Professional Activities and Achievements
Mr. Starkman is a Fellow of the College of Labor and
Employment lawyers. He is an active member of the
American Bar Association and the Society of Human
Resources Professionals (SHRP). He is a Co-Chair of the
Contingent Worker Subcommittee, a past Chair of the
At-Will Employment Subcommittee and has served as the
Management Chair of the Worker Dislocation Sub committee
of the ABA Employment Rights & Responsibilities
Committee.
Mr. Starkman also frequently speaks at conferences and
seminars throughout the country sponsored by the Bureau
of National Affairs (BNA), the Practicing Law Institute
(PLI), American Law Institute-American Bar Association
(ALI-ABA), and other professional groups on employment
issues. He has also appeared on television and other
media outlets on employment-related issues.
Recent Publications and Lectures
Mr. Starkman has been quoted in such national
publications as the Wall Street Journal, the
National Law Journal, Lawyer USA Today, among
others. Mr. Starkman is one of the principal authors of
Employment Arbitration: Law and Practice (West
2007-2008), a 1,200 page treatise on employment
arbitration available for purchase at:
http://west.thomson.com/store/product.aspx?product_id=40588490&promcode=568905
Some of his other published articles and written
materials include:
A 90-minute DVD, "Video Leadership Seminars™: Winning
Legal Strategies for Employment & Labor Law" (ReedLogic.
September 2006), featuring Paul Starkman discussing
winning strategies for harassment and discrimination
litigation and other commonly faced employment issues.
Available for purchase directly from ReedLogic at
1-877-34-LOGIC,
www.reedlogic.com/rl79.asp,
and at Amazon.com, Barnes & Nobel. Ingram Book Group,
Baker & Taylor and through Bowker at its title listings
for Books/DVDS in Print.
"Protecting Your Company’s Competitive Advantage –
Rethinking Restrictive Covenants & Alternative
Strategies" (Executive Reports – Aspatore Publishing
2006). Available for purchase at
http://www.reportbuyer.com/business_services/law/protecting_companys_competitive_advantage.html.
Paul Starkman’s 40-page research report written for
company executives features strategies for protecting
confidential information and forming more effective
restrictive covenants.
"Handling Requests For Personal Attorneys During
Internal Investigations," 94 Illinois Bar Journal
290 (May 2006) and reprinted in The Brief 26
(Spring 2007) the newsletter for the ABA Tort Trial &
Insurance Practice Section.
"Perspectives of Outside Management Counsel on Sexual
Harassment Cases," published in the book entitled
Dealing With Employee Lawsuits: Strategies for the
Prevention and Defense of Workplace-Related Claims (Aspatore
2005). Available at
www.aspatore.com/store/bookdetails.asp?id=61.
Mr. Starkman’s article on "Blogging and Instant
Messaging in the Workplace" was published in Law
Technology News (Nov. 2005).
"The Employment Law Impact of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act,"
28 Employee Relations Law Journal 25 (Spring
2003).
"Open Issues after Circuit City: Still No Easy Answers
on Mandatory Arbitration," 27 Employee Relations Law
Journal 69 (Spring 2002).
"The ADA’s Essential Job Function Requirement: Just How
Essential Does An Essential Job Function Have To Be,"
26 Employee Relations Law Journal 43 (Spring 2001).
"Mergers and Acquisitions: A Checklist of Employment
Issues," 13 DePaul Business Law Journal 47
(Fall/Spring 2000/2001).
"Answering the Tough Questions about Alcoholism and
Substance Abuse Under the ADA and FMLA," 25 Employee
Relations Law Journal 43 (Spring 2000).
"Learning the New Rules of Sexual Harassment: Faragher,
Ellerth and Beyond," 66 Defense Counsel Journal 317
(July 1999) (Selected as one of the year’s best articles
by the Insurance Law Review.).
"The Good, the Bad, and the Uncooperative: Dealing with
the Uncooperative Employee During an Internal
Investigation," 25 Employee Relations Law Journal 69
(Summer 1999).
"Employment Practices That Can Create ERISA
Obligations," 1 Employment Law Strategist 4
(October 1993).
"The Rules Regarding Appeals From Final Judgments," 5
Appellate Law Review 46 (Summer 1993).
"Alleging A ‘Pattern or Practice’ Under ADEA: An
Analysis of the Impact and Problems of Proof," 8
Labor Lawyer 91 (Winter 1992).
"Avoiding (or Limiting the Scope of) Wrongful
Termination Trials: Techniques and Strategies," 41
FICC Quarterly 299 (Spring 1991).
Education
DePaul University College of Law, Chicago, Illinois
(J.D., 1984)
University of Wisconsin/Madison (B.A., 1980)
Bar Admissions
State of Illinois
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
U.S. District Court for the Northern, Central, and
Southern Districts of Illinois (including Trial Bar)
