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Practice Expertise
- Business & Commercial
- Litigation
- Privacy and Data Security
Areas of Practice
- Business & Commercial
- Litigation
- Privacy and Data Security
- Dykema Delivers HR Innovation
- Employment Litigation
- Labor & Employment View More
Profile
Christina Brunty is an associate in the labor and employment practice group in Dykema's Chicago office. Ms. Brunty's practice focuses on a variety of complex employment matters, including state and federal employment discrimination, harassment, retaliation, and wrongful termination lawsuits. In addition to labor and employment matters, Ms. Brunty's expertise extends to defending manufacturers in products liability actions and advising commercial clients on compliance with antibribery and antiboycott laws.
Prior to law school, Ms. Brunty gained invaluable labor union experience while working in the legal department at Screen Actors Guild for two years. In law school, Ms. Brunty worked as a research assistant for Professor Avishalom Tor, conducting research in the area of behavioral law and economics, and served as Editor-in-Chief for Volume 42 of the Journal of College and University Law. She also completed an externship with the National Immigrant Justice Center in which she argued in front of the Chicago Immigration Court and helped secure asylum for her clients.
Bar Admissions
Illinois, 2016
Education
University of Notre Dame Law School, J.D., 2016 University of California at Los Angeles, 2011
Areas of Practice
- Business & Commercial
- Litigation
- Privacy and Data Security
- Dykema Delivers HR Innovation
- Employment Litigation
- Labor & Employment
Articles
To Be or Not to Be (An Independent Contractor): DOL Seeks to Clarify Independent Contractor Test in Landmark Proposed Rule
By Christina Brunty |September 2020To Be or Not to Be (An Independent Contractor): DOL Seeks to Clarify Independent Contractor Test in Landmark Proposed Rule
By Christina Brunty |September 2020Balancing Fourth Amendment Expectations in the Electronic Era
By Christina Brunty |July 2018
Blogs
Labor & Employment Law Blog
In the rapidly evolving field of labor and employment law, we know that employers need to stay informed about changes in the law, and how these changes impact day-to-day business operations. Dykema's Labor & Employment Law Blog (www.laboremployment-lawblog.com) discusses important labor and employment-related legal developments, reviews practical implications, and provides valuable insight for employers of all types.
The Firewall
The Firewall keeps you up to date on the hottest legal topics in the ever-changing world of data security and privacy. As information security becomes a critical facet of all businesses and industries and the target of many regulators, it is important to stay apprised of new legal developments. The Firewall provides insightful legal analysis of the emerging issues in data privacy and cybersecurity law to help businesses stay ahead of the curve.
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