Your heart is for the people that has no voice.
When Your Career Is on the Line.
Matters We Handle.
Hover or tap a card to see the kinds of facts these cases tend to turn on. If something rings true, the next step is a conversation.
See all matters → 01 Employment Rights
Wrongful Termination
When a firing follows protected activity, leave, pregnancy, disability issues, or other suspicious timing, the record deserves careful review.
Review the issue 02 Employment Rights
Retaliation
Retaliation claims often turn on timing, shifting explanations, and what changed after you complained or asserted a right.
Review the issue 03 Employment Rights
Employment Discrimination
Discrimination cases require careful attention to unequal treatment, comparators, discipline, remarks, and the employer's stated reason.
Review the issue 04 Employment Rights
Sexual Harassment
Harassment cases can involve unwanted conduct, retaliation, ignored complaints, or a work environment that becomes hostile or unsafe.
Review the issue 05 Pregnancy & Leave
Pregnancy Discrimination
Pregnancy discrimination can appear as schedule changes, discipline, lost opportunities, accommodation denials, or termination.
Review the issue 06 Pregnancy & Leave
Breastfeeding and Lactation Rights
Workers who need to pump should not be punished, exposed, denied time, or forced into impossible conditions.
Review the issue 07 Employment Rights
FMLA Retaliation
If discipline, demotion, hostility, or termination followed protected medical leave, the timing and documentation matter.
Review the issue 08 Pay and Wage Claims
Wage Theft
Wage theft can involve missing pay, unlawful deductions, unpaid commissions, off-the-clock work, or altered records.
Review the issue 09 Employment Rights
Severance Review
Severance agreements can affect compensation, reputation, references, claims, confidentiality, and future work.
Review the issue 10 Civil Rights
Public Employee Discipline
Public employee discipline can affect pay, status, certification, reputation, and future government service.
Review the issue 11 Public Sector
ILETSB Decertification
Decertification proceedings can threaten a law enforcement career and require careful attention to record, procedure, and timing.
Review the issue 12 Civil Rights
Section 1983 Claims
Section 1983 claims can address constitutional violations by government actors, including retaliation and due process issues.
Review the issue — No. 03
When the process threatens your career.
Public employees and police officers can face discipline, decertification, Brady/Giglio placement, retaliation, reputation harm, and due process violations that reach far beyond the workplace. GB Law handles matters where discipline, speech, certification, reputation, or career status are at stake.
What clients say.
Clients come to GB Law when their job, reputation, certification, income, or future is on the line.
I was hired in [redacted] department today. I owe all of this to you. You helped me keep my certification. You helped me keep my reputation intact. You were one of the biggest helps in my life the last six months. You're one of the best lawyers around, and I will make sure everyone knows that.
Working with your firm has been an absolute game-changer for me. Your dedication to advocacy and unwavering commitment to clients' needs set you apart. Your team tirelessly fought for my rights, ensuring I received the justice I deserved.
01of 03
Gianna Scatchell Basile
Careful strategy for career-threatening disputes.
Employment, civil rights, disciplinary proceedings, reputation, and wage and hour litigation.
Gianna Basile represents workers, public employees, police officers, and individuals in disputes where the consequences are personal, professional, and immediate. Her practice focuses on retaliation, discrimination, wage violations, disciplinary proceedings, pregnancy and breastfeeding rights, civil rights claims, defamation, and career-threatening government action.
Contact
Begin with the facts.
The first conversation is about the facts, the timeline, and what is at stake. If GB Law can help, you will understand the next step. If not, you will get a straight answer.
- Office
- 1821 W Hubbard Street, #209
Chicago, Illinois 60622 - Direct
- (312) 248-3303
- Español
- Se habla español