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I don't know about Illinois law, but would add to the advice that you need to document everything, and contact an employment law specialist, and quickly. If it was about two years ago, and the employer wrote down something false at the time you were fired, the statute of limitations might be about to run and prevent you from filing suit unless there's a Illinois statute tolling the limitations period based on an exception that can be found in the facts. There are also a bunch of hoops you must jump through before filing suit in employment matters. Libel suits are usually less successful than specific state employment violation ones, but that might be your only option from a limitations period standpoint. On the other hand, you should also be aware that, depending on your industry, it might not behoove you to become known as an employee who sues, and that this is a small case, so you need someone that knows what they're doing but has a small enough practice that they want your case.
(Dammit, I told myself I was not going to do this.)
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