP Labor and Employment Law Seminar, 2006


The Missing Ingredient: Incorporating Domestic Violence Issues into the Law School Curriculum, 48 St. Louis U.L.J. 1351, Summer, 2004


Honors and Awards:
St. Louis University School of Law Academic Excellence Awards for Legal Research and Writing and Evidence


Springfield Business Journal's Forty Under 40, 2009


Professional Associations and Memberships:
American Bar Association
Member of Litigation and Labor & Employment Sections


Illinois State Bar Association - Civil Practice, Labor & Employment & Workers Compensation Sections
Member


Sangamon County Bar Association


Sangamon County Foundation, Young Philanthropists


Downtown Springfield, Inc., 2005-2008
Board of Directors


Illinois College Alumni Association
Board of Directors, 2006-Present


United Way of Central Illinois
Board of Directors, 2006-Present


United Way of Central Illinois
Board Chair, 2009-2010


Springfield Metropolitan Exposition and Auditorium Authority
Board Member, Sub-District 1, 2010


Fraternities/Sororities:
Phi Delta Phi
Sigma Pi

Springfield Office •
205 S. 5th Street
Suite 700
Springfield, IL 62701
Toll Free: 888.763.9594
Phone: 217.280.4271
Fax: 217.544.9609

Chicago Office •
20 S. Clark Street
Suite 3000
Chicago, IL 60603
Toll Free: 888.763.9594
Phone: 217.280.4271
Fax: 217.544.9609

Representative Clients

Brown, Hay & Stephens, LLP, provides legal counsel and representation for businesses, government entities, and individuals in Springfield, Illinois, and downstate Illinois communities such as Decatur, Mt. Vernon, Peoria, Rockford, Champaign, Bloomington, Quincy, Effingham, Urbana, Danville, Galesburg, Kankakee, Carbondale, and Carlinville, Illinois.