Julie A. Proscia

Julie advises employers on labor and employment matters throughout the employment relationship, from recruitment and hiring to workplace policies, disputes and separation. As managing partner of Amundsen Davis’s St. Charles office and co-chair of its Labor & Employment Service Group, she begins by identifying the outcome a client needs, then develops advice around that objective and the client’s business circumstances.

Her work includes counseling employers of different sizes on employment policies and procedures, as well as representing them when disputes lead to litigation or arbitration. Julie handles discrimination and retaliation claims, non-competition and non-solicitation enforcement, wage and hour litigation, and employment and labor arbitrations. She represents public and private sector employers in federal and state courts and before administrative bodies, including the Illinois Human Rights Commission, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the National Labor Relations Board and the Department of Labor.

Julie also chairs the firm’s Government Entities Service Group. For municipal and other public sector employers, her labor and employment work includes negotiations, grievances, defense of unfair labor practice charges and arbitration. Alongside that practice, she assists not-for-profit organizations with employment matters and issues affecting 501(c)(3) and 501(c)(6) organizations. Her work for those organizations includes training on board policies, procedures and development, as well as counseling and defense.

Before joining Amundsen Davis, Julie practiced at a Midwest labor and employment boutique. Earlier, as assistant director of affirmative action and legal compliance in Northern Illinois University’s Human Resources Department, she conducted internal investigations, reviewed policies and procedures for legal compliance, and developed training programs intended to prevent employment litigation and liability. She is also asked to speak on labor and employment topics by clients and educational providers, and her articles are distributed by educational providers and associations across the Midwest. In 2012, Chicago Lawyer named her among its 40 Attorneys Under 40 in Illinois to Watch.

• Northern Illinois University College of Law, J.D., magna cum laude
• Eastern Illinois University, M.A., European History
• Eastern Illinois University, B.A., cum laude

• Honoree of Crain’s Chicago Business Notable Women in Law: 2024
• Selected to the Illinois Super Lawyers list: 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026
• Selected to the Illinois Super Lawyers "Rising Stars" list: 2011, 2013, 2014
• Recognized as "40 Illinois Attorney Under 40 to Watch" by the Law Bulletin in 2012
• Received the Influential Women in Business Award from the Daily Herald Business Ledger in 2013
• Selected to the Illinois Landscape Contractors Association's "The List" in 2013

• Selected by the Leading Lawyers Network as an “Emerging Lawyer” in employment law: management and labor law: management

• Co-chair: Amundsen Davis Committee for Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, 2022-2024
• Illinois Senate Task Force on Sexual Harassment, 2017 – 2018
• Member: Illinois State Bar Association; National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO); Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) Past Instructor; Northern Illinois University PHR-SHRM Certification Past Instructor; Dupage SHRM; Association of Consultants to Nonprofits; National Association of College and University Attorneys (NACUA); Aurora Regional Economic Alliance; Peoria Chamber of Commerce; Human Resource Association of Greater Oak Brook (Oak Brook SHRM)
• General Counsel: Illinois Association of Chamber Executives (2025 - Present)
• Illinois Landscapers and Contractors Association (ILCA): Member; Panelist for ILCA Business Advisory Counsel; ILCA Women's Networking Group
• Board of Directors and Legal Counsel: Aurora Regional Chamber of Commerce
• USLAW Labor and Employment: Chair (2020 - present); Vice Chair (2019 - 2020); Education Chair (2018 - 2019)
• USLAW: Board of Directors (2020 - Present); Executive Committee (2025 Present)
• Board Chair (2025 - Present), Vice Chair (2020 - 2025) Board of Directors (2020 - Present): Hesed House
• Fox Valley United Way: Board of Directors, 2013 – 2019; Past Chair, 2019; Chair, 2015 – 2018; Vice Chair, 2014
• Board Member: YWCA Aurora, 2014 – 2016
• Advisory Board: Aurora Area Interfaith Food Pantry, 2016
• Practical Law Public Sector Advisory Board: Thomson Reuters 

• Navigating a Shifting NLRBPublication, USLAW Magazine, Fall 2025
• Pregnancy Discrimination Cases Are on the Rise — Are You Ready?Publication, USLAW Magazine, Spring 2025
• The 2025 Roundup: Buckle Up, it is Going to be a Bumpy RidePublication, Peoria Area Chamber of Commerce, January 20, 2025
• How Equal Pay & Pay Transparency Laws Will Impact Illinois EmployersPublication, The Illinois Manufacturer, Second Quarter 2024
• How Transparent Are You? Equal Pay and Pay Transparency Laws Are Not Going Away: Are You Compliant?Publication, USLAW Magazine, Spring 2024
• Confidentiality Gone? Maybe under McLaren Macomb!Publication, USLAW Magazine, Fall 2023
• As Talk of the Economy Cooling Persists, Employers Are Reducing Their Work ForcesPublication, USLAW Magazine, Summer 2023
• Illinois Employment Forms-Online VersionPublication, Illinois Chamber of Commerce, March 2021
• Illinois Employment Law Handbook - 5th EditionPublication, Illinois Chamber of Commerce, 2019
• Gender Identity Issues and Changes in the WorkplaceIllinois Municipal League Review, April 2017
• iPads, Smartphones, and Laptops Oh My!! How the Digital World Makes Us Both More Concealed and More ExposedUSLAW Magazine, Spring 2017
• Illinois Governor Signs Bill Creating Mandatory Retirement Program for Illinois BusinessesMueller & Co. Newsletter, January 2015