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With 20 years’ experience, I concentrate my practice in the areas of commercial litigation and health care law.. I have a broad-based litigation practice before state, federal, administrative tribunals and arbitration panels.  My practice includes extensive experience  in contract, construction, leasing, employment and general litigation matters.  I co-author The Litigators’ Blog writing on current litiation topics for the Krokidas & Bluestein website.  I have also written for several publications on topics relating to my practice areas.. In my health care and non-profit practice, I provide regulatory and general counseling to non-profit and for-profit health care and social service institutional providers, as well as licensed practitioners, on a variety of matters.   My experience includes HIPAA and privacy matters, Tarasoff issues, fraud and abuse, credentialing and privilege disputes.  Advising institutional clients that include hospitals, community health centers, nursing homes and other providers on governance, employment, compliance, administrative appeals, survey matters and ethical issues.. I also represent providers in licensing and discipline matters before various boards of registration, as well as government and private insurers.  I have substantial experience conducting internal investigations regarding employment, billing, potential false claims, compliance and ethics issues and reporting and self-disclosure under self-disclosure protocols and corporate integrity agreements.

The Dishman Law Firm specializes in litigation of employment law. Our firm has brought class action lawsuits on behalf of victims of illegal tip-sharing practices, failure to pay employees, and sexual harassment among many other violations of employment law.

Susanne represents employees and employers in all areas of Employment law in Massachusetts. Her practice is concentrated on obtaining practical workplace solutions for her clients through effective and affordable counseling and representation. When litigation cannot be avoided, Susanne obtains results for her clients through effective litigation. She has broad experience in state and federal trial and appellate courts, agency proceedings, and mediations.. Susanne’s employment practice includes a wide range of cases, including severance and contract negotiation, discrimination and retaliation, wage and hour disputes, the Family and Medical Leave Act, and employment contract and tort claims. She has extensive experience drafting handbooks, providing workplace trainings, and conducting internal investigations.. Before focusing exclusively on employment law and forming Greene & Hafer, Susanne was an Assistant District Attorney in the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office – widely regarded as the premier state prosecutor’s office in the country. After leaving New York, she joined the the Middlesex District Attorney’s Office where she successfully briefed and argued cases before the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (“SJC”) and the Appeals Court.   Susanne has also taught appellate advocacy and legal writing at New England School of Law.. In October 2014, Susanne was recognized by the National Law Journal and the Connecticut Law Tribune as one of Boston’s “40 under 40” Rising Stars and was also recognized in 2013, 2015 and 2016 as a Rising Star by Massachusetts Super Lawyers.

Rebecca G. Pontikes represents employees in all phases of employmentlitigation, including trials, administrative proceedings, mediation,and appeals. Ms. Pontikes concentrates her litigation practice ondiscrimination, particularly gender and family responsibilitydiscrimination, violations of the Family and Medical Leave Act, publicaccommodation, sexual harassment, non-competition agreements, andunpaid wages and overtime.. Over her ten years ofpractice, Ms. Pontikes has developed a reputation for aggressivelyrepresenting her clients and obtaining demonstrable results. Pastclients include vice presidents of large corporations, attorneys,police officers, teachers, college professors, and physicians. Herclients also include a deaf customer at a Wendy's restaurant whoattempted to use the drive thru and a student who was sexuallyassaulted while on a study abroad program. She filed lawsuits infederal court against the Wendy's restaurant chain for failing toaccommodate the deaf and hard of hearing at its drive thru, and againstthe non-profit study abroad organization for violations of Title IX. She obtained a favorable settlement for both clients.. Beforeresorting to litigation, Ms. Pontikes seeks creative solutions to herclients' problems by advising her clients on the formation ofemployment contracts, review of severance agreements, and review ofnon-competition agreements. For employers seeking to prevent futurelitigation, Ms. Pontikes offers advising services and counseling.. A graduate of the University of Michigan Law School in 1997 and of Tufts University, magna cum laude,in 1994. Ms. Pontikes was admitted to the Massachusetts bar inDecember, 1997 and to the Federal District of Massachusetts in March,1999. She was selected by her peers as a Rising Star for inclusion in the Super Lawyer by Boston Magazine in 2007 and as a Super Lawyer in 2004.. Ms. Pontikes is a frequent presenter at continuing legal education programs for area bar associations, including the Massachusetts Bar Association, the Boston Bar Association,the Women's Bar Association, the American Bar Association, the MCLE,and other employment law related committees. She co-wrote amicus briefs in Trustees of Health and Hospitals of the City of Boston v. Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination, 449 Mass. 675, (2007) and in Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority v. Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination, 450 Mass. 327 (2008).. Sheis also active in several area bar associations, particularly theWomen's Bar Association where she currently sits on the Board ofDirectors and co-chairs the Solo and Small Firm committee. She has alsoactively lobbied the state legislature through the WBA, particularlyfor employment related issues such as the extension of the statute oflimitations from 180 to 300 days and for the extension of unemploymentbenefits for women taking maternity leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act.. Sheis an active member of the Massachusetts Chapter of the NationalEmployment Lawyer's Association and in the past has sat on the Boardsof Directors of Deana's Fund, an organization devoted to educatingagainst dating violence through educational theater and the GreaterBoston Chapter of the National Organization for Women.. Shelives in Cambridge with her husband, an astrophysicist for theSmithsonian Institution. In her free time, she is a political activist,particularly for feminist causes, reads, watches movies, and writesletters to the editor. She and her husband enjoy traveling andexploring new places together. They have recently traveled to Greece,Crete, France, Italy, and Peru.

Paul H. Merry practices employment law from offices in Boston, with emphasis on disability, sex, race,  age, and other forms of workplace discrimination; as well as wrongful termination, employment contracts, separation and non-compete agreements  and other employment-related legal issues.  He has litigated a number of discrimination cases on behalf of mothers, persons with disabilities, older workers and workers of color, some of which wound up in trial and on appeal before United States and Massachusetts courts.  He has represented teachers at all levels, sales personnel in a range of industries and financial services workers.  From 1998 to 2000  he served as general counsel and chief of enforcement for the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination; and spent ten years as a Massachusetts assistant attorney general pursuing consumer protection and public charities matters, including automobile repair fraud and adoption fraud cases among others.  Prior to joining the Attorney General’s Office he served as a law clerk to the Massachusetts Superior Court    Since 2000 Mr. Merry has been a member of the Adjunct Faculty at Suffolk University Law School.  He is a current member of the Executive Board of the National Employment Lawyers Association, a fellow of the College of Labor and Employment Law, and a past president of the Massachusetts Employment Lawyers Association, for which he has also served as co-chair of the Program Committee and on the Legislative Committee.  He also served one term as chair of the Individual Rights and Responsibilities Section Council of the Massachusetts Bar Association; and as president of the Board of Trustees of the Massachusetts Law Reform Institute, where he still serves as a member.  Prior to attending law school, he  began his career in journalism with the Waltham News-Tribune and the Boston Herald; and covered the Massachusetts State House as chief of its bureau for the Lowell Sun.  He is a veteran of four years’ service with the United States Army Security Agency, where he served as a German linguist and intelligence analyst in then-West Berlin.  He also serves as a member of the Wellesley Representative Town Meeting and belongs to the Wellesley Club, the New Bedford Yacht Club and the Wellesley Choral Society.  He is a graduate of St. Edmund’s Academy, an Episcopal elementary school in Pittsburgh;  Culver Military Academy in Culver, Indiana; Harvard College, and Suffolk University Law School in Boston (with honors)  where he served on the Suffolk University Law Review.

On August 18, 2014, Best Lawyers named Katherine J. Michon as a 2015 “Lawyer of the Year” based on the high esteem in which she is held by her colleagues.  She was also selected for the 2016 Edition of “Best Lawyers in America.” Ms. Michon co-leads the firm's executive and professional advocacy practice.  She was also named by Boston Magazine as one of Boston’s Best Employment Lawyers, which described her as “one of the best negotiators in the business.” She holds an AV Preeminent rating from Martindale-Hubbell and has been selected to be named by Law & Politics/Boston magazine in Super Lawyers for ten consecutive years, as well as being listed in its Top 50 Female Super Lawyers in Massachusetts and for all of New England. Ms. Michon is well known for her work on senior executive transition matters, including change-in-control agreements, severance and compensation arrangements, and covenants not to compete. In addition, she advises small companies in sophisticated employment matters. As an established leader in the field, Ms. Michon is a frequent author and speaker on employment law matters, including managing the complexities of executive transition.

My practice involves all aspects of labor and employment law.  In my spare time I enjoy long-distance running.

My civil litigation practice is focused on the defense and trial of complex product liability, asbestos, pharmaceutical, medical device, toxic tort, negligence, commercial and employment matters. I handle and try cases for various clients throughout New England and I am a frequent speaker on issues related to civil trial practice, product liability and other complex matters in the state and federal courts.I have written numerous publications regarding civil practice, including "Enforcing Protective Orders: Getting Them Is Only Part of the Job," which appeared in the Defense Counsel Journal; "Recourse for Spoliation of the Product," published in Volume V of Automotive Engineering and Litigation; "Comparative Fault in a Crashworthiness Case," published in the April 2002 issue of For the Defense.

Ms. Haralampu has extensive experience advising businesses, non-profit entities and individuals in employee benefits, executive compensation, tax, the federal health care requirements and related areas of law. In particular, she designs executive compensation and employee benefit programs, and provides counsel on ERISA matters, equity-based compensation such as ESOPs and stock options, , and related areas of tax and employment law. Her work involves counsel in many contexts, including corporate mergers, acquisitions and reorganizations, and succession planning. She also counsels individuals on benefits issues related to estate planning and property settlements in divorce.. Ms. Haralampu represents employee benefits clients before the Internal Revenue Service and U.S. Department of Labor, and has contributed to the continued professional education of Massachusetts lawyers in a number of capacities. Ms. Haralampu is the current Chair of the Tax Law Section of the Massachusetts Bar Association, she is past chair of the Boston Bar Association ERISA/Employee Benefits Committee, and has co-chaired the Tax Steering Committee of the Boston Bar Association. Ms. Haralampu has been a contributing member of the Committee on Government Submissions of the American Bar Association and, in that capacity, has assisted the ABA in recommending policy changes in the federal tax and health care law. Ms. Haralampu speaks and writes extensively on various ERISA, HIPAA, employee benefits and tax matters, both to professional and lay audiences.. Ms. Haralampu is the author of the chapter on ERISA in the MCLE treatise, Massachusetts Employment Law, has served on a number of panels, and has written widely over the years. For example, she is published in Bloomberg BNA, National Law Journal, Boston Business Journal, Mass High Tech, Massachusetts Bar Association, and The Journal of Taxation and Investments. Ms. Haralampu sits on the Board of Directors for the New England Pension Assistance Project of the Gerontology Institute at University of Massachusetts Boston and is active in assisting that organization in its pro bono work. Ms. Haralampu has also served as a member of the Board of Visitors of the New England Conservatory where she was active in the Mentor program.

Morenberg Law has offices in Boston and Newton, Massachusetts.  We are happy to offer a free consulation by telephone or video conference.. We help businesses and employees to understand Massachusetts and federal employment laws.  Our lawyers can help resolve difficult workplace conflicts. We prepare and review severance agreements.  We review and update employee policy manuals. We also offer training for your team.. Our seasoned trial lawyers handle most employment and business litigation. Typical cases involve discrimination, sexual harassment, wage and hour issues, and contract claims. We also handle business litigation regarding contracts, leases, unfair trade practices, defamation, business collections, and professional licensure.. Finally, we help companies, non-profits, and professionals with varied business law issues. We help businesses to select the best legal entity, to negotiate complex contracts, and to protect against liability.

Mark is an experienced litigator and counselor who has handled a variety of lawsuits, administrative actions, and pre-litigation matters. He began his legal career by clerking for the Massachusetts Superior Court in Suffolk, Middlesex, and Essex counties. After his clerkship, Mark practiced as a litigator for more than five years in Boston law firms, focusing on professional liability defense, construction law, and employment law.. Since opening the Firm in 2013, he has assisted a wide variety of companies and individuals with their legal needs. For businesses, he regularly serves as outside general counsel, assisting with matters on an as-needed basis, which generally includes compliance with employment law and human resources matters. Mark also assists individuals with their legal needs, including advising professionals on employment agreements and asserting claims on their behalf when necessary.. Mark has secured trial victories for clients in state and federal courts, including a seven-figure employment discrimination verdict in federal court that was the eleventh highest verdict of any kind in Massachusetts that year 1 and was upheld through attempted appeals up to the United State Supreme Court. He also has significant experience before administrative agencies, including the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination, the New York Commission on Human Rights, and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.. Before going to court, however, Mark aims to come up with creative solutions to avoid legal disputes and litigation, including using alternative dispute resolution. The Firm has assisted many clients in resolving their matters alternatively, whether through mediation, arbitration, or private negotiation.. Mark is admitted to practice in Massachusetts and New York, as well as federal district and appeals courts. He is a graduate of Concord-Carlisle High School, Boston College, and New England School of Law, where he was the recipient of the Sandra Day O’Connor full merit scholarship and was an editor of the New England Law Review.. He has been an adjunct instructor of Legal Research and Writing at New England Law Boston since 2009 and has authored pieces for the New England Law Review and Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education.

Lawrence J. Casey, who holds an AV Preeminent rating from Martindale-Hubbell and has been named a Boston Magazine “Super Lawyer” in 2009 and multiple years prior, is the Head of Litigation at the firm, and has more than 25 years experience successfully litigating complex employment related matters on behalf of executives, professionals and employers in trials in state and federal courts, arbitrations and agency hearings.. Some of Mr. Casey's successes include:  obtaining a significant arbitration award on behalf of a high-level executive concerning a claim of contractual severance owed; co-trial counsel through public hearing at the MCAD in a precedent-setting case, MCAD v. Stonehill College, obtaining a significant award on behalf of the client on a claim of race-based discrimination in compensation that was listed in the January 3, 2005 issue of Massachusetts Lawyer's Weekly as the "Most Important Decision of 2004"; obtaining a defense verdict in Massachusetts Superior Court in favor of a multinational high-tech services company and its Chief Financial Officer in a case involving discrimination and retaliation claims brought by a former senior executive seeking an award in excess of $2,400,000; trying one of the first Sarbanes-Oxley whistleblower cases filed in the Boston regional office of the U.S. Department of Labor; and successfully prosecuting and defending numerous motions for injunctive relief concerning non-competition and non-solicitation agreements in the state and federal courts.  Mr. Casey has also argued appeals before the First Circuit Court of Appeals, Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court and Massachusetts Appeals Court.  His representation of individuals in court, arbitrations and mediations has resulted in numerous judgments and settlements in excess of a million dollars.. Mr. Casey also has extensive experience negotiating complex executive employment and transition agreements in various industries, including mergers and acquisitions, change-in-control agreements, non-competition and non-solicitation agreements, lift-outs and incentive/equity compensation.  Mr. Casey advises executives concerning the numerous and varied documents that are often used to memorialize their compensation packages including employment agreements, stock and option plans and agreements, long term incentive plans, deferred compensation agreements, promissory notes, pledge agreements, redemption agreements, partnership or limited partnership agreements, limited liability company agreements and expatriation and repatriation agreements regarding overseas assignments.. A frequent author and speaker regarding issues of employment law, Mr. Casey has contributed articles and spoken at seminars and conventions conducted by the Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, Inc. (MCLE) and Boston Bar Association (BBA) including the Employment Law Conference, an annual conference conducted by MCLE.  His speaking engagements have included the following programs: Effective Discovery in Employment Litigation (MCLE), Domestic Violence Issues in the Workplace (BBA), Advising the Maturing Business: Moving Beyond the Start-Up (MCLE) and Electronic Discovery (MCLE).  Mr. Casey also presented the employee’s case at You Be the Judge – An HR Courtroom Drama, sponsored by the Northeast Human Resources Association, and recently co-authored the Privacy chapter of MCLE’s Massachusetts Employment Law publication.. Mr. Casey is admitted to practice law in Massachusetts, Colorado and Hawaii, and before the United States District Courts for Massachusetts and Hawaii, the Court of Appeals for the First Circuit and the United States Tax Court.  He has also been admitted, for specific litigation cases, in federal and state courts in New Hampshire and Connecticut.  He served as a member of the Board of Bar Examiners of the State of Hawaii in 1989.. Prior to co-founding Shilepsky O’Connell Hartley, Mr. Casey was a partner at Perkins, Smith & Cohen, and managing partner at Crowe & Casey.  Mr. Casey is a cum laude graduate of Boston College.  He received his J.D. from Duquesne University where he served as a member and managing editor of the Duquesne Law Review.  Mr. Casey served on the Board of Directors of the Andover School of Montessori for nine years and was president of the Board of Directors for eight years.

Juliet received her B.A from Brown University in 1985 and her J.D. from the University of California at Berkeley - Boalt Hall in 1990.  She has repeatedly been recognized as a Massachusetts and New England Super Lawyer and is rated AV - preeminent by Martindale Hubbell, the highest possible rating.  Juliet concentrates her practice in the areas of business litigation, employment litigation and law, and fiduciary and probate litigation.  Admitted to practice in Massachusetts and New York, Juliet has a broad litigation background and deep experience representing individuals and companies in the trial and appellate courts, before agencies and in mediation and arbitration.. Juliet has successfully represented employers and employees in a wide range of employment disputes and issues.  In 2013, the Superior Court adopted her argument, in a case of first impression in the Commonwealth, that, as a matter of common law, the president of a corporation does not have the power to terminate an employee who was put into office by the Board of Directors in a closely-held family business.  In 2012, she obtained the enforcement of a two-year restrictive covenant in the highly competitive medical device industry against an employee who had left the company’s employ 15 months earlier and defeated the enforcement of a non-competition agreement in that same industry only a few months prior.  She is experienced in bringing and defending a wide array of employment-related claims, including claims for enforcement of non-competition and non-solicitation agreements and other restrictive covenants, claims for gender, race, disability and age discrimination, retaliation, sexual harassment, claims for violations of the wage and hour laws and claims under the Family Medical Leave Act.  Juliet regularly advises employers and employees with respect to their legal rights and obligations and frequently represents clients in the drafting and negotiation of employment, termination and severance agreements.  She has achieved six and seven figure settlements for numerous employee clients.. Juliet frequently represents individuals, beneficiaries, executors, trustees and other fiduciaries in disputes concerning estates and trusts, including the management and administration thereof, the duties of fiduciaries and the interpretation of trust and estate planning instruments.  In 2013, she achieved a settlement resulting in a professional trustee paying $12 million in trust funds outright to her client.  In 2012, in a case of first impression, the Appeals Court upheld the Probate Court’s ruling in favor of Juliet’s client that a guardian who transferred funds of her ward to a trust after his death acted unlawfully and was required to repay those funds to the decedent’s estate.  She has prevailed in numerous proceedings to remove fiduciaries of trusts and estates, and at times have uncovered egregious wrongdoing by fiduciaries in those proceedings and recovered substantial six figure fee awards.  She has also tried and prevailed in a number of will contest cases.. Commercial disputes and litigation are the backbone of Juliet’s practice and her expertise in employment law and fiduciary litigation arises from her commercial litigation background.  Juliet represents clients of all types and sizes in claims for breach of contract, misrepresentation, breach of fiduciary duty and claims for unfair trade practices in violation of M. G. L. c. 93A.  She is frequently counsel in complex shareholder/partnership disputes in family-owned or closely-held businesses in matters relating to the operation and control of the business.   She is also experienced in advising on, and litigating, matters of corporate governance, including in start-up businesses and ventures.

Joseph Demeo is Founder and Managing Partner of the law firm Demeo, LLP.  The Firm handles complex commercial litigation, including: contract disputes; unfair trade practices claims; injunctions; copyright, trademark and licensing disputes; internal investigations; enforcement of non-competition and non-solicitation agreements; employment law; real estate litigation; securities litigation; and partnership and shareholder disputes. Demeo also has an excellent white collar criminal defense practice and bankruptcy practice. For many years, we have represented local and national busineses, banks and technology companies, including Fortune 500 companies. The Firm was founded in 1997. All of Demeo LLP’s attorneys have worked at large law firms and have superb litigation experience. Demeo’s lower billing rates allow us to provide sophisticated legal representation for unparalleled value.

Jonathan Shank represents employers in all areas of workplace law, including preventive advice and counseling as well as litigation before administrative agencies and in state and federal courts.. Mr. Shank advises and represents employers in a broad range of employment law matters including those involving disciplinary action, discrimination, harassment, retaliation, wrongful termination, wage and hour compliance, whistleblowing, disability management, and leaves of absence. Mr. Shank has represented employers in litigation involving the enforceability of restrictive covenants, claims for defamation, breach of contract, as well as employee stock disputes.. Mr. Shank also frequently counsels and defends employers on a variety of issues under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA). Mr. Shank’s ERISA litigation experience includes defending against claims to recover plan benefits, breach of fiduciary duty, interference, and other ERISA matters. He also assists clients with ERISA compliance issues, including fiduciary counseling, benefit plan design, and administration modification.. Before joining Jackson Lewis, Mr. Shank was an Associate at a large Boston law firm and, prior to that, he completed a judicial clerkship with the Honorable Francis X. Flaherty, Associate Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court.. While attending law school, Mr. Shank served as Note Editor of the Suffolk University Law Review and competed on the Constitutional Law Moot Court Team. He won the Suffolk Law Jurisprudence Award in Labor Law and interned for the Honorable Mary M. Lisi, Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island. Prior to attending law school, Mr. Shank worked as a policy analyst for an international trade association in Boston.

Jessica began her legal career clerking at the Massachusetts Superior Court, where she assisted the Justices in all phases of criminal and civil litigation, including employment and discrimination matters. Following her clerkship, Jessica worked as an Assistant District Attorney in Massachusetts in the Sexual Assault and Family Violence Unit, where she was responsible for handling all aspects of a diverse felony and misdemeanor caseload, from conducting evidentiary hearings and drafting pretrial pleadings to presenting cases for bench and jury trials. Jessica was then appointed to the Appeals Unit, where she drafted briefs and petitions for interlocutory appeals, and successfully argued several cases before the Massachusetts Appeals Court. Jessica holds a Bachelor of Arts cum laude from Bucknell University and was inducted into the Phi Beta Kappa academic honors society. She holds a Juris Doctor from Northeastern University School of Law, where she was a member of the Restorative Justice and Civil Rights clinic. Jessica is admitted to the Massachusetts state bar.

Jason McGraw is a labor and employment lawyer, litigator, and higher education attorney who draws upon real life experience to solve complex issues facing his clients.  Jason represents and advises a wide range of businesses and institutions, and deploys a deep and particular understanding of the unique issues facing colleges and universities, stemming from his years of experience in higher education administration.

In 1996, I founded The Wagner Law Group, a nationally recognized ERISA, employee benefits, executive compensation and estate planning practice with 23 attorneys. I’m one of nine attorneys at The Wagner Law Group who are AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell as having very high to preeminent legal abilities and ethical standards. The firm is among the largest ERISA boutiques in the U.S., with clients in over 45 states and several foreign countries.I have sustained lasting relationships with my clients for whom I provide the full range of legal services needed to establish and maintain their benefit and compensation plans and to fulfill their roles as employer, plan sponsor or plan fiduciary. Our clients vary in size from sole proprietors to publicly-traded multistate and multinational businesses with tens of thousands of employees, including both for-profit employers and nonprofit entities.For three years, I provided advice and consultation to the IRS on pension matters through my service on the IRS Advisory Committee on Tax Exempt and Government Entities and served as chair in 2010. I’m also on the Legg Mason Retirement Advisory Council and the Advisory Board on Compensation Planning for Tax Management, Inc. I have written or contributed to over 175 articles and 14 books regarding ERISA and employee benefits. I was listed by 401k Wire as one of the 100 Most Influential People in the 401k Industry from 2008 to 2012. New England Super Lawyers Magazine included me on the Massachusetts Super Lawyers List from 2009 to 2012.I earned my law degree from Harvard Law School in 1987 after graduating from Cornell University in 1984 summa cum laude with a B.A. in Economics and Government. I also studied Graduate-Level Economics at the London School of Economics and Political Science in 1983.ERISA is complicated, and I’m just as passionate today about the law as I was when I started practicing law in 1987. If I can help you untangle ERISA’s maze of regulations, please contact me.Specialties: The Firm's ERISA practice covers many different types of employee benefit plans, both qualified and non-qualified, and includes advice and client counseling in the following areas: Retirement Plans, Non-Qualified Plans and Executive Compensation, Plan Administration, Welfare Benefit Plans, Plan Testing, Plan Compliance, Income and Pension Excise Taxes, Other Plan Issues, ERISA Title I, Employment Taxes, Administrative Representation andEstate Planning and Administration

I represent only Workers - never Employers!. I have been fighting for workers’ rights for over 20 years.  I have worked as a union organizer, and employee advocate and an attorney.  I know how workers are treated in this country and I know that it is no simple task to secure basic rights.   Employees have always had to fight for their rights for fair treatment.. I formerly worked as a staff attorney at the Massachusetts Unemployment appeals board (the Board of Review).  I reviewed hundreds of cases and know many of the ins and outs and technicalities that make a difference between winning and losing an Unemployment Appeal.

I represent individuals and businesses in trials involving commercial, employment, real estate and intellectual property issues as well as catastrophic personal injury and death. I have also represented athletes, governing bodies and sponsors in the negotiation of endorsement, sponsorship and marketing agreements.

I represent employees and students facing discrimination, retaliation, and civil rights violations.. In my education discrimination work I represent students, teachers, and professors at all levels of education who have experienced discrimination, harassment, or assault at school, or who are being accused of committing violations of their schools policies related to sexual misconduct, academic misconduct, and other matters. I represent these students both in their internal school disciplinary processes, in complaints to federal agencies, and in litigation where necessary to enforce their rights.  My familiarity with schools' unorthodox adjudicatory procedures, substantial knowledge of Title IX, and understanding of sexual violence issues results in excellent outcomes for the students I represent. In addition to representing students, teachers, and professors in university administrative proceedings, I litigate on behalf of these clients to enforce their civil rights in federal and state court.. In my employment practice I represent clients who have faced discrimination and retaliation in the workplace based on their race, age, gender, disability, or sexual orientation, and she advises clients in ongoing employment situations and workplace conflicts. I litigate cases in state and federal court on behalf of my clients, and have obtained favorable outcomes and substantial financial settlements for my clients. I have helped numerous clients negotiate separation from their employers and obtain favorable severance packages.

I have a demonstrated commitment to advancing the rights of workers in Massachusetts and beyond.  Over the past 20 years, in addition to handling hundreds of cases on behalf of employees, I have demonstrated that commitment by co-founding Fair Work, P.C., a firm focused on employee rights; co-founding Fair Employment Project, Inc., a non-profit whose mission is to provide legal information and counseling to workers who cannot otherwise get legal assistance; developing and teaching employment law courses at Harvard Law School; helping to develop the Employment Civil Rights Clinic at Harvard Law School; and speaking and writing on employment law issues.

I am an experienced Attorney who handles primarily, Employment Law, and some Criminal Defense and Family Immigration Law cases. I fight hard for my clients and get results!. Call me to schedule a consultation and evaluation of your case. I promise to be straightforward and honest in my assesment of your case. I will not sugarcoat anything in order to gain your business. Honesty and trust come first in the way I do business.

I am an employment law attorney experienced in both civil litigation and transactional practice settings. My civil litigation experience includes complex litigation defense in state and federal courts for claims covering contract, tort, commercial real estate, and insurance issues, as well as employer-side representation before the MCAD, EEOC, and in response to OSHA investigations. I have extensive experience in coordinating and conducting pre-trial discovery, investigating claims, deposing parties and witnesses, as well as in outlining litigation plans targeted at efficient, cost-effective resolution of claims. My transactional practice experience includes advising company officers and human resources professionals concerning effective employment law risk management strategies and providing guidance on application of company policies and compliance with federal and state employment statutes, including the FMLA, FLSA and ADA, among others. I have written and conducted in-person training, as well as webinars, on employment law topics including FLSA exempt classification, religious and national origin discrimination, social media policy best practices, and pregnancy in the workplace, with audiences ranging from 50 to 350 attendees. Additionally, I have experience drafting contracts, vendor agreements, employment agreements, employee handbooks, and have negotiated the resolution of claimed breaches of non-compete/non-disclosure agreements. In addition, I have completed certified training with the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination (MCAD) concerning prevention of discrimination in the workplace, including hiring, termination, benefits, and performance evaluations, and am included on the MCAD’s list of approved trainers for instruction concerning these issues for Massachusetts businesses.I am admitted to practice law in the Comm. of Massachusetts, State of New York and the U. S. Dist. Court, Dist. of Mass.. Presentations include:. • March, 2016 - Presented training to human resources professionals concerning hidden sources of workplace discrimination, including national origin discrimination and religious discrimination. • July, 2016 – Created reference tool for employers concerning compliance with FLSA exemption classification and the U.S. Dept. of Labor “Final Rule” concerning December 1, 2016 overtime exemption requirement changes. • October, 2016 – Presented webinar concerning exempt classification under the Fair Labor Standards Act, including application of the U.S. Dept. of Labor’s “Final Rule.” Approx. 360 live attendees.• October, 2016 – Presenter for municipal association’s annual member expo concerning best practices in preparing employer social media policies. • February, 2017 – Presented webinar concerning pregnant employee rights in the workplace, before and after birth, including the Pregnancy Discrimination Act, the FMLA, the ADA, lactation accommodation requirements and job performance management issues. Approx. 350 live attendees. • May, 2017 – Presented webinar concerning application of the Fair Labor Standards Act following the stay imposed by the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas, on the U.S. Dept. of Labor’s “Final Rule” regarding application of new salary level requirements for exempt classification. Approx. 350 live attendees.

I am an employment law and education law attorney.. I assist employees faced with discrimination, hostile work environment, wrongful termination, sexual harassment, severance agreements and employment contracts, unpaid wages and similar employment issues.. Additionally, I represent students, teachers, faculty and professors faced with sexual harassment, discrimination, and disciplinary matters.. I practice in Massachusetts state and federal courts, the Commission Against Discrimination and other regulatory departments.