Overview

Kathleen E. Okon has defended employers in all aspects of employment law, including federal and state employment discrimination, harassment, and retaliation cases, and wage and hour matters. Kaytee’s experience also includes counseling clients on developing employment policies, leaves and accommodations, and more.

Prior to joining Littler, Kaytee was an attorney in the labor and employment practice group of a full-service Chicago law firm.

During law school, Kaytee served as a judicial extern for Justice Robert E. Gordon for the First District of the Illinois Appellate Court, a teaching assistant for Legal Writing & Analysis and Introduction to Advocacy, and as article editor for the University of Illinois Law Review.

Focus Areas

Discrimination and HarassmentLeaves of Absence and Disability AccommodationWage and HourPolicies, Procedures and Handbooks

Professional & Community Affiliations

Young Professionals Board, Event Committee Chair

Public Interest Law Initiative

2022-present

Mentor

Legal Prep Charter Academy

Chicago Public Schools

2022-present

Recognition

Named, Rising Star

Super Lawyers

2024

Recipient, Award for Excellence in Pro Bono and Public Interest Service

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

May 2023

Recipient, CALI Award

Legal Writing & Analysis

The Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction

December 2018

News, Analysis & Press

Poodle Pandemonium: Emotional Support Animals and the Covenant of Quiet Enjoyment

University of Illinois Law Review

March 31, 2021

Education

  • J.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign College of Law, 2021magna cum laude
  • B.A., Indiana University, 2018cum laude

Bar Admission

Illinois

Courts

  • U.S. Court of Appeals, 4th Circuit
  • U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois