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| | Address | | 200 State Street | | Boston, Massachusetts 02109-2605 | | (Suffolk Co.) | | | |
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| Morgan, Brown & Joy LLP practices in the following areas of law:
Labor and Employment Law, Discrimination, Wrongful Termination, Civil Litigation, Wage-Hour, Occupational Safety and Health, Pension, Health Care, Workers Compensation. Trial and Appellate Practice before State and Federal Agencies and Courts. | | Year Established: 1923 | | Firm Size: 31 | Representative Clients:
Acushnet Co.; AT & T; Corp.; AMICA Mutual Insurance Co.; Aviva Life Insurance; Bay State Gas Co.; Bloomingdale's; Boston College; Boston Scientific Corp.; Brandeis University; Chubb Group of Ins. Cos.; City of Boston; CVS; Dole Food Co.; Duke Energy; Electronic Data Systems Corp.; Elmira College; EMC Corporation; Energy USA Propane; Entergy Nuclear; Federal Express Corp.; Foreign Auto; Fortune Brands, Inc.; General Dynamics; General Electric Co.; Harvard University; The Home Depot; John Hancock Life Insurance Co.; Jordan Hospital; Kraft Foods, Inc; Liberty Mutual Ins. Co.; Lowe's Home Centers, Inc.; Macy's, Inc.; Mass Port; M.B.T.A.; Metropolitan Life; National Life of Vermont; New England Cable News; NSTAR Electric & Gas; City of Newton; Nordstrom, Inc.; One Beacon Insurance; Oracle Corp; PanEnergy Corp.; Progress Software; Sepracor, Inc.; Providence College; Serono Inc.; Shaw's Supermarkets, Inc.; Shriners Hospital; Simmons College; Smith & Nephew Dyonics, Inc.; South Shore Hospital; Stoneham Cooperative Bank; South Shore Savings; Town of Wellesley; Town of Winchester; University System of New Hampshire; University of Vermont; Vermont State Colleges; Walgreen's; WHDH-TV; Woods Hole, Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket Steamship Authority; Wyman-Gordon Company; Xerium, Inc.; Youville Hospital. | | MEMBERS OF FIRM | | John W. Morgan (1898-1974). | | Murray Brown (1900-1996). | | William F. Joy (1918-1999). | | James M. Paulson (Retired Partner) (Retired Partner, 1973-2004). | | Alan I. Kaplan (Member) born Roxbury, Massachusetts, December 21, 1937; admitted to bar, 1963, Massachusetts; 1965, California, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California and U.S. Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit; 1975, U.S. Supreme Court; 1982, U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts and U.S. Court of Appeals, 1st Circuit. Education: Boston University and University of Massachusetts (B.A., magna cum laude, 1959); Boston College (LL.B., summa cum laude, 1963). Order of the Coif; Phi Kappa Phi. Member, Boston College Law Review, 1962-1963. Member: Massachusetts (Member, Labor Law Committee, 1975—) and American (Member, Committees on: Practice and Procedure, 1972-1974; Labor Arbitration and the Law of Collective Bargaining Agreements Committee, 1980—) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment Law; Litigation. Email: Alan I. Kaplan | | Nicholas DiGiovanni, Jr. (Member) born Providence, Rhode Island, January 31, 1949; admitted to bar, 1973, Massachusetts and U.S. District Court of Massachusetts; 1974, U.S. Court of Appeals, 1st Circuit; 1983, U.S. District Court of Vermont; 1986, U.S. Court of Appeals, 2nd Circuit. Education: Providence College (B.A., summa cum laude, 1970); Cornell University (J.D., 1973). Delta Epsilon Sigma. Co-Author: "NLRB Jurisdiction Over Colleges and Universities: A Plea For Rule Making," William and Mary Law Review, Spring, 1975; Contributing Author: "Handbook of Faculty Bargaining," Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1977; "Education Law," Matthew-Bender Publishers, 1984; "Collective Bargaining in Institutions of Higher Education: The State of the Art," College and University Personnel Association Publishers, 1984; "Surface v. Hard Bargaining: Tilting Toward Nonintervention," The Labor Lawyer, Fall, 1986; "Age Discrimination: An Administrator's Guide," College and University Personnel Association Publishers, 1989; Contributing Author, "A Judicial Guide to Labor and Employment Law," Lawyers Weekly Publications, 1990; "The Aging Work Force," College and University Personnel Association Publishers, 1993; Contributing Author, "Massachusetts Employment Law," MCLE, 1999. Member: Boston (Member, College and University Law Committee), Massachusetts and American (Member, Committee on Development of Law Under NLRA, Labor Law Section, 1983—) Bar Associations; National Association of College and University Attorneys (Member, Board of Directors). Reported Cases: in Re Appeal of the University System of New Hampshire, 795 A.2d 840 (NH, 2002); in Re Grievance of Verderber and Vermont State Colleges, 795 A.2d 1157 (VT, 2002); Shockley v. Vermont State Colleges, 793 F.2d 478 (2nd Cir. 1986); Elmira College, 309 NLRB No. 137 (1992); CSEA v. Hinesburg School Board, 514 A. 2d 1065 (VT, 1986). Practice Areas: Labor and Employment Law; Litigation; Education Law. Email: Nicholas DiGiovanni, Jr. | | William F. Joy, Jr. (Member) born Somerville, Massachusetts, May 28, 1947; admitted to bar, 1975, Massachusetts; 1976, U.S. District Court of Massachusetts and U.S. Court of Appeals, 1st Circuit; 1979, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio; 1981, U.S. Supreme Court and U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut; 1985, U.S. Court of Appeals, 3rd Circuit. Education: College of the Holy Cross (A.B., 1969); Boston College (J.D., 1975). Contributing Author: "Employment Discrimination Law," BNA Books; "Plant Acquisitions: Typical Questions and Answers," MCLE 2003; NEUTRALITY/Card Check & Briggs Indiana Agreements," MCLE 2001; "Dispositive Motions in Federal and State Courts," MCLE, 1988. Member: Boston, Massachusetts and American (Member: Labor and Employment Law Section; Committee on Equal Opportunity, 1983; Litigation Section, 1987) Bar Associations. [1st Lt., U.S. Army, Special Forces, 1969-1972; Col. Army Reserve, 1973-2000]. Reported Cases: Shaw v. First Marathon, Inc., 60 Mas. App. Ct. 1104 (2003); Caswell v. Ferrara & Sons, Inc., 2002 WL31986854 (D. Mass, 2002); Warner-Lambert Co. v. Execuquest Corp., 427 Mass. 46 (1998); Macy's East, 327 NLRB No.22 (1998); Wright v. Shriners Hospital, 412 Mass. 469 (1992); Warner-Lambert Company, 298 NLRB No. 150 (1990); Ford v. Warner-Lambert Co., 1987 WL 9905 (D. Mass. 1987); Herring v. Prince Macaroni, 799 F. 2d 120 (3rd Cir. 1986); Kemp v. Westinghouse, 386 Mass. 730 (1982); NLRB v. Concord Furniture, Inc., 675 F. 2d 426 (1st Cir. 1982); Gende v. Borden, Inc., 13 Mass. App. Ct. 510 (1982); Berard v. General Motors Corp., 493 F. Supp. 1035 (D.MA 1980), aff'd, 657 F. 2d 261 (1st Cir. 1980), cert. denied 451 U.S. 987 (1981); Hebert v. Post Machinery Co., 495 F. Supp. 285 (D.N.H. 1980). Practice Areas: Labor and Employment Law; Litigation. Email: William F. Joy, Jr. | | Robert P. Joy (Member) born Boston, Massachusetts, September 13, 1949; admitted to bar, 1975, Massachusetts; 1976, U.S. District Court of Massachusetts, U.S. Court of Appeals, 1st Circuit and U.S. Court of Appeals, 3rd Circuit; 1977, U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit and U.S. District Court of Connecticut; 1978, U.S. District Court of Rhode Island; 1981, U.S. Supreme Court; 1984, U.S. District Court, District of Vermont; 1995, U.S. Court of Appeals, 6th Circuit and U.S. Court of Appeals, 11th Circuit; 1998, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin; 1999, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; 2000, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit; 2002, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 2004, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. Education: Dartmouth College (A.B., cum laude, 1971); Boston College (J.D., 1975). Author: "Personnel Manuals: Can They Create Contracts?", MCLE, 1993; "Lechmere, Inc. vs. NLRB - The Return to Babcock & Wilcox," ABA, 1993; "Benefits and the Law: A Major Concern of the 1990's," CEM, 1990. Senior Editor, "How to Take a Case Before the NLRB," Seventh Edition, BNA, 2000, 2005. Lecturer: Harvard Law School, 1993; Boston College Law School, 2001. Member, Board of Overseers, Boston College Law School, 2003—. Member: Boston, Massachusetts (Member, Labor Law Section; Chairman: Equal Employment Law Committee, 1980; Private Sector Labor Law Committee, 1988; Section Council, 1981-1984, 1988-1992) and American (Member: Labor and Employment Law Section; NLRB Practice and Procedure Committee, 1983—; Litigation Section, 1981—; Tort and Insurance Practice Section; Employer-Employee Relations Committee) Bar Associations. Dartmouth Lawyers Association. Fellow: College of Labor and Employment Lawyers; Massachusetts Bar Foundation; National Retail Federation (Chairman, Employment Litigation Committee). Reported Cases: Lechmere, Inc. v. NLRB, 502 U.S. 527 (1992); Kolstad v. Amer. Dental Assn., 527 U.S. 526, 119 S.Ct. 2118 (1999); Pacitti v. Macys, 193 F3d.766 (3rd Cir. 1999); Lewis V. K-Mart, 180 F.3d 166 (4th Cir. 1999); Evans v. Federal Express Corp., 133 F. 3d 137 (1st Cir. 1998); Terry v. Electronic Data Systems Corp., 940 F.Supp. 378 (1996); Pearson v. John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Co., 979 F. 2d 254 (1st Cir. 1992); Metropolitan Life v. Usury, 736 F. 2d 727 (D.C. Cir. 1984); Treadwell v. John Hancock Mutual Life Ins. Co., 666 F. Supp. 278 (D. Ma. 1988); State of Maine v. Data General Corp., 697 F. Supp. 23 (D. Me. 1988); UFCWU v. Lechmere, Inc., 682 F. Supp. 15 (D. Conn. 1988). Practice Areas: Labor and Employment Law; Litigation. Email: Robert P. Joy | | Nathan L. Kaitz (Member) born Boston, Massachusetts, October 17, 1952; admitted to bar, 1977, Massachusetts; 1978, U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts; 1982, U.S. Court of Appeals, 1st Circuit; 1987, U.S. Court of Appeals, 3rd Circuit; 1995, U.S. Court of Appeals, 2nd Circuit. Education: University of Massachusetts (B.A., cum laude, 1974); Catholic University (J.D., 1977). Field Attorney, National Labor Relations Board, 1978-1980. Member: Boston (Member, Labor Law Section), Massachusetts and American (Member, Labor and Employment Law Section) Bar Associations. Reported Cases: Bloomingdale's v. SEIU, Local 32E, 158 LRRM 2379 (S.D.N.Y. 1998); Early v. Eastern Transfer, 699 F. 2d 552 (1st Cir. 1983); Herrick & Smith v. NLRB, 802 F. 2d 565 (1st Cir. 1986); Connecticut Light & Power Company v. International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local Union 420, 718 F. 2d 14 (2nd Cir. 1983); Lindenmeyr Munroe v. NLRB, 989 F. 2d 484 (1st Cir. 1993); National Surface Cleaning Inc. v. NLRB, 54 F. 3d 35 (1st Cir. 1995); Jordan Marsh Stores Corp., 317 NLRB 460 (1995); Hildalgo v. Bloomingdale's, 2002 WL 1482622 (SDNY 2002). Practice Areas: Labor and Employment Law; Litigation. Email: Nathan L. Kaitz | | Keith H. McCown (Member) born Lakewood, Ohio, October 1, 1953; admitted to bar, 1980, Massachusetts; 1981, U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts; 1987, U.S. Court of Appeals, 1st Circuit; 1991, U.S. Supreme Court; 1994, Ohio. Education: Oberlin College (B.A., 1975); Boston College (J.D., magna cum laude, 1980). Order of the Coif. Member, Boston College Law Review, 1978-1979. Advisory Committee Member, Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts, 1990-1994. Adjunct Instructor, New England School of Law, 1987-1989. Field Examiner, National Labor Relations Board, 1975-1977. Member, Board of Trustees, Dedham Country Day School, 1999—. Member: Boston (Member, Labor Law Section), Massachusetts (Member, Labor Law Section) and American (Member: Labor and Employment Law Section; Litigation Section; Litigation Section Liaison with The Judiciary Committee, Lawyers Conference, Judicial Administration Division) Bar Associations. Reported Cases: NLRB v. Hilliard Development Corp., 187 F.3d 133 (1st Cir. 1999); Lechmere, Inc. v. NLRB, 502 U.S. 527 (1992); Local 369, Utility Workers Union of America, AFL-CIO v. Boston Edison Company, 752 F. 2d 1 (1st Cir. 1984); Day v. Boston Edison Company, 54 FEP Cases (BNA) 1122, 6 IER Cases (BNA) 287 (D. Mass. 1990); Bechtel Construction, Inc. and Boston Edison Company v. Construction and General Laborers Local Union No. 721, 127 L.R.R.M. 2091 (D. Mass. 1987). Practice Areas: Labor and Employment Law; Litigation. Email: Keith H. McCown | | Keith B. Muntyan (Member) born Lansing, Michigan, December 24, 1951; admitted to bar, 1979, Massachusetts; 1983, U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts. Education: Michigan State University (B.A., with high honors, 1974); Northeastern University (J.D., 1979). Counsel to John C. Truesdale and Robert P. Hunter, Members of The National Labor Relations Board, Washington, D.C., 1979-1983. Member: Boston (Member, Litigation and Labor Law Sections), Massachusetts and American (Member, Labor and Employment Law and Litigation Sections) Bar Associations. Reported Cases: Senior v. NSTAR Electric and Gas Corp., 449 F.3d 206 (1st Cir. 2006); Balestracci v. NSTAR Electric and Gas Corp., 449 F.3d 224 (1st Cir. 2006); Smith v. Boston Edison Co., 62 Mass. App. Ct. 1105 (2004); Core-Boykin v. Boston Edison Co., 17 Mass. L. Rptr., 577 (Mass. Super 2004); Utility Workers Local 369 v. NStar Electric and Gas Corp., 317 F. Supp. 2d 69 (D. Mass. 2004); Foley v. Commonwealth Electric Company, 312 F.3d 517 (1st. Cir. 2002); Center v. First International Life Insurance Co., 1997 U.S. Dist. Lexis 3480 (D.Mass., 1997); Morris v. Boston Edison Company, 942 F. Supp. 65 (D.Mass., 1996); Petsch-Schmid v. Boston Edison Company, 914 F.Supp. 697 (D.Mass., 1996); Conway v. Boston Edison Company, 745 F. Supp. 773 (D. Mass., 1990); Nguyen v. Commercial Union Insurance Co., 1993 U.S. Dist. Lexis 20100 (D.Mass., 1993). Practice Areas: Labor and Employment Law; Litigation. Email: Keith B. Muntyan | | Laurence J. Donoghue (Member) born Melrose, Massachusetts, November 2, 1955; admitted to bar, 1980, Massachusetts; 1981, U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts and U.S. Court of Appeals, 1st Circuit; 1986, U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut. Education: University of Massachusetts (B.A., magna cum laude, 1977); Boston College (J.D., magna cum laude, 1980). Order of the Coif. Articles Editor, Boston College Law Review, 1979-1980. Contributing Author: "National Labor Relations Act: Law & Practice," Matthew Bender & Co., Inc., 1991. Author: "Massachusetts Employment Law Sourcebook," Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, 2001-2007; Casenote, "Corporate Free Speech: First National Bank of Boston v. Bellotti," 20 Boston College Law Review, 1003, 1979. Member, Malden Conservation Commission, 1979-1981. Law Clerk, Hon. Christopher J. Armstrong, Massachusetts Appeals Court, 1980-1981. Member: Massachusetts (Member, Sections on: Labor and Employment Law; Small Firm Management) and American (Member: Litigation Section; Labor and Employment Law Section) Bar Associations. Reported Cases: Mulloy v. Acushnet Company, 460 F.3d 141 (1st. Cir. 2006); Cochran v. Quest Software, Inc., 328 F. 3d 1 (1st Cir., 2003); Town of Wenham v. Labor Relations Commission, 44 Mass. App. Ct. 195 (1998); Abreen Corp. v. Laborers, 709 F.2d 148 (1st Cir., 1984); Treadwell v. John Hancock Mutual Life Ins., Co., 666 F. Supp. 278 (D. Mass 1987); Cogen v. Milton Bradley Co., 55 FEP Cases 1772 (D. Mass 1989); Salem Laundry Co. v. N.E. Teamsters Pension Fund, 829 F.2d 278 (1st Cir., 1987); Bailey v. Delta Air Lines, Inc., 722 F.2d 942 (1st Cir., 1983). Practice Areas: Labor and Employment Law; Litigation. Email: Laurence J. Donoghue | | Allison K. Romantz (Member) born Boston, Massachusetts, November 5, 1964; admitted to bar, 1989, Massachusetts; 1990, U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts; 1997, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit; 2000, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit, U.S. Supreme Court; 2003, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit. Education: Cornell University (B.A., 1986); Boston College (J.D., cum laude, 1989). Case Editor, Uniform Commercial Code Reporter Digest. Member: Boston, Massachusetts and American Bar Associations. Reported Cases: Vesprini v. Shaw Industries, Inc., 221 F.Supp.2d. 44 (2002)Aff'd 315 F 3d 37-F.3d- (1st. Cir. 2002); Retail Associates, Inc. v. Macy's East, Inc., 245 F.3d 694 (8th Cir. 2001); NLRB v. Hilliard Development Corp., 187 F.3d 133 (1st Cir. 1999), 161 LRRM (BNA/2966); Keegan v. Bloomingdales Inc., 992 F. Supp. 974 (N.D. Ill. 1998); Henry v. Bloomingdale's, Inc., 1997 WL 1068693 (S.D.N.Y. 1997); Tynecki v. Tufts Univ. School of Dental Medicine, 875 F.Supp., 26 (D.Mass. 1994). Practice Areas: Labor and Employment Law; Litigation. Email: Allison K. Romantz | | Jaclyn L. Kugell (Member) born Greenfield, Massachusetts, November 13, 1967; admitted to bar, 1992, Massachusetts, U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts and U.S. Court of Appeals, 1st and 11th Circuits. Education: Brandeis University (B.A., cum laude, 1989); Northeastern University (J.D., 1992). Contributing Author, "Massachusetts Employment Law," MCLE, 1999. Member: Boston, Massachusetts and American (Member, Sections on: Labor and Employment; Litigation) Bar Associations. Reported Cases: Deslauriers v. Dole Packaged Foods Co., 2001 WL 826400 (D.Mass, 2001); Tardie v. Rehabilitation Hospital of Rhode Island, 1999 WL 8122 (1st Cir. 1999); Bay State Gas Co. v. Local No. 273 Utility Workers Union of America, 415 Mass 72 (1993). Practice Areas: Labor and Employment Law; Litigation. Email: Jaclyn L. Kugell | | Philip G. Boyle (Member) born Brockton, Massachusetts, August 19, 1949; admitted to bar, 1976, Massachusetts and U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit; 1981, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Yale University (B.A., 1971); Suffolk University (J.D., 1975). Recipient, Cushing Gavin Award, 2007. Member, Board of Trustees, The Learning Project Elementary School, 1989-2006 and Chair, 1999-2005. Assistant Corporation Counsel, City of Boston, 1976-1977. Director of Labor Relations, General Cinema Corp., 1977-1981. Private Practice, 1981—. Member: Boston (Member, Section on: Labor Law) and Massachusetts (Member, Sections on: Labor and Employment Law) Bar Associations; American Arbitration Association; Association of Yale Alumni (Member, Board of Governors: 1995-2004; Chair, 2002-2004); Fellow: College of Labor and Employment Lawyers. Reported Cases: City of Somerville v. Somerville Municipal Employees Assoc. 20 Mass. App. Ct. 594; William J. O'Brien v. Consolidated Rail Corp. 972 F.2d 1; Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority v. Labor Relations Commission, 425 Mass 253, 680 NE 2 556 (1997). Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; Litigation. Email: Philip G. Boyle | | Diane M. Saunders (Member) born Oceanside, California, June 23, 1965; admitted to bar, 1993, Massachusetts and New York; 1994, U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; 1996, U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts; 1997, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin; 1999, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan; 2003, U.S. Court of Appeals, First and Third Circuits; 2004, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. Education: University of Vermont (B.A., magna cum laude, 1987); American University (J.D., cum laude, 1992). Articles Editor, American University Law Review, 1991-1992. Law Clerk, Hon. Judge Richard S. Salzman, District of Columbia Superior Court, 1992-1993. Assistant Corporation Counsel, New York City Law Department, 1993-1995. Contributing Author: MCAD Guidelines: Employment Discrimination on the Basis of Handicap-Chapter 151B (1998) and MCAD Guidelines: Guidelines on the Massachusetts Maternity Leave Act, M.G.L. c. 149, §105D (2000). Contributing Editor, MCAD Case Citator, Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, 2003-2006. Member: Boston (Member, Labor and Employment Section), Massachusetts (Member, Labor and Employment Section), New York State (Member, Labor and Employment Section) and American (Member, Sections on: Labor and Employment; Litigation) Bar Associations; Women's Bar Association of Massachusetts (Board Member, 2000-2005). Reported Cases: Marie v. Allied Home Mortgage Capital Corp., 2005 WL 605034 (1st Cir., 2005); IMI Marketing, LLC v. Macy's East, Inc., 2004 WL 115772 (2nd Cir., 2004); Pacitti v. Macy's, 193 F.3d 766 (3rd Cir. 1999); Jacobs v. Macy's East, Inc., 2005 WL 751842 (N.Y.A.D. Dept. April 4, 2005); Jacobs v. Macy's, 693 NYS 2d 164 (2nd Dep't. 1999); Capers v. The Bon Marche, 91 Wn. App. 138, 955 P2d 822 (1998); Speadmark, Inc. v. Federated Department Stores, Inc., 176 F.R.D. 116 (S.D.N.Y. 1997); Bernard v. New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation, 1996 U.S. Dist. Lexis 11678 (S.D.N.Y. 1996); Harms v. Riordan-Bellizi, 636 N.Y.S. 2d 839 (App. Div. 2d Dep't. 1996); Shabazz v. Dolan, 1995 U.S. Dist. Lexis 11352 (S.D.N.Y. 1995); Pedalino v. Giuliani, 629 N.Y.S. 2d 643 (N.Y. Sup. Richmond Cty. 1995); Sykes v. City of New York, 1994 U.S. Dist. Lexis 14699 (S.D.N.Y. 1994). Practice Areas: Labor and Employment Law; Litigation. Email: Diane M. Saunders | | Joseph P. McConnell (Member) born Warwick, Rhode Island, April 20, 1964; admitted to bar, 1993, Rhode Island; 1994, Massachusetts and U.S. District of Rhode Island; 1995, U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts and U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit and Ninth Circuit. Education: Brown University (A.B., 1986); Northeastern University (J.D., 1993). Law Clerk, Chief Justice Joseph R. Weisberger, Supreme Court of Rhode Island, 1993-1994. Member: Massachusetts (Member, Employment Law Section), Rhode Island and American Bar Associations. Reported Cases: Bergan v. Standard Duplicating Machines Corp., 91 F.3d 150, 1996 WL 422876 (9th Cir. 1996); Tardie v. Rehabilitation Hospital of Rhode Island, 6 F. Supp. 2d 125 (D.R.I. 1998); Delmonte v. Laidlaw Environmental Services, Inc., 46 F. Supp. 2d 89 (D. Mass. 1999); Pedraza v. Holiday Housewares, Inc., 203 F.R.D. 40 (D.Mass. 2001); Draper v. Cambridge Brands, Inc., 20 MDLR 162 (1998). Practice Areas: Labor and Employment Law; Litigation. Email: Joseph P. McConnell | | Michael Clarkson (Member) born Inglewood, California, November 2, 1967; admitted to bar, 1992, California and U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1994, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California; 1998, U.S. Supreme Court; 2000, Massachusetts and U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts; 2001, U.S. District Court, Central District of California; 2002, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois and U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit; 2006, U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut. Education: Cornell University (B.S., Industrial and Labor Relations, 1989); University of California, Hastings College of the Law (J.D., 1992). Author: "Same-Sex Marriage of Civil Unions: 'Til State Borders Do Us Part," The Brief, Vol. 36, No. 3; "Recent Development in Employer-Employee Relations," Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Law Journal, Vol. 40. Editor: Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section, Employer-Employee Relations Committee Newsletter, 2005-2007; Barristers Journal, 1996. Member: Boston, Massachusetts and American (Vice Chair, Employment Law and Litigation Committee, Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section) Bar Associations; California Industrial Claims Association. Reported Cases: Electronic Data Systems Corp. v. Attorney General, 798 N.E. 2d 273 (Mass. 2003); Kaytor v. Electric Boat Corp., 2007 WL 4322546 (D. Conn. 2007). Practice Areas: Employment Law; Employment Litigation; Business Litigation. Email: Michael Clarkson | | Gregory A. Manousos (Member) born Boston, Massachusetts, March 17, 1970; admitted to bar, 1995, Massachusetts and U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts; 2004, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit. Education: Boston University (B.A., 1992); Suffolk Law School (J.D., cum laude, 1995). Contributing Author and Editor, MCAD Maternity Leave Guidelines, 2000. MCAD Litigation Counsel, 1995-2000. MCAD/MCLE Certified Trainer, Sexual Harassment Prevention. Lecturer: annual EEOC Trial Practice training course for EEOC; FEPA attorneys and investigative staff. Member: Boston and Massachusetts (Member, Employment Law Section) Bar Associations. Reported Cases: Mulhern v. Mass. Bay Transportation Authority 785 N.E. 2nd 1272, 57 Mass. App. Ct. 920 (2003); Everett Industries, Inc. v. MCAD, 49 Mass. App. Ct. 1116 (2000). Practice Areas: Labor and Employment Law; Litigation. Email: Gregory A. Manousos | | Mark M. Whitney (Member) born Evanston, Illinois, February 1, 1965; admitted to bar, 1994, New York, Connecticut and U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; 1995, U.S. Court of Federal Claims; 1996, New Hampshire and U.S. District Court, District of New Hampshire; 1997, Massachusetts and U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit; 1998, U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts; 2001, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit. Education: University of Rochester (B.A., 1987); Brooklyn Law School (J.D., 1993). Member, Moot Court Honor Society. Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award: Civil Procedure, Legal Writing. Articles and Research Editor, 1991-1992 and Senior Editor, 1992-1993, Brooklyn Law Review. Contributing Editor: "Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination - Sexual Harassment Guidelines"; Massachusetts Chapter Editor: "Covenants Not to Compete: A State-by-State Survey" (BNA 2004). Board Member, Arts in Progress, Inc. Member: Boston, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and American (Member, Labor and Employment Law Sections) Bar Associations. Reported Cases: Lupien v. City of Marlborough, 307 F.3d 283 (1st Cir. 2004); Ferro v. Woods Hole, Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket Steamship Auth., 2004 WL 1345039 (D. Mass. 2004); Bonneville v. Bonneville, 702 A.2d 823 (N.H. 1997); Liberty Mut. Ins. Co. v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co., 53 F.Supp. 2d 529 (D. Mass. 1999). Practice Areas: Corporate Training; Employment Law; Employment Litigation; Trade Secrets Litigation; Noncompete Litigation. Email: Mark M. Whitney | | Robert P. Morris (Member) born Boston, Massachusetts, April 14, 1960; admitted to bar, 1985, Massachusetts; 1986, U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts and U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit; 1990, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; 1995, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit; 1998, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit. Education: Dartmouth College (B.A., summa cum laude, 1982); University of Chicago (J.D., 1985). Phi Beta Kappa. Chapter Editor, How To Take A Case Before The NLRB, Seventh Edition, 2002 Supplement. Author: "How Many Bites Are Enough? The Supreme Court's Decision in University of Tennessee v. Elliott," 55 Tennessee Law Review 205, 1988. Member: Boston (Member: Labor Law Section), Massachusetts and American (Member, Labor and Employment Law Section) Bar Associations. Reported Cases: Kittredge v. McNerney, 17 Mass. L. Rptr. 652 (Mass. Super. 2004); Smith v. Boston Edison Co., 62 Mass. App. Ct. 1105 (2004); Core-Boykin v. Boston Edison Co., 17 Mass. L. Rptr., 577 (Mass. Super 2004); Eggert v. The Merrimac Paper Co., Inc. Leveraged Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust, 311 F.Supp. 2nd 245 (D.Mass. 2004); Children's Hospital Corp. v. KinderCare Learning Centers, Inc., 360 F.Supp. 2nd 202 (D.Mass. 2005); Utility Workers Local 369 v. NStar Electric and Gas Corp., 317 F.Supp. 2d 69 (D.Mass. 2004); Electronic Data Systems Corp. v. Attorney General, 440 Mass 1020 (2003); Foley v. Commonwealth Electric Company, 312 F.3d 517 (1st. Cir. 2002); Boy v. General Electric Co., 115 F. Supp. 2d 109 (D. Mass. 2000); MacCormack v. Boston Edison Company, 423 Mass. 652, 672 N.E.2d (1996); Morris v. Boston Edison Company, 942 F.Supp. 65 (D.Mass. 1996); Petsch-Schmid v. Boston Edison Company, 914 F.Supp. 697 (D.Mass., 1996); Day v. Boston Edison Company, 150 F.R.D. 13 (D. Mass. 1993); Conroy v. Boston Edison Company, 758 F. Supp. 54 (D. Mass. 1991); Conway v. Boston Edison Company, 745 F. Supp. 773 (D. Mass. 1990); Buckhalter v. Pepsi-Cola General Bottlers, Inc., 768 F. 2d 842 (7th Cir. 1985) vacated, 478 U.S. 1017 (1986), on remand, 820 F. 2d 842 (7th Cir. 1987); Farley v. Shaw's Supermarkets, Inc., 2007 WL 1991412 (D. Mass. 2007); Brackett v. Civil Service Commission, 447 Mass. 233 (2006); Senior v. NSTAR Electric and Gas Corp., 449 F.3d 206 (1st Cir. 2006); Balestracci v. NSTAR Electric and Gas Corp., 449 F.3d 224 (1st Cir. 2006); Nadworny v. Shaw's Supermarkets, Inc., 405 F.Supp.2d 124 (D. Mass. 2005); Rogers v. NSTAR Electric and Gas Corp., 389 F.Supp.2d 100 (D. Mass. 2005). Practice Areas: Labor and Employment Law; Litigation. Email: Robert P. Morris | | Mary Jo Harris (Member) born Montclair, New Jersey, March 26, 1964; admitted to bar, 1992, Massachusetts; 1993, U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts and U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit. Education: Kenyon College (B.A., cum laude, 1986); Northeastern University School of Law (J.D., 1992). Member: Boston Inn of Court (Member, 2003; President, 2007-2008); Federal Bar Association (Member, Executive Board, 2004—); Massachusetts Trial Lawyers Association (Executive Board Member, 2004-2005). Reported Cases: Bl(A)ck Tea Society v. City of Boston et al, 378 F.3d 8, (1st Cir. 2004); Com. v. Landry, 438 Mass. 206, 779 N.E. 2d 638 (2002); Boston Police Department v. Collins, 48 Mass. App. Ct. 408, 721 N.E. 2d 928 (2000); White v. City of Boston, 428 Mass. 250, 700 N.E. 2d 526 (1998); Martinez ex rel. Martinez v. Garcia, 187 F. 3d 622, (1st Cir. 1998) (unpublished disposition); Flynn v. City of Boston et al., 140 F. 3d 42, 73 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 45,373 (1st Cir. 1998); Lio v. Robinson et al., 114 F. 3d 1169 (1st Cir. 1997) (unpublished disposition); Byington v. City of Boston, 37 Mass. App. Ct. 907, 640 N.E.2d 115 (1994); King v. City of Boston, 71 Mass. App. Ct., 460, 883 N.E. 2d 316 (2008); Horne v. City of Boston, 509 F. Supp. 2d 97 (2007); South Boston Allied War Veterans Council v. City of Boston, 297 F. Supp. 2d 388 (2003); Gallego v. Wilson, 882 F. Supp. 1169 (1995). Practice Areas: Employment Law; Civil Rights; Litigation. Email: Mary Jo Harris | | ASSOCIATES | | Daniel S. Field (Associate) born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, December 23, 1961; admitted to bar, 1991, Massachusetts; 1992, U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts; U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit. Education: Temple University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1988); Boston University School of Law (J.D., 1991). Hennessey Scholar, Articles Editor, Probate Law Journal. Co-Editor: "Wage & Hour Laws, A State-by-State Survey," Massachusetts Survey, BNA Books, 2005; Independent Contractors in Mass., N.E. In-House, April 2005. Faculty Member, Labor & Employment Law Basics, MCLE, 2002-2004. Panelist: "The Social Costs of Misclassification in Construction," Construction Policy Research Center, Harvard School of Law/Public Health, 2004; Wage & Hour Law, Massachusetts Bar/Boston Bar Joint Annual Conference, 2003. Former Chief, Massachusetts Attorney General Wage & Hour Enforcement Division. Member: Boston (Member: Labor & Employment Section; Steering Committee, 2005—), Massachusetts (Member, Labor and Employment Section) and American (Member, Federal Labor Standards Committee) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; Criminal Law; Litigation. Email: Daniel S. Field | | James M. Pender (Associate) born Boston, Massachusetts, January 7, 1969; admitted to bar, 1997, Massachusetts; 1998, U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts. Education: Wesleyan University (B.A., 1991); Suffolk University (J.D., cum laude, 1996). Member: Boston and Massachusetts Bar Association. Reported Cases: Andersen v. Home Depot USA, Inc., 2004 WL 42569 (D. Mass. 2004); Marie v. Allied Home Mortgage Corp., 402 F.3d 1 (1st Cir., 2005). Practice Areas: Labor and Employment Law; Municipal Law Litigation. Email: James M. Pender | | David M. Connelly (Associate) born Boston, Massachusetts, May 22, 1966; admitted to bar, 1997, Massachusetts, U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts and U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit. Education: Boston College (B.A., 1988); Northeastern University School of Law (J.D., 1997). Labor Counsel, Director of Labor Relations, City of Boston, 1998-2004. Vice President, Human Resources, HealthBridge Management, 2004. Member: Boston and Massachusetts Bar Associations. Reported Cases: Boston v. Boston Police Superior Officers Fed'n, 52 Mass. App. Ct. 296 (2001); Boston v. Boston Police Patrolmen's Ass'n, 54 Mass. App. Ct. 1110 (2002); Boston v. Boston Police Detectives Benevolent Society, 28 MLC 175 (2001). Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; Litigation. Email: David M. Connelly | | Tracy Thomas Boland (Associate) born Barrington, Rhode Island, March 12, 1972; admitted to bar, 1998, Massachusetts and U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts. Education: University of Vermont (B.A., 1994); New England School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1997). Editor-in-Chief, New England Journal on Criminal and Civil Confinement. Recipient, American Jurisprudence Awards in Contracts, Advanced Constitutional Law and Civil Rights. Recipient, Who's Who in American Law Student's Award. Judicial Law Clerk: Massachusetts Probate and Family Court, 1997-1998; Massachusetts Superior Court, 1998-1999. Member, Neponset Valley Chamber of Commerce. Member, Clarke School for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children Advisory Committee. Member: Boston (Member, Labor and Employment Section) and Massachusetts (Member, Employment Law Section) Bar Associations; Massachusetts Chapter of Alexander Graham Bell Association. Reported Cases: Baldwin v. Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station, et al., 529 F. Supp. 2d 204 (D. Mass. 2008); Boutin v. Home Depot U.S.A., Inc., 490 F. Supp. 2d 98 (D. Mass. 2007). Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; Litigation. Email: Tracy Thomas Boland | | Laura M. Raisty (Associate) born Stoughton, MA, April 10, 1972; admitted to bar, 1998, Massachusetts; 1999, New York; 2000, U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; 2002, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; 2004, U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts and U.S. Supreme Court; 2006 U.S. District Court, Northern and Western Districts of New York. Education: Harvard University (A.B., 1993); Fordham University (J.D., cum laude, 1998). Order of the Coif. Notes and Articles Editor, Fordham Law Review, 1997-1998. Law Clerk, Hon. Richard Owen, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, 1999-2000. Author: "Bystander Distress and Loss of Consortium: An Examination of the Relationship Requirements in Light of Romer v. Evans", 65 Fordham L. Rev. 2647 (1997). Contributing Editor, "Massachusetts Employment Law Sourcebook and Citator," Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, 2007-2008. Member: Massachusetts, New York State and American (Member, Labor and Employment Sections) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; Litigation. Email: Laura M. Raisty | | M. Amy Carlin (Associate) born Beverly, Massachusetts, April 23, 1969; admitted to bar, 2001, Massachusetts; 2002, U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts. Education: Boston College (B.A., cum laude, 1992); Northeastern University School of Law (J.D., 2000). Judicial Law Clerk, Massachusetts Superior Court, 2000-2001. Member: Boston and Massachusetts Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; Litigation. Email: M. Amy Carlin | | Jeffrey S. Siegel (Associate) born Boston, Massachusetts, March 10, 1974; admitted to bar, 2001, Massachusetts; 2002, U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts; 2003, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit. Education: Washington University (B.S.B.A., 1996); Boston University School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 2000). Note Editor, Boston University Law Review. Law Clerk to the Honorable Gerald Gillerman, Massachusetts Appeals Court, 2000-2001. Author: "Timing Isn't Everything: Massachusetts' Expansion of the Excited Utterance Exception in Severe Criminal Cases," 79 B.U.L. Rev. 1241 (1999). Member: Boston and Massachusetts Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; Litigation. Email: Jeffrey S. Siegel | | Daniel F. McCabe, Jr. (Associate) born Norristown, Pennsylvania, September 17, 1979; admitted to bar, 2004, Massachusetts; 2006, U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts. Education: Gettysburg College (B.A., summa cum laude, 2001) Phi Beta Kappa; Northeastern University School of Law (J.D., 2004). Member: Massachusetts and American Bar Associations; Greater Boston Business Council. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; Litigation. Email: Daniel F. McCabe, Jr. | | Jennifer M. Bombard (Associate) born Reading, Pennsylvania, December 25, 1977; admitted to bar, 2004, Connecticut; 2005, District of Columbia and U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut; 2006, Massachusetts and U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts. Education: Colgate University (B.A., summa cum laude, 2000); Boston College (J.D., 2004). Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Alpha Delta. Best Oralist, J. Braxton Craven Moot Court Competition. Member: Boston (Member, Labor and Employment Law Section), Connecticut (Member, Labor and Employment Law Section), Massachusetts (Member, Labor and Employment Law Section) and American (Member, Labor and Employment Law Section) Bar Associations; The District of Columbia Bar; Women's Bar Association of Massachusetts. Reported Cases: Kaytor v. Electric Boat Corp., 2007 WL 4322546 (D. Conn. Dec. 11, 2007); Commonwealth v. Wright, 61 Mass. App. Ct. 790 (2004). Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; Litigation. Email: Jennifer M. Bombard | | Franklin L. Baxley (Associate) born Browns Mills, New Jersey, March 22, 1976; admitted to bar, 2005, New York; 2006, Massachusetts; 2007, U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts. Education: University of Massachusetts (B.A., 2000); Fordham University (J.D., 2004). Member: Boston, New York State and Massachusetts Bar Associations; Massachusetts Black Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; Litigation. | | OF COUNSEL | | Barry J. Rubenstein (Of Counsel) born Malden, Massachusetts, June 20, 1950; admitted to bar, 1975, Pennsylvania; 1977, Massachusetts; 2002, U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts. Education: University of Massachusetts (B.A., magna cum laude, 1972); University of Pennsylvania (J.D., 1975). Phi Beta Kappa. Vice President, Corporate Secretary and Chief Labor and Employment Counsel, John Hancock Life Insurance Company, 1977-2002. Field Attorney, National Labor Relations Board, 1975-1977. Member: Boston, Massachusetts and American (Member, Labor and Employment Law Section) Bar Associations; American Arbitration Association; National Association of Securities Dealers (Member, Panel of Arbitrators). Reported Cases: Revere v. Bloomingdale's, Inc., 2006 WL 3314633 (E.D.N.Y.). Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; Litigation; Securities Arbitration. Email: Barry J. Rubenstein |
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