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Elizabeth Y. Wei
Associate

Ms. Wei is an associate in Arnstein & Lehr's Litigation and Labor & Employment groups. She has been involved in litigation matters ranging from tort and complex commercial litigation cases to criminal law and real estate issues. Ms. Wei has also contributed to post-trial appellate efforts in tort, contract and tax matters. Additionally, Ms. Wei works in the employment and labor law areas, recently helping clients with drafting and updating employee handbooks and policies and also assisting with seminars discussing tools employers should consider implementing to encourage employee retention, covenants not-to-compete and current trends in class action lawsuits.

Professional Activities and Achievements

Ms. Wei is a member of the Chicago Bar Association. She recently authored an article about the work product doctrine in the tax litigation context, which was published in the Journal of Tax Practice and Procedures. She also co-authored a paper on cost-effective discovery for pro-bono attorneys, as well as a paper on the common law “Partial Actual Eviction” rule. She also contributed to an article on mortgage tips for lenders where the borrowers are in a same-sex union.

While attending law school, Ms. Wei served as an Associate Editor and as Symposium Editor for the University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform, where she helped organize the symposium: “Not From Concentrate? Media Regulation at the Turn of the Millennium.” She was the recipient of a 2003 Bergstrom Child Welfare Summer Fellowship and worked for the University of Michigan Child Advocacy Law Clinic throughout her law school career. Through the clinic, Ms. Wei managed several child neglect and abuse cases, advocating for the best interests of the children in court proceedings, including in several trials for the termination of parental rights.

Education

University of Michigan Law School (J.D., 2005)
University of Michigan (B.A. with distinction, 2002)

Bar Admissions

State of Illinois; U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois