Richard J. Gonzalez, who joined the Chicago-Kent faculty in 1988, is a frequent speaker and author on the topics of employment discrimination and wrongful discharge. Mr. Gonzalez has written numerous practitioner-oriented articles; has taught courses in employment discrimination, pre-trial litigation, negotiation, alternative dispute resolution, and advanced legal writing; and is involved in both the Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution (LADR) certificate program and the Labor and Employment Law certificate program. Most recently, Mr. Gonzalez was nominated for induction into the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers, the organization recognizing the nation's top labor and employment attorneys.
He was previously a litigator with the Chicago law firm of James D. Montgomery and Associates, an attorney with the Legal Assistance Foundation of Chicago, and an administrative law judge for the State of Illinois Human Rights Commission.
Mr. Gonzalez received his bachelor's degree from Northwestern University and his law degree from Ohio State University College of Law.
He is an Executive Editor of the 2014 Supplement to the Bloomberg BNA treatise Employment Discrimination Law.