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March 31, 2026 - Law360
Angela McManus Sekerka specializes in employment and housing law. Angela has successfully defended numerous employers, property managers and management companies in litigation before the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois and the Circuit Court of Cook County as well as the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.
Angela also defends employers and property management companies before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the Illinois Department of Human Rights, the New York State Division of Human Rights and other state agencies throughout the country. She has obtained dismissals in hundreds of cases and has achieved favorable settlements for the firm’s clients at mediations in court and at the EEOC, HUD and various state agencies.
Areas of Focus
Employment
Angela’s employment work involves race, color, sex, national origin, age and religious discrimination, sexual harassment, disability discrimination and equal pay violations. Angela also provides advice and counseling to clients on all aspects of employment law, reviews and drafts employee handbooks, and conducts internal employment investigations and sexual harassment training.
Housing
Angela’s housing work includes defending property managers and management companies against discrimination and harassment complaints as well as providing fair housing training. Angela also handles discrimination cases in public accommodations and accessibility litigation under the Americans with Disabilities Act. Angela operates a Discrimination Hotline and is co-editor of a Fair Housing Newsletter for a major insurance company.
- DePaul University College of Law (J.D., 2005)
- Indiana University (B.A., 1999)
- Illinois
- New York
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
- Supreme Court of Illinois
- U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
- American Bar Association
- New York State Bar Association
- Chicago Bar Association
- New York City Association of Insurance Women
