Martin P. Greene

Areas of Practice
Employment and Labor Law • Civil Rights • Commercial Litigation

Bar Admissions
Illinois, 1977 • Northern District of Illinois, 1977  • Federal Trial Bar, 1982

Education
University of Chicago Law School, J.D., 1977 • University of Illinois at Chicago, B.A., 1974 • St, Ignatius College Prep, Chicago, Illinois, 1969 

Experience
Founder and co-managing partner of Greene and Letts, a nationally-respected law firm he founded with Eileen M. Letts in 1990 • Primary practice is in labor, employment law and other civil litigation •  Represents such clients as: Sara Lee, Eastman Kodak, ITW, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, University of Illinois and University of Chicago • Has represented many private and public corpora­tions in a variety of matters including: employment law, civil rights, municipal law, commercial and contract litigation, construction litigation and contract negotiations • Extensive experience trying federal cases, especially employment discrimination cases • Participated in many programs, conferences and seminars concerning employment law • Served as a member of the presidential transition team for President-Elect Ronald Reagan (Worked under the direction of Jewel S. LaFontant in preparing a study on the United States Commission on Civil Rights) • Served on the transition team for Chicago Mayor-Elect Harold Washington, compiling a study on the City of Chicago Department of Law 

Awards and Honors
Recipient of the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition Scales of Justice Award, 2001 • Listed in the 2006 inaugural edition of Who’s Who in Black Chicago 

Membership
President of National Minority Law Group (NMLG) • Member of Alliance of Business Leaders and Entrepreneurs (A.B.L.E.) • Member of the Board of Visitors for the University of Illinois at Chicago, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences • Served on the Dean’s Search Committee for the University of Illinois, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences • Member of the American Bar Association and participates in the ABA Section of Labor and Employment • Member of the National and Cook County Bar Associations • Member of the National Employment Law Council • Past non-partisan  board member of School District 69 in Skokie, Illinois (finance committee chairman and member of the negotiation team during collective bargaining) •  Served as a member of the Magistrate Merit Selection Panel for the Northern District of Illinois • Board Member of the Chicago Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law • Service to the Chicago Police Department/Chicago Board of Education "We Care" Motivational Role Model Program • Former Director for Daniel J. Nellum Youth Services

Seminars and Presentations
“The Electronic Age & Privacy - The 21st Century Cometh,” 1997 National Employment Law Council Conference • “Sex in the Executive Suite,” 1998 ABA Annual Meeting Program • “Sexual Harassment - A Subject Too Hot to Touch?” International Personnel Management Association - Chicago Chapter, 1998 • “Privacy Law in Illinois,” Lorman Seminar, Oak Brook, Illinois, 1999 • “How to Respond to a Discrimination Charge,” corporate in-house human resource managers meeting (client), 1999 • “FMLA-Shades of Gray,” National Employment Law Council Conference, 2000 • “21st Century Discovery: Electronic Evidence” National Employment Law Council Conference, 2001 • Wiley Branton Symposium “The Business Case for Diversity,” National Bar Association, 2003 • Chicago Bar Association Cable Television Program: “You and the Law-Title VII,” 2004 • Trial Tactics: “Every Case Tells a Story,” Defense Research Institute, 2004 • Labor & Employment Law Workshop: “Internal Dispute Resolution,” Constangy Brooks & Smith, LLC, 2004 • Courtroom as Stage:  Theatre Tips for Lawyers,” ABA Section of Litigation Annual Conference, April 2005 • Employment Discrimination and Civil Rights Actions in Federal and State Courts, ALI-ABA, September 2005 Panel: “Overcoming Challenges in Recruiting, Hiring & Retaining a Diverse Work Force in the 21st Century,” State Bar of Georgia Diversity Program Fall  2005 CLE • Workshop: “Building Sustainable Business Partnerships with Minority Professional Service Firms,” 2nd Annual Changing Color of Leadership Conference, Chicago, November, 2005 • Participant: “Collaborating to Expand the Pipeline,” ABA Presidential Advisory Council on Diversity and the Law School Admission Council, November 2005 and April 2006 • Panel: Plenary Session - “Calling YOU to Action,” ABA National Conference for the Minority Lawyer, June 2006 • Panel: Open Diversity Forum, “Evaluating the Effectiveness of Corporate Counsel Initiatives,” ABA Minority Counsel Program, Fall 2006 • Panel: Untapped Resources - Corporate Initiatives to Improve Diversity Among Panel Counsel, ABA Minority Counsel Program, Spring 2007; ABA National Conference for the Minority Lawyer, June 2007; Hispanic National Bar Association Annual Meeting, October 2007

Author
1992, 1995, 1998 and 2000 Supplements to Chapter 7, National Origin Discrimination Employment Descrimination Handbook for Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education
"The Complex Riddle of Employment Hiring," Crain's Small Business, April, 1993
"Two Minority Attorneys who Built Their Firm," National Law Journal, 1993

Contributing Editor:
Covenants Not to Compete, A State By State Survey, ABA Section of Labor and Employment Law, BNA Books
Employee Duty of Loyalty, A State By State Survey, ABA Section of Labor and Employment Law, BNA Books
Trade Secrets, A State By State Survey, ABA Section of Labor and Employment Law, BNA Books

Interviews
WVON Radio AM1690, July 29, 2009

Sky Radio Network, October, 2001