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The firm's founder, Attorney David C. Crossley has also provided legal services to Japanese law firms, and Japanese legal professionals and businesses, such as: Hitachi Co. Ltd., the Central Bank of Japan, Kanagawa University, Idemitsu Kosan Co. Ltd., and Quintiles Transnational.He has been privileged to work as trial counsel in a variety of cases, such as representation of corporate clients in class-action defense litigation before the state and federal courts, consulting in a multi-million dollar securities claims against U.S. Securities brokerages and representation of clients in commercial litigation.Prior to founding the Crossley Law Offices, Attorney Crossley worked as in-House Counsel and supervising attorney for the 14th largest consumer debt collection law firm in the United States where he was primarily responsible for handling the defense of complex class actions brought against the collection law firm throughout the United States. He successfully defended 100% of these cases from reaching class certification. These actions typically focused on alleged violations of state and federal debt collection laws, consumer protection statutes and consumer finance statutes.Before that, Attorney Crossley worked as a law clerk and then Associate Attorney for the Boston based law firm LAWSON & WEITZEN, LLP. While with that firm he was primarily responsible for commercial litigation, family law, securities arbitration, personal injury and medical malpractice actions.Attorney Crossley is proficient in Japanese and has developed a 20 week course on USA law for the Jikei Group of Colleges/ILC in Tokyo, Japan, which is taught to Japanese lawyers and legal professionals with law firms such as Allen & Overy, CAST Itoga Law, P.C., and Mori Hamada & Matsumoto, and with companies such as Hitachi Co. Ltd., Kirin Holdings Company, Ltd., Asahi Breweries, Ltd., the Japanese business newspaper Nikkei, Metal One and ABeam Consulting.Attorney Crossley is the author of two books:Fair Debt Risk Management in the Collections Industry, (2003).Guide to U.S. law for the Japanese Legal Professional, Jikei Gakuin Press (2007).

Ariel Sullivan is a partner in the firm’s Labor & Employment and Higher Education groups, representing businesses and institutions of higher education in proceedings before state and federal courts, and administrative agencies, including the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the National Labor Relations Board, the Department of Labor, and the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”).. Ariel is committed to understanding her clients’ businesses, listening to their concerns, and providing guidance and solutions suited to fit their needs and growth.  She advises clients on all aspects of employment, including hiring, termination, wage and hour practices, personnel policies and handbooks, leaves of absence, non-competition agreements, internal investigations, union avoidance and unfair labor practices, employee discipline and diversity initiatives.  Ariel also assists clients with employment-based immigration matters, including work authorization (Form I-9), use of E-Verify, and temporary working visas (H-1B petitions).. Ariel counsels higher education clients on matters related to faculty and staff employment, student affairs and discipline, disability services, response to subpoenas, FERPA compliance, state authorization, research compliance, and student and faculty handbooks.  Over the last several years, Ariel has been working hand-in-hand with college and university clients and their Title IX coordinators to help them navigate the complexities of Title IX, and revise their policies and procedures in accordance with federal, state, and local regulations and guidance.  She frequently assists colleges and universities in responding to allegations of sexual assault on campus, conducts investigations, and provides training to various constituencies on campus, including Title IX coordinators, investigators and adjudicators, campus police and students.. Prior to joining Bowditch & Dewey, Ariel was a trial attorney at a Washington, DC-based law firm, where she represented professionals, corporations, and institutions of higher education in medical malpractice, products liability and employment discrimination matters before the state and federal courts.