Hailey Perkins

Hailey C.C. Perkins

Associate
Baker & McKenzie LLP

Biography

Hailey Perkins is an associate in Baker McKenzie’s Chicago office and is a member of the Firm’s Employment & Compensation Practice Group.

Practice Focus

Throughout her career, Hailey has been committed to guiding clients through employment challenges and leading them though litigation. Hailey takes on a team approach with each client to ensure each need is met.

Hailey’s practice covers a wide range of litigation and arbitration matters, including wage and hour, discrimination, harassment, noncompete, FLSA, ADA and FMLA. She has experience defending clients in single-plaintiff and class action litigation, administrative hearings, and pre-litigation matters.

Additionally, Hailey advises clients on employment agreements, reduction in force plans, separation agreements, handbooks and corrective action plans. She also conducts internal investigations concerning employee complaints.

Representative Legal Matters

  • Defended transportation company in collective action alleging unpaid wages and overtime under the FLSA and state-equivalent law.
  • Defended large construction company in mediation process and arbitration related to single plaintiff claims of discrimination on the basis of sex and retaliation.
  • Advised logistics company on federal and state-level WARN Act process and implemented required notices.
  • Defended bank on allegations of enforcement of restrictive covenants against newly hired executives from past employers.
  • Led utility company through a campaign attempting to unionize portion of the workforce and crafted communication to educate employees on process and voting.

Professional Honors

  • 2022 Up & Coming Lawyer by Law Week Colorado

Corporate Responsibility

  • Civil Pro Bono Panel for the US District Court, District of Colorado

Admissions

  • Illinois~United States (2025)
  • Colorado~United States (2017)

Education

  • University of Wyoming (BA Journalism, Minor in Marketing Communications)
  • University of Oregon (JD)

Languages

  • English
  • Panelist, "Understanding and Eliminating Bias," Colorado Chapter of Association for Corporate Counsel (ACC), November 2023
  • Panelist, Colorado Banking Association’s Women in Banking Conference, 2021