Emily O'Connor Named a 2026 Leadership Council on Legal Diversity Fellow
Emily O’Connor has been named a 2026 Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD) Fellow. O’Connor is an associate in Baker Sterchi’s Belleville office.
She will participate in the yearlong LCLD Fellows program, which provides leadership development and relationship-building opportunities for mid-career attorneys at member corporations and law firms. Fellows are nominated by their law firms or corporate legal departments and typically have eight to 15 years of practice experience.
O’Connor’s practice includes representing railroads in Federal Employers’ Liability Act cases; representing businesses and insurance companies in premises liability, product liability and personal injury matters; handling employment-related matters, including workers’ compensation; and representing governmental entities, including county departments and agencies, municipalities and port districts. She is a member of DRI’s Employment and Labor Law Committee, Workers’ Compensation Committee and Women in the Law Committee, as well as the National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel. O’Connor earned her law degree from Northern Illinois University College of Law and is licensed to practice law in Illinois and Missouri.
The Leadership Council on Legal Diversity is an organization composed of corporate chief legal officers and law firm managing partners that offers leadership and professional development programming.
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