Lydia Bueschel
Shareholder
300 E. RANDOLPH, SUITE 3400 | CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60601
(312) 238-9063 | lbueschel@vablawfirm.com
Experience
Lydia is a tested Illinois litigator. She represents businesses and government entities in commercial disputes, in defense of employment claims, and in prosecuting and defending tort claims, including those involving fraud and professional liability issues. She is very familiar with the state court bench in Chicago and surrounding counties and is able to provide her clients with insight and guidance into the courtroom procedures and preferences of Illinois judges. She also has extensive experience in federal court, grounded in her experience as a law clerk in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois and a staff attorney in the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.
In the employment context, Lydia has deep knowledge of the administrative agency process at the federal, state, and local level. She represents business clients in administrative proceedings in the EEOC office in the Northern District of Illinois, in the Illinois Department of Human Rights, and in the analogous local county and city agencies. She is familiar with the processes and personnel of these agency offices, and has provided consistent, positive results for administrative charge respondents.
Lydia also investigates and counsels her clients when allegations of misconduct arise. She is adept at using skills developed in her prior career as a social worker when interviewing witnesses and subjects and discussing sensitive topics, identifying issues quickly to frame cost-effective processes, while at the same time providing the space and environment for witnesses to be forthcoming and feel heard.
Bar Admissions
State Bar of Illinois
United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois
United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin
Awards & Boards
Member of the Board of Directors of the National Association of Minority and Women Owned Law Firms (NAMWOLF); member of NAMWOLF’s committee on Law Firm Cross-marketing; member of NAMWOLF’s Labor & Employment Practice Area Committee
Member of the Board of Directors of Illinois Equal Justice Foundation (IEJF); member of IEJF's Finance Committee; past member of IEJF's Grants Committee
Former Member of the Board of Directors of Women Employed (WE); 2022 honoree at WE's annual luncheon for service to the organization
Named Illinois "Super Lawyer" in general litigation (2015-present)
Employment
Robinson Curley & Clayton, P.C. - Shareholder (2015-2016); Partner (2011-2015); Associate (2006-2011)
United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit - Staff Attorney (2003-2006)
United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois - Law Clerk to the Honorable James B. Moran (2001-2003)
Education
Loyola University of Chicago School of Law
Chicago, Illinois - Juris Doctor, 2001
Graduated magna cum laude
Cornell University
Ithaca, New York - Bachelor of Arts, 1993
Graduated summa cum laude with distinction in all subjects
