Matthew Custardo

Phone: 630-557-1451

Email: matthew@custardolaw.com

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EDUCATION

UNIVERITY OF ILLINOIS CHICAGO SCHOOL OF LAW 2017

LEWIS UNIVERSITY 2012

BAR ADMISSIONS and CERTIFICATIONS

  • Illinois Supreme Court

  • United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, General Bar

  • United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Trial Bar

  • United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

  • United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana, General Bar

  • United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois

  • United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Illinois

  • United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Indiana

LEGAL COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

• American Bar Association; DuPage County Bar Association; Illinois State Bar Association | 2015 — Present 

• Illinois State Bar Association Labor and Employment Law Committee, 2020 — Present

• Illinois State Bar Association, Employee Benefits Committee, 2020 — Present

• National Employment Lawyers Association, 2023 — Present

• Chicago Bar Association, Labor and Employment Law Committee, 2020 — 2022

• Chicago Bar Association, Federal Civil Practice Committee, 2020 — 2022

• Chicago Bar Association, Employee Benefits Committee, 2020 — 2022

• Illinois State Bar Association, Construction Law Section Council Member | 2018 — 2020

• Chicago Bar Association, Construction Law and Mechanics Lien Subcommittee Member | 2017 — 2020

• Chicago Bar Association, AIA Construction Contracts Subcommittee Member | 2018 — 2020

COMMUNITY SERVICE

• West Suburban Community Pantry, Volunteer, Woodridge, IL | March 2019 — Present

PRESENTATIONS and ARTICLES

•    “Employee Benefits Issues in Reductions in Force” (Chapter 7)

Labor and Employment Issues in Transactions, Business Restructuring, and Workforce Reductions

IICLE Publications, August 2021 / January 2026

•   Age Discrimination During COVID-19

IICLE Live Webcast, July 15, 2020

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