JENNIFER J. HOWE Attorney Practice includes: Estate Planning and Administration; Contested Estate, Trust and Guardianship Litigation: Commercial Litigation, Employment Law and Litigation. E-mail: howe@llmlegal.com

Jennifer J. Howe has concentrated her practice in litigation primarily in the areas of employment and contested estate, trust and guardianship proceedings for nearly 20 years. She has tried cases in the Federal, Michigan and Illinois courts in the course of her practice and also has represented her clients in various appellate courts, including Michigan and Illinois appeals courts as well as the federal circuits. In addition to her litigation practice, Ms. Howe has conducted training for employers and assisted numerous companies in Michigan and Illinois with the development of employment policies and procedures, as well as counseling them in the review and investigation of employee complaints, including those of sexual harassment, discrimination and other workplace misconduct.

Admissions:
• Illinois
• Michigan
• United States District Court, Northern (trial bar), and Central District of Illinois and Eastern District of Michigan.

Education:
• University of Detroit School of Law, cum laude, 1992.
• University of Notre Dame,1987

Affiliations:
• Lake County Bar Association: Currently serving her second year as Chairman of the Employment Law Committee, and her fourth year as an appointed member of the Lake County Bar Association's Judicial Selection & Retention Committee.
• Illinois State Bar Association: Previously served as an appointed member of the ISBA Trusts & Estate Section Council, 2007 to 2009
• Association of Women Attorneys of Lake County, Member of the Board of Directors for the past two years.

Presentations and Publications:
Ms. Howe has lectured on numerous employment and probate/ estate planning matters, including more recent presentations on

• Your Personal Credit History, Is it Fair Game for Employers? (Lake County Bar Association, Employment Committee Meeting, November 17, 2010)
• Ethical Considerations in Estate Planning, Transition Periods, and Estate and Trust Administration", (Illinois State Bar Association, Law Ed Program, April 30, 2009)
• Ethical Considerations – Multigenerational Representations, (ISBA Trusts & Estates Committee Council Meeting, September 17, 2008)
• Advanced Medical Directives – Which option is best and for whom? (LCBA Wills Trust & Probate Committee Annual Seminar, Fall 2005)
• Employment Law Update: Overtime Rules Change (The Docket, August 2004)
• 2007 Amendments to Illinois Human Rights Act – Introduction to New Area of Law for Illinois Courts and Practitioners (LBCA Brown Bag Seminar, Winter 2008, and LCBA Civil Trial and Appeals Committee Annual Seminar, May 2008)
• Additionally, she co-authored Employment Discrimination – A Disparate Treatment Overview (The Docket, September 2009)