JEFFREY R. KULWIN
PARTNER
PRACTICE AREAS
Employment Litigation
Civil Rights Cases
Privacy Rights
Whistleblower Claims
Business Disputes
Criminal Defense
For over 25 years, Mr. Kulwin has worked as a Chicago trial lawyer committed to helping people pursue justice in employment litigation, civil rights cases and business disputes. Read more here.
EDUCATION
J.D., Drake University Law School, 1996; Order of the Coif
EXPERIENCE
Member, Illinois State Bar Association
Member, Illinois Trial Lawyers Association
Member, Chicago Bar Association
Member, National Employment Lawyers Association
Member, Illinois Trial Lawyers Association
Member, Legal Network for Gender Equity
Illinois Super Lawyers (Employment Litigation)
Illinois Leading Lawyers (Civil Rights / Constitutional Law, Commercial Litigation and Employment Law)
Top 20 Jury Verdicts (Illinois) for 2018
Top 50 Jury Verdicts (Illinois) for 2019
Top 100 Commercial Litigation Verdicts (United States) for 2019
Chair | Chicago Bar Association Civil Rights and Constitutional Law Committee (2010-2011)
Member | Chicago Bar Association Judicial Evaluation Committee, Investigative Division
Volunteer | Lawyers for the Creative Arts
PUBLICATIONS
Copyright and the Protection of Information on Computer Networks: Speed Bumps for the Information Superhighway? Drake Law Review.
Jeffrey R. Kulwin is a founding member of Kulwin, Masciopinto & Kulwin, L.L.P.
Mr. Kulwin graduated from Drake University Law School in the top 10% of the class and was admitted into the Order of the Coif. Mr. Kulwin served as the Projects Editor for the Drake Law Review and was a published author in the Drake Law Review. In 1993, Mr. Kulwin earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Loyola University Chicago.
Mr. Kulwin has been member of the Illinois bar since 1996.
For over 25 years, Mr. Kulwin has worked as a Chicago trial lawyer committed to helping people pursue justice in employment litigation, civil rights cases and business disputes.
Mr. Kulwin has successfully represented people and organizations complex litigation matters. His practice areas include:
• Employment Litigation
• Constitutional Law
• Civil Rights Litigation
• Employment Discrimination
• Sexual Harassment
• Retaliation
• Wrongful Discharge
• Wage Theft
• Unpaid Overtime
• Defamation
• Invasion of Privacy
• Whistleblower Claims
• Consumer Fraud Cases
• Business Disputes
• Commercial Litigation
• White Collar Criminal Defense
Mr. Kulwin is a member of the National Employment Lawyers Association, the largest organization of lawyers who primarily represent employees in litigation including discrimination, sexual harassment and retaliation.
Mr. Kulwin is a member of the Legal Network for Gender Equity, the first national legal network to combat sex discrimination faced by women and girls supported by the TIME’S UP Legal Defense Fund.
Mr. Kulwin is a member of the the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, the largest organization in the State of Illinois for trial lawyers who fight to ensure victims of wrongdoing achieve justice.
Mr. Kulwin has appeared on WGN Radio 720’s Let’s Get Legal radio program to discuss employment law and other legal issues in the news. Listen here.
Mr. Kulwin was selected by his peers as a “Super Lawyer” as a Top-Rated Employment Litigation Attorney in Illinois, a distinction given to no more than 5% of the attorneys in the state.
Mr. Kulwin was selected by his peers as a Leading Lawyer in Civil Rights / Constitutional Law, Commercial Litigation, and Employment Law, a distinction earned by fewer than 5% of all lawyers licensed to practice law in Illinois.
In 2010, Mr. Kulwin was appointed as the Chair of the Civil Rights and Constitutional Law Committee for the Chicago Bar Association.
In 2012, Mr. Kulwin was appointed as a Trustee on the Board of Trustees for National Louis University.
