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.

I’m Quoted in To Text or Not to Text; Is your firm handling mobile device-based client communication the right way?

Legal Management, legalmanagement.org, the Magazine of the ALA ERIN BRERETON Owner, Chicago Journalist Media To Text or Not to Text Is your firm handling mobile device-based client communication the right way? When Patrick J. Lamb, Partner at Valorem Law Group in Chicago, needs to briefly discuss a matter with another attorney in his office, instead [...]

Financial Poise 1-Hour Law School Webinar Released (I’m a Panelist)

ONE HOUR LAW SCHOOL 1.0 - TELL ME WHAT I NEED TO KNOW - Labor & Employment Law in an Hour; Available Now On Demand Through West LegalEdcenter Financial Poise™ Announces “Labor & Employment Law in an Hour," Ep. #3 of the "One Hour Law School 1.0" Webinar Series Available Now On Demand Through West LegalEdcenter Financial Poise™ [...]

I’m Quoted in 2 New Articles: Can Equality Be Achieved in the American Workplace Without Mandated Laws? & Illegal Interview Questions That Employers Shouldn’t Ask You

Thanks to Justin Thomas, The Novice Journalist, & Daniel Bortz for Monster.com for quoting me in recent articles. Justin's article Can Equality Be Achieved in the American Workplace Without Mandated Laws? was published yesterday. My quotes are in blue below. Daniel's article Illegal Interview Questions That Employers Shouldn't Ask You; Watch out for these red flags and [...]

I’m Quoted in People HR’s “Which Side is HR Really On?”

My contribution is in bold blue below. Which side is HR really on? by John Crowley May 24, 2017 Art by Richard Smith Maybe you’re being bullied. Maybe your manager isn’t playing by the rules. Or maybe you feel like your employer is treating you unfairly. Where do you turn to for help? HR is [...]

5/23/17, I’m Speaking at This Year’s Masters Conference Chicago; & 5/31/17, I’m Presenting at Chicago’s City Hall

Masters Conference sees the world of technology and the legal community on a crash course. Data is the defining factor of both. If you follow the latest trends from CES or within government, you will quickly realize that data has many different forms, different formats, different locations and different users. All of this has one [...]

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