About Michelle Marks

Michelle founded Marks Employment Law in 2020 after fourteen years of practicing management-side employment law for Jones Day and Epstein, Becker & Green, and also working as the Employment Practices Director of S&C Electric, a large manufacturing company in Chicago, Illinois. Michelle has extensive experience counseling small, midsize and Fortune 500 companies on day-to-day employee issues, litigating employment claims, assisting clients with legal compliance, conducting investigations and training, and implementing HR programs. Michelle also assists individual clients negotiate offers of employment, severance agreements, and restrictive covenants.

Michelle has spoken in national forums on various topics ranging from gender inclusion and the use of technology & AI in the workplace. Michelle is a proud member of the National Association of Women Lawyers (NAWL), the National Employment Labor Council (NELC) and the Illinois State Bar Association (ISBA). Michelle received her B.A in Economics from Northwestern University in 2003, and her J.D. from the University of Texas at Austin in 2006.