Nyberg & Cassioppi Introduces Deena Giordano Ullom - New Partner to Focus on Employment Law and Corporate Health Matters

With businesses troubled by rising healthcare costs, and complex employment regulations, Naperville-based Nyberg & Cassioppi has announced the addition of Deena Giordano Ullom to their firm. With more than 10 years of experience as a General Counsel, litigator, and Director of Human Resources, Ms. Ullom will be an excellent addition to the firm’s legal team.

“We are delighted to have Ms. Ullom join our practice. We will benefit immensely from her General Counsel experience and proven ability to address a broad spectrum of business issues,” said Ron Nyberg. Gerry Cassioppi added that “her unique experience in successfully helping companies with employment matters and better management and reduction of their healthcare costs is very important for our clients in today’s business environment.”

Ms. Ullom worked as a litigator until 2004 when she was hired as General Counsel for Electronic Classroom of Tomorrow (ECOT), the first and largest K-12 virtual school in the country where she became an expert in this emerging area of law. Undertaking most of the legal work for ECOT, she saved the organization hundreds of thousands of dollars in legal fees. Given her success with business and legal issues, Ms. Ullom became part of the Executive Team and Director of Human Resources. She continued to improve her company’s bottom line by implementing creative and cost-containment strategies in order to improve employee health and maintain benefits.

Given her in-house experience, Ms. Ullom believes in a holistic approach to representing companies, and believes the best lawyers get to know the entire business environment; the culture, the leaders, and their vision, goals, needs, and concerns.

Ms. Ullom graduated as Valedictorian from Kent State University in 1997, where she was inducted into the prestigious honors fraternity Phi Beta Kappa, and graduated from Case Western Reserve University School of Law. During law school, she clerked in both the Federal Courts and the United States Attorney’s Office in the Northern District of Ohio.

Ms. Ullom lives in Naperville with her husband Tom and their very active sons; Brady, Bryan, and little Tom.