Jeff Funk, a native of Bement, Illinois, graduated from the University of Illinois (1982) and the University of Illinois Law School (1985). His areas of concentration are labor relations, collective bargaining, public sector civil litigation, unfair labor practice representation, and grievance representation. Jeff has also been a member of the Executive Committee of the Illinois Council of School Attorneys, and speaks regularly at such venues as the Illinois Association of School Boards Annual Conventions, Division Meetings and other Workshops, Illinois Association of School Administrators Workshops, Illinois Association of School Business Officials Annual Conferences, School District and Regional Office of Education Seminars and In-services, Illinois Council of School Attorneys Annual Meetings, Western Illinois Annual School Law Conferences, Eastern Illinois University Roundtables and Southern Illinois University Roundtables.