Bret Allen Cohen is a lawyer practicing employment, labor & benefits, israel business group and 6 other areas of law. Bret received a B.A. degree from University of Illinois, and has been licensed for 33 years. Bret practices at Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. in Boston, MA.
Professional & Community Involvement:
•Former chair, Joint Bar Committee for Judicial Appointments
•Chair, American Bar Association Subcommittee on Employment Litigation (2003 - 2009)
•Former president, Board of Directors of the Natick Montessori School
Publications
Co-author,FTC Does Not Embrace Dentist Board's Anticompetitive Activity,Health Care Antitrust Alert (12.13.2011)
• Author,The HR-Legal Partnership,Human Resource Executive (09.02.2011)
• Co-author,Two Recent Massachusetts Cases Support an Employer's Ability to Enforce Noncompete Agreements,Employment, Labor & Benefits Alert (07.06.2011)
• Editor,Annual Review of Developments in Business and Corporate Litigation,American Bar Association (2011)
• FTC Orders Roanoke Hospital To Divest Recently Acquired Outpatient Clinics To Restore Competition,Health Care Antitrust Alert (10.08.2009)
Speaking Engagements
Panelist,How to Draft Effective Restrictive Covenants,Do's and Don'ts: How to Draft Effective Restrictive Covenants & Avoid Traps for the Unwary, Mintz Levin, Webinar (05.28.2014)
• Moderator,The 2014 Annual Review of Developments in Business and Corporate Litigation,2014 Business Law Section Spring Meeting, American Bar Association, Los Angeles, CA (04.10.2014)
• Speaker,Winning Post-Employment Covenant Claims Before the Lawsuit: A Proactive Approach to Noncompetes, Mintz Levin, Webinar (09.17.2013)
• Panelist,Perspectives from the Bench: Protecting Trade Secrets and Proprietary Information of Companies with Multi-State Operations Amidst Onboarding and Exiting of Employees,ABA Annual Meeting, American Bar Association, San Francisco, CA (08.09.2013)
• Speaker,2013 Annual Review of Developments in Business and Corporate Litigation, American Bar Association, Chicago, IL (05.16.2013)
• Co-chair,Traps for the Unwary: Drafting Non-Competes and Other Post-Employment Restrictions, Boston Bar Association, Boston, MA (03.21.2013)
• Moderator,The 2012 Annual Review of Developments in Business and Corporate Litigation,ABA Business Law Spring Meeting, American Bar Association, Las Vegas, NV (03.22.2012)
• Speaker,US Visa and Green Card Options for Dentists,Yankee Dental Congress 2012, Boston, MA (01.26.2012)
• Panelist,The 2011 Annual Review of Developments in Business and Corporate Litigation - Bret Cohen, Chair; Steve Ganis, Panelist,ABA Business Law Section Spring Meeting, ABA, Boston, MA (04.14.2011)
• Chair,2011 Annual Review of Developments in Business and Corporate Litigation,ABA Business Law Section Spring Meeting, American Bar Association, Boston, MA (04.14.2011)
• Speaker,Labor & Employment: Legislation Year in Review and What Is to Come, Boston Bar Association, Boston, MA (11.09.2010)
• Speaker,Top 5 Employment Law Trends It Pays to Know, MCLE (09.23.2010)
• Speaker,The 2010 Annual Review of Developments in Business and Corporate Litigation,ABA Business Law Section Spring Meeting, American Bar Association (04.22.2010)
• Speaker,Employment Law Practice,Labor & Employment Class, Boston College (04.20.2010)
• Speaker,Harassment and Discrimination, SES Seminar (01.29.2009)
• Panelist,Damages in Employment Discrimination and Retaliation Cases, Boston Bar Association (01.12.2009)
• Speaker,Layoffs and Lawsuits,In House Legal, LegalTalkNetwork (01.03.2009) Member: • Former chair, Joint Bar Committee for Judicial Appointments
• Chair, American Bar Association Subcommittee on Employment Litigation (2003 - 2009)
• Former president, Board of Directors of the Natick Montessori School
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