Principal

Seth D. Matus

For more than twenty years, Seth has worked as a lawyer serving businesses ranging from start-ups and family companies to high tech firms, professional organizations, retailers and temporary labor services. Seth uses his experience to anticipate client issues and to develop forward-looking strategies to address complicated problems. With his expertise and thorough knowledge of the law, Seth has repeatedly saved employers facing class-action overtime lawsuits from multi-million dollar liability and obtained favorable outcomes for general contractors entangled in complex construction disputes.

Seth is a leader in developing and implementing innovative policies and procedures to protect confidential information and trade secrets and in ensuring that businesses comply with applicable law after breaches involving personal data. He has been certified as an information privacy professional in US private-sector law by the International Association of Privacy Professionals [1] and has presented several seminars on information privacy topics to business owners and human resources professionals.

[1] The Supreme Court of Illinois does not recognize specialties and the above-certification is not a requirement to practice law in Illinois.

Education

UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO
Juris Doctor, 1996

RUTGERS UNIVERSITY
B.A., Dual Major in Political Science and History, 1992

Activities & Affiliations

• Illinois State Bar Association, Member
• DuPage County Bar Association, Member
• International Association of Privacy Professionals, Member

Bar Admissions

• Illinois, Colorado, New Mexico