About charlesakrugel

Management side labor & employment lawyer and human resources counselor based in Chicago. Established own practice in 2000. Also, on numerous boards of directors & advisers, & member of various area chambers of commerce & business associations.

New Web Page – Client Testimonials

Check out my new web page — Client Testimonials. For obvious reasons, this will give prospective clients and readers a more objective sense of what I'm about and how I conduct myself as a professional.  In short, I emphasize customer service as much as my legal skills. Of course, I have to qualify these testimonials [...]

Exit Interviews – Open Windows, Not Closed Doors

This post was contributed by Heather Johnson, who writes on the subject of video production manager.  This is Heather’s second post to my site. Her first article, regarding employee complaints, can be found here.  She invites your feedback at heatherjohnson2323@gmail.com.  Some of my own comments follow Heather’s article. Thanks again Heather. It’s not something that [...]

Addendum for Avvo’s Defective & Biased Lawyer Rating System

As an addendum to my last post about Avvo, check out the following: Besides taking an extraordinary amount of time to complete a profile, and besides not being able to cancel an account (i.e., "unclaim" a profile), I've discovered another issue with Avvo's online lawyer rating system. When a lawyer is in the back-end of [...]

Avvo & Their Defective Lawyer Rating System Biased Against Solos & Small Firms

After reading a recent Chicago Tribune article regarding Avvo’s (www.Avvo.com) online lawyer rating system, I decided to check out the site for myself. At first glance, the site looks interesting, useful and credible.  The same as many other online consumer, ratings, networking and other business related sites.  I enjoy these sites, use them and believe [...]

June 20, 2008, Labor & Employment Law Seminar at Chicago’s City Hall

On June 20, 2008, I gave my 4th seminar in the last 2 years for the City of Chicago's Department of Business Affairs and Licensing. Like my prior seminars for them, it focused on labor and employment law for small and medium sized businesses (2-1,000 employees). The handout for this, which reflects 2008 legal changes, [...]

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