Yvette Heintzelman and Kaitlin Salisbury from the law firm Clark Hill
May 14 @ 08:00 – 10:00
Yvette Heintzelman and Kaitlin Salisbury from the law firm Clark Hill
Votes of No Confidence, Social Media and the Like:
This presentation will address the submission of a vote of no confidence under varying circumstances, the appropriate response thereto including investigations, social media ramifications and whistleblower allegations.
This presentation has been approved by ILETSB toward the 20-hour mandate.
Yvette Heintzelman
Member | Chicago
(847) 971-0398
yheintzelman@clarkhill.com
Yvette Heintzelman is a dynamic, tenacious, and effective management advocate who works collaboratively to deliver practical solutions to her clients in all aspects of both labor and employment matters.
Workplace Counseling: Yvette regularly advises employers on a wide range of workplace and legal issues including workplace misconduct, reasonable accommodations, FMLA leave, hiring, disciplining, terminating, severance agreements, employee training, personnel policies, labor agreement administration, wage and hour issues and other duties and liabilities of employers. She has also assisted clients in responding to government investigations.
Employment Litigation: Yvette has litigated a broad spectrum of single-plaintiff, multi-plaintiff, and class action cases including the following:
- Title VII
- Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
- Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA)
- Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
- 42 U.S.C § 1981 and §1983
- Overtime and other wage violations under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
- Various state-law claims, including wrongful termination, whistleblower claims, and other general employment matters
Traditional Labor Relations: Yvette’s traditional labor practice focuses on all aspects of traditional labor law. She regularly represents clients in collective-bargaining negotiations, organizing campaigns, labor arbitrations, unfair labor practice hearings and labor agreement administration.
Workplace Investigations: She has extensive experience investigating employee misconduct and working with public safety departments and interpreting the Peace Officers Disciplinary Act, Safe T Act, and the Firefighters Disciplinary Act and associated agreements, laws, and regulations.
Pension/Post-Employment Benefits: Yvette’s experience includes investigation and analysis of injury claims, particularly public safety injury claims and their intersection with disability and privacy issues, pension applications, PEDA and PSEBA benefits.
Additionally, Yvette has extensive experience representing employers in the public sector, real estate, manufacturing, retail/sales, and staffing industries. She creates and leads comprehensive management and human resources training on diversity issues, complex FMLA issues, discrimination and harassment, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and conducts internal investigations.
Education: Creighton University School of Law, J.D. – Juris Doctor | Creighton University, B.A. – Bachelor of Arts
Bar Licenses: Illinois | Wisconsin | Minnesota | California
Court Admission: U.S. District Court – California Southern | U.S. District Court – California Northern | U.S. District Ct., C.D. of Illinois | U.S. Court of Appeals, 11th Circuit | U.S. Court of Appeals, 7th Circuit | U.S. Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit | U.S. District Ct., E.D. of California | U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit | U.S. District Ct., S.D. of Illinois | U.S. District Ct., N.D. of Illinois Trial Bar
Memberships: California Bar Association | Minnesota Bar Association | Illinois State Bar Association (Labor and Employment Section) | Wisconsin Bar Association | Illinois Association of Chiefs of Police | International Association of Chiefs of Police | Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education – IICLE
Articles: IICLE 2025 Edition: Labor Law: Unfair Labor Practices
For full biography: https://www.clarkhill.com/people/yvette-heintzelman/
Kaitlin T. Salisbury
Associate | Chicago
(312) 360-2500
ksalisbury@clarkhill.com
Kaitlin Salisbury is a strategic, confident, and creative litigator who effectively collaborates with employers to deliver practical solutions in labor and employment matters both inside and outside of litigation.
Kaitlin regularly litigates on behalf of employers in a wide variety of employment matters including those relating to Title VII, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, and the Illinois Human Rights Act. She works cases from initial investigation stage through agency proceedings through summary judgment and trial. She also has extensive experience defending public employers in civil rights litigation under Section 1983.
Outside of litigation, Kaitlin regularly counsels public and private employers on labor and employment issues including grievances, employee discipline, disability, and religious accommodations. For public employers, Kaitlin has vast experience advising on issues related to public employment and the First Amendment.
Prior to coming to Clark Hill, Kaitlin was in-house counsel for the fourth-largest school district in the nation. In that role, she consistently obtained favorable results in litigation including dispositive motions and trial and defended the district in high-profile matters.
Education: Loyola University Chicago School of Law, J.D. – Juris Doctor, 2018 | Illinois College, B.A. – Bachelor of Arts, 2010
Bar Licenses: Illinois
Court Admission: U.S. District Ct., N.D. of Illinois (Trial Bar)
Membership: Illinois Public Employer Labor Relations Association, Claims Litigation Management Alliance
For full biography: https://www.clarkhill.com/people/kaitlin-salisbury/