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Counseling

  • Regularly support companies in rewriting their company handbook and policies to comply with federal and state rules and regulations while meeting business needs
  • Provided company-wide harassment and discrimination training, with a tailor-made section on professionalism, to an organization with young professionals
  • Counseled a New York Stock Exchange company regarding a series of potentially high-profile terminations
  • Provide day-to-day representation of the U.S. subsidiary of an Israeli company in connection with layoffs and terminations
  • Guided real estate firm through multiple high-level departures, including complex exit negotiations regarding profit sharing interests
  • Represented Marty Walsh (former Mayor of the City of Boston, former Secretary of Labor) in contract negotiations with the National Hockey League Players’ Association
  • Worked with multistate employer in evaluating enforceability of existing noncompete and non-solicitation provisions under applicable state laws

Disputes and Litigation

  • Defended against, and reached non-monetary settlement of, allegations that a former employee breached a non-compete and the subsequent employer aided and abetted a breach of a non-compete
  • Represented a business and its owner against lawsuit alleging age and disability discrimination and FMLA (Family and Medical Leave Act) retaliation; in a cost-effective resolution, secured favorable settlement before any witnesses were deposed
  • Defended a business against charge alleging sex discrimination that a male employee filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); following preparation and submission of a position statement supported by documentary evidence, secured favorable settlement
  • Defended a business against allegations of sex discrimination brought by a female employee affected by cost-cutting measures; presented robust written defense to her lawyer and resolved case for an amount just barely above the original severance offer (made prior to her allegations)
  • Represented a former employee and minority owner in multi-pronged dispute against former employer; secured favorable pre-suit outcome
  • Represented a manufacturing company in defending against lawsuits by two former employees; established strong defenses, ultimately facilitating settlements

Matters

Counseling

  • Regularly support companies in rewriting their company handbook and policies to comply with federal and state rules and regulations while meeting business needs
  • Provided company-wide harassment and discrimination training, with a tailor-made section on professionalism, to an organization with young professionals
  • Counseled a New York Stock Exchange company regarding a series of potentially high-profile terminations
  • Provide day-to-day representation of the U.S. subsidiary of an Israeli company in connection with layoffs and terminations
  • Guided real estate firm through multiple high-level departures, including complex exit negotiations regarding profit sharing interests
  • Represented Marty Walsh (former Mayor of the City of Boston, former Secretary of Labor) in contract negotiations with the National Hockey League Players’ Association
  • Worked with multistate employer in evaluating enforceability of existing noncompete and non-solicitation provisions under applicable state laws

Disputes and Litigation

  • Defended against, and reached non-monetary settlement of, allegations that a former employee breached a non-compete and the subsequent employer aided and abetted a breach of a non-compete
  • Represented a business and its owner against lawsuit alleging age and disability discrimination and FMLA (Family and Medical Leave Act) retaliation; in a cost-effective resolution, secured favorable settlement before any witnesses were deposed
  • Defended a business against charge alleging sex discrimination that a male employee filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); following preparation and submission of a position statement supported by documentary evidence, secured favorable settlement
  • Defended a business against allegations of sex discrimination brought by a female employee affected by cost-cutting measures; presented robust written defense to her lawyer and resolved case for an amount just barely above the original severance offer (made prior to her allegations)
  • Represented a former employee and minority owner in multi-pronged dispute against former employer; secured favorable pre-suit outcome
  • Represented a manufacturing company in defending against lawsuits by two former employees; established strong defenses, ultimately facilitating settlements

Matters