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Judge: Lawyers who represented Hispanic park supervisor in discrimination suit should get $1M from Chicago Park District

By Jonathan Bilyk | Wednesday, Jul 22, 2020 @ 9:35pm

The judge said the lawyers "extraordinary" work in getting $500K payout and job reinstatement for their client should net an "extraordinary reward."
Appeals panel: Chicago Park District can't slide on $300K award in Hispanic ex-supervisor's discrimination suit

By Jonathan Bilyk | Thursday, Apr 9, 2020 @ 9:26pm

The U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals said a jury was OK to find the Park District had used a timesheet falsification charge as pretext to fire Hispanic park supervisor.