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Molly is a partner in the Toxic, Environmental, and Mass Tort Practice Group and the firm's Labor & Employment/Class Action group. She concentrates her practice in defending a wide variety of class actions and claims alleging contaminated soil or groundwater brought under Superfund (CERCLA), the Clean Water Act, RCRA and their state counterparts, the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), employment discrimination and wrongful discharge, consumer fraud, breach of contract, data privacy, and statutory violations, including the Fair & Accurate Credit Transactions Act (FACTA), the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA), the Chicago Residential Landlord and Tenant Ordinance (RLTO) and the Telephone Communications Protection Act (TCPA). She also has extensive experience defending claims alleging exposure to asbestos, benzene and silica. Molly's professional experience involves all phases of litigation including preliminary investigation, motion practice and final resolution through settlement and jury trial. She has also co-authored several appellate briefs. Prior to joining the firm, Molly was a Paralegal Specialist for the United States Department of Justice, Civil Division, in Washington, D.C., focusing on corporate and financial litigation. While there, she participated in all aspects of discovery and trial preparation, and she provided assistance at a trial regarding a multi-million dollar bankruptcy claim by the United States against a telecommunications company. Molly is licensed to practice in Wisconsin and Illinois. In addition to her legal practice, Molly has been involved in mentoring young lawyers through the firm's summer associate program which she also co-chairs. She has lectured at Northwestern University Law School regarding Toxic and Environmental Torts in Class Action lawsuits. In 2011, Molly was named to the Illinois Rising Stars* list, a peer review designation published by Law & Politics magazine. *The selection of attorneys to the Rising Stars list does not guarantee a positive client outcome in any specific legal matter or engagement nor constitute a representation by the firm of SmithAmundsen about the caliber of legal work performed by any other attorney not selected as part of this list. Environmental Litigation Toxic Tort Labor & Employment Litigation Class Action Labor & Employment Marquette University, B.A., 1998, magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa University of Wisconsin Law School, J.D., 2003 Member of Moot Court Board, Coach of Labor Law Moot Court Team, Member of Steering Committee of the Women's Law Student Association. Co-author, "Limiting the Risk of Class Action Litigation," SmithAmundsen Class Action Alert, July 27, 2010. Presenter, "Defeating Class Actions: Finding The Weak Links In Plaintiffs? Suits," client presentation, September 22, 2008. Author, IDC Case Reports, 2004. Member: Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel; Chicago Bar Association; and Wisconsin Bar Association.