Fox Rothschild LLP congratulates Gray I. Mateo-Harris on her selection to the Crain’s Chicago Business 2022 Notable Women in Law list.
The annual feature celebrates the power of women in law and recognizes those in the region who are shepherding headline-making deals, providing vital guidance to clients and serving as mentors to young women attorneys.
Mateo-Harris, a partner and regional practice lead in Fox’s Labor & Employment Department, represents companies in a broad range of employment litigation and labor disputes, including the gamut of discrimination, harassment, retaliation, wage and hour, restrictive covenant, contract and tort litigation, and unfair labor practice charges and grievance arbitrations. She also serves as co-chair of the firm’s Trade Secrets & Restrictive Covenants Practice Group.
Mateo-Harris has achieved optimal results in hotly contested workplace matters and leads internal investigations of incidents and allegations to arm her clients with the essential intelligence required for the most effective litigation strategy. Drawing on her keen understanding of the law and how racial and gender bias impact the workplace, she has established herself as a DEI authority in the legal community. She often works closely with in-house counsel to guide clients in launching training programs to avoid litigation and advises on developing a workplace free of discrimination, harassment and retaliation.
A mentor to diverse law students and attorneys, Mateo-Harris is a member of Fox’s firmwide Diversity Committee, Associate Retention Committee and serves as co-chair of the Supplemental Program for Diverse Attorneys. She is dedicated to several mentees through the firm, her alma mater, the Diverse Attorney Pipeline Program, LegalTrek, Corporate Counsel Women of Color and the Hispanic Lawyers Association of Illinois, among others. She also sits on the Board of the Women’s Coalition, is Vice Chair of the National Bar Association Labor and Employment Section and is a member of the Hispanic National Bar Association.
An advocate in the community, Mateo-Harris is also a member of the board of The Chicago Committee, a nonprofit group whose mission is to advance minority attorneys in law firms, and the Illinois Equal Justice Foundation, where she serves on the Cannabis Working Group tasked with spearheading grants for cannabis expungement through its New Leaf Illinois initiative.
She earned her J.D., cum laude, from the University of Illinois College of Law and B.S., cum laude, from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
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