practice areas
practice accolades
The American Lawyer Magazine's Litigation Department of the Year – Labor and Employment Law Finalist 2004, Winner 2006, Finalist 2008, Finalist 2010, and Finalist 2012
Listed in the highest tier for National Labor and Employment Practice in Chambers USA 2011
Ranked in the top tier by The Legal 500 for Labor and Employment Litigation, ERISA Litigation, Labor-Management Relations, and Workplace and Employment Counseling (2011)
Ranked, National Tier 1: Employment Law – Management, U.S. News and Best Lawyers (2010)
Named one of Law360's Employment Groups of the Year (2010)
Ranked #1 for "Most Prestigious" Labor and Employment Practice, Vault 2012 Associate Survey
honors + affiliations
Editor-in-Chief, University of Illinois Law Review
bar admissions
- Illinois
Court Admissions
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
- Chicago
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77 West Wacker Dr.
Chicago, IL 60601-5094
Phone: 312.324.1164
Fax: 312.324.1001
Kirsten A. Milton is an associate in Morgan Lewis's Labor and Employment Practice. Ms. Milton represents and counsels management in a wide range of labor and employment issues, with a particular emphasis on traditional labor matters and employment litigation. Her litigation experience includes individual and class-action litigation arising under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), the Federal Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and other federal employment laws. She also represents employers in front of the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and various other state and local fair employment agencies.
Ms. Milton received her J.D., magna cum laude, from the University of Illinois College of Law in 2005. While in law school, she served as editor-in-chief of the University of Illinois Law Review and was named to the Order of the Coif. She received her B.A., with honors, in political science from Northwestern University in 2002.
Ms. Milton is admitted to practice in Illinois and before the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
education
- University of Illinois College of Law, 2005, J.D., Magna Cum Laude & Order of the Coif
- Northwestern University, 2002, B.A., With Honors