Alenna Bolin

Alenna Bolin Attorney

About

For more than thirty years, Alenna Bolin has advocated for employees from all walks of life and diverse backgrounds, in workplace civil rights, FMLA, sexual harassment, discrimination, retaliation and retaliatory discharge, and related employment matters. Her creative litigation strategies and advanced writing abilities combine to make her a skilled advocate for her clients. She treats clients with respect and compassion while guiding them through the legal process.

She has served as Of Counsel to the firm (formerly Fish Potter Bolaños P.C.; Potter Bolaños LLC; and Robin Potter & Associates) since 2010.

Alenna previously practiced in the areas of civil rights, contracts, securities, commodities, and fraud, in addition to employment law. She was part of the two-lawyer trial team that won a $500,000 jury verdict on workplace intentional infliction of emotional distress, a verdict that was later upheld on appeal in Naeem v. McKesson Drug Co., 444 F.3d 593 (7th Cir. 2006). She was extensively involved in researching and drafting the winning briefs in Walters v. Metropolitan Educational Enterprises, Inc., 519 S.Ct. 202 (1997) (a U.S. Supreme Court decision favorable to employees which overruled Seventh Circuit precedent and adopted the “payroll” method of counting employee for Title VII jurisdiction). More recently, she participated in case development and discovery on the legal team that achieved a $14 million settlement in a class action sexual harassment case in Brown v. Cook County, et al., No. 17-cv-8085 (N.D. Ill. 2020). She speaks on employment law related topics, including new laws, discovery, the FMLA, and legal writing.

Alenna received her J.D. from the University of California, Davis, School of Law, and her B.A., cum laude, from Northern Illinois University. During law school, she authored an article that won awards for excellence in writing and was published in the Pace Environmental Law Review. Along with her J.D., she received a Public Interest Law Program Certificate. Alenna is an active member of the National Employment Lawyers Association.

Alenna enjoys practicing Pilates, organic gardening, and serving as a host family for foreign exchange students.

Bar Admissions

Illinois
California (currently inactive)
U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals
U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois (including Trial Bar)
U.S. District Court, Central District of Illinois

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