Mr. Lied focuses his practice in the areas of labor and employment law and related litigation and immigration law, representing employers.  He attended the University of Illinois where he received a B.S. degree in psychology in 1975 and a M.A. degree from the University's Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations in 1977.  In 1983 Mr. Lied received his J.D. degree from the University of Michigan . 

He is admitted to practice in Michigan and Illinois and to the U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Court of Claims, the Sixth and Seventh Circuit Courts of Appeals, the U.S. District Courts for the Northern, Central and Southern Districts of Illinois, Northern and Southern Districts of Indiana and for the Eastern District of Michigan.  Mr. Lied has written more than two hundred articles for various publications, as well as several chapters in publications of the Illinois Institute of Continuing Legal Education. He is a regular lecturer on various legal topics. 

Mr. Lied is a me mb er of the State Bar of Michigan, the American Immigration Lawyers Association and the American Bar Association, and its sections of Litigation and Labor and Employment Law.  He is also a member of the Illinois State Bar Association and its section on Labor and Employment Law, where he is presently a council me mb er, a former council chair and newsletter editor.  Mr. Lied is a member of the Leading Lawyers network and was selected as an Illinois Super Lawyer in 2007.