Danielle Harris

Danielle Harris is an associate in the firm’s Labor & Employment Department who has experience in representing a wide range of clients, from higher education institutions, gaming corporations, and supermarket chains to small businesses in employment litigation matters, including claims of race, age, sex discrimination, sexual harassment, and retaliatory discharge.

Danielle also regularly provides employment advice to the firm’s clients to help them avoid employment litigation altogether. She also assists clients with non-litigation employment matters such as internal investigations, payroll audits, and revising employee handbooks.

Danielle earned her law degree from Chicago-Kent College of Law, where she was a student editor of the Employee Rights and Employment Policy Journal. She earned a CALI Award for receiving the highest grade in Trial Advocacy.

Shortly after graduating from law school, Danielle created the DNH Esquire Scholarship, which is donated to a graduating senior each year from her former high school. She graduated from Northern Illinois University, magna cum laude, where she received her undergraduate degree in human resources management and a minor in entrepreneurship.

EDUCATION :

• Chicago-Kent College of Law, J.D., 2016
• Northern Illinois University, B.S., magna cum laude, 2013

BAR ADMISSIONS : Illinois

COURT ADMISSIONS : U.S. District Court — Northern District of Illinois

AFFILIATIONS :

• National Employment Law Council
• American Bar Association, Section of Labor and Employment Law
• Chicago Bar Association