Clark Hill Attorney Richard H. Chapman Published in Illinois Banker Magazine - August 26, 2013

CHICAGO – Clark Hill Attorney Richard H. Chapman authored an article featured in Illinois Banker Magazine titled, “Performance Reviews: Why Bother? ” The article was published in the September/October 2013 issue.

Among other things, the article considers the importance and necessity of providing regular and accurate performance reviews of employees to cultivate employee success and to provide defenses to costly employment-related claims.

Illinois Banker Magazine is a publication associated with The Illinois Bankers Association (IBA). The IBA is a full-service trade association dedicated to creating a positive business climate that benefits the entire banking industry and the communities they serve. Founded in 1891, the IBA brings together state and national banks, savings banks, and savings and loan associations of all sizes in Illinois. Collectively, the IBA represents nearly 90 percent of the assets of the Illinois banking industry, which employs more than 100,000 men and women in over 5,000 offices across the state.

Chapman is a member of Clark Hill’s Litigation Practice Group. He has more than 30 years of successful experience as a leading trial lawyer concentrating in business and employment litigation in federal, state and bankruptcy courts, as well as in arbitration, throughout the United States. Chapman has litigated cases in Illinois state, federal and bankruptcy courts, as well as courts in California, Texas, North Carolina, Florida, and Michigan. He has successfully prosecuted, argued and won appeals in the Illinois Appellate Court, the United States Courts of Appeals for the Federal, Seventh, and Ninth Circuits, as well as the California Court of Appeals.