Mikaela Shaw

With litigation experience before the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), and a range of federal courts, she also works with clients on matters pertaining to employment policy review and analysis, collective bargaining agreements, and strategic advice. In addition to her labor and employment practice, Mikaela maintains an active pro bono practice. She focuses on representing survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault, both offshoots of her past volunteer work, including successful representation in a defensive immigration hearing.

Prior to joining Morgan Lewis, Mikaela was a judicial extern for Judge Andrea Wood of the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. During law school, she worked as a student attorney for the Federal Criminal Justice Clinic, where she represented clients in federal court and served as the president of the Chicago Law Foundation and as the executive comments editor for the University of Chicago Legal Forum.