Tressler is excited to welcome Haley Peters as an associate in our Local Government Practice Group. Haley concentrates her practice on serving cities and villages. Her practice emphasizes day-to-day operations and general corporate counsel matters for municipalities, counties, townships, park districts, and other taxing bodies. This includes liquor-related matters, planning and zoning matters, development, and employment matters. Haley has extensive experience in representing local municipalities in prosecuting ordinance violations, municipal code enforcement, and traffic-related matters. She works closely with law enforcement and municipal officials to advance public safety and community compliance objectives. Haley also investigates employee disputes and complaints, including harassment, discrimination, and hostile work environments.

“I am pleased to join Tressler’s Local Government Practice Group,” said Haley Peters. “With five years of extensive legal experience, I look forward to expanding my practice, collaborating with a talented team, and delivering thoughtful, strategic counsel to our public-sector clients.”

Prior to joining Tressler, Haley worked for a law firm where she primarily focused on municipal law, municipal prosecution, probate estate administration, and simple estate planning.

While in law school, Haley earned a CALI Excellence for the Future Award in Lawyering Skills, was president of the Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity, and served as PanHellenic Delegate for the Alpha Phi Fraternity. She was a 711 Legal Intern for the Kankakee County State’s Attorney’s Office. Haley completed a business internship in the human resources department at global steel manufacturer, Peddinghaus Corporation. She also served as a law clerk for a well-known law office in Charleston, Illinois.

During her undergraduate studies, Haley dedicated her time to the Kankakee County Society of Women in Law, the Kankakee Bar Association, and Prairie State Legal Services.

Haley received her J.D. from Southern Illinois University and her B.S. in business management from Eastern Illinois University.

Haley Peters can be reached at hpeters@tresslerllp.com.

About Tressler LLP

Tressler has one of the most experienced and multi-faceted government law practices in Illinois. As local governments are faced with increasingly complex regulatory matters and ever-growing exposure to litigation, we offer a diverse array of talent to serve our clients’ needs. From our Chicago and Bolingbrook offices, our seasoned team is uniquely positioned to represent municipalities, cities, villages, park districts, school districts, and other public entities throughout northern and central Illinois, including Lake, Cook, Will, DuPage, Kane, Kendall, and Grundy counties.

Tressler has significant talent and experience in critical areas of law that support our government law practice. These include lawyers who focus their practices on bankruptcy, construction/surety litigation, environmental law, insurance coverage, intellectual property, complex real estate and construction litigation, among others.

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