Professor Gonzalez received his bachelor’s degree from Northwestern University and
his law degree from Ohio State University College of Law. Before he joined the law school
faculty in 1988, he was a litigator with the Chicago law firm of James D. Montgomery and
Associates. He also spent four years as an attorney with the Legal Assistance Foundation
of Chicago, and three years as an administrative law judge for the State of Illinois
Human Rights Commission.
Professor Gonzalez is a frequent speaker on the topics of employment discrimination and
wrongful discharge, and has served as an Illinois Bar grader and chair of the Chicago Bar
Association’s Civil Rights Committee. He has written numerous practitioner-oriented
articles and has taught courses in pre-trial litigation, negotiations, alternative
dispute resolution, and employment discrimination, and is involved in both the Litigation
and Alternative Dispute Resolution (LADR) program and the Labor and Employment Law
certificate program.
Additional information on Professor Gonzalez can be found on his Web site at
www.kentlaw.edu/gonzalez/.
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