Webster, Massachusetts Employment Lawyers

John Patrick Kirwan
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Oxford, MA Employment Law Attorney with 13 years experience
(781) 312-7606 351 Main Street
 Oxford, MA 01540
Employment, Bankruptcy, Consumer and Divorce
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John D. Keeton Jr.
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Westborough, MA Employment Law Attorney with 48 years experience
14 South Street
2nd Floor
 Westborough, MA 01581
Free ConsultationEmployment, Business, Construction and Divorce
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For over 40 years, I have been a trial attorney, mediator, and conciliator in the Massachusetts and federal courts. I am admitted to practice in the trial and appellate Massachusetts and federal courts, including the United States Supreme Court. I am the principal and founder of Mass Mediators, which was established by a team of trained and experienced attorney mediators and retired Massachusetts Trial Court Judges.
14 Havard Street
 Worcester, MA 01545
P.O. Box 146
 Northborough, MA 01532
William S Smith
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Holden, MA Employment Law Attorney with 20 years experience
(774) 317-9287 997 Main Street
 Holden, MA 01520
Free ConsultationEmployment, Criminal, DUI and Personal Injury
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Attorney William S. Smith is the co-author of “Warrantless Searches of Persons or Places” in the award-winning reference manual used by attorneys, “Trying Drug Cases in Massachusetts.” He has been an invited lecturer and instructor at many continuing legal education seminars and conferences for attorneys. The founder of the first and only website for appellate criminal defense attorneys in the state, he was also a guest on a major television talk show in Boston. As a bar association leader, Attorney Smith has testified before the Massachusetts Judiciary Committee in the Statehouse multiple times with respect to criminal justice legislation. He...
Austin Joyce
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Worcester, MA Employment Law Attorney with 39 years experience
(508) 754-7285 4 Lancaster Terrace
 Worcester, MA 01609
Free ConsultationEmployment, Business, Civil Rights and Criminal
Suffolk University Law School
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Austin Joyce has trial experience with Reardon, Joyce & Akerson, P.C. in federal and state trial courts involving civil and criminal matters with appellate experience in federal and state courts. Austin is a general practice attorney with emphasis on police misconduct and discrimination cases. Before joining Reardon, Joyce & Akerson P.C., Austin gained experience with various aspects of probate, criminal law, estate and fiduciary taxes, foreclosures, residential real estate, civil litigation, corporate law, UCC practice, banking law, and legal research with the Law Offices of Austin M. Joyce in Auburn, MA. Visit our website: http://www.rja-law.com
John L Fink
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Westborough, MA Employment Law Attorney with 6 years experience
(508) 433-0529 18 Lyman St. Suite 208
J&N Professional Building
 Westborough, MA 01581
Employment and Consumer
University of Minnesota Law School
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John Fink is Westboro based Attorney focusing his practice on consumer protection legal representation and wage and hour employment law. He has worked on a wide range of employment and consumer cases. John Fink received his Juris Doctorate with Honors from the University of Minnesota in the spring of 2011.
Mr. James Riley Hodder
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Worcester, MA Employment Law Attorney with 10 years experience
(508) 791-5541 333 Park Avenue
 Worcester, MA 01610-1022
Employment, Business, Family and Insurance Claims
Suffolk University Law School
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Michael J. Akerson
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Worcester, MA Employment Law Lawyer with 27 years experience
(508) 754-7285 4 Lancaster Terrace
 Worcester, MA 01609
Free ConsultationEmployment, Personal Injury and Real Estate
Western New England University School of Law
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Michael Akerson joined the firm over 17 years ago. Since that time he has fostered a diverse and successful litigation practice, focusing upon complex litigation and representing both individuals and corporations in all stages of litigation and in pre-litigation strategy. He is recognized as one of the area's most experienced civil, administrative and criminal litigators in the field of public official misconduct cases. Another large component of his practice is representing individuals involved in serious personal injury matters involving automobiles, as well as those injured due to workplace misconduct, including harassment and discrimination. He also counsels numerous corporations on a...
Darren Griffis
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Worcester, MA Employment Law Lawyer with 8 years experience
(508) 756-6206 11 Harvard St
 Worcester, MA 01609
Free ConsultationEmployment, Criminal and DUI
Boston University School of Law
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Darren Griffis focuses his litigation practice on criminal defense and criminal appeals in both state and federal courts throughout Massachusetts. He also represents employees in employment law cases in those same jurisdictions. Darren is admitted in Massachusetts state courts, in the federal District of Massachusetts, and in the First Circuit Court of Appeals.

Prior to joining GSK&G, Darren worked as an Assistant Public Defender with the Rhode Island Office of the Public Defender. In this position, he represented hundreds of clients facing criminal charges in state courts in Providence, Kent, and Newport Counties. His legal expertise, insight, and analytical skills resulted...
Gregory J White
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WORCESTER, MA Employment Law Attorney with 30 years experience
(508) 797-3055 255 Park Avenue, Suite 1000
 WORCESTER, MA 01505
Employment and Criminal
Suffolk University Law School
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Attorney White spent 14 years working as a prosecutor in three of the busiest district attorney's offices in Massachusetts where he prosecuted over 1000 criminal cases in the District and Superior Courts including first degree murder cases. Attorney White went on to serve as both General Counsel at the Massachusetts Department of Industrial Accidents and the Department of Labor. He then received a presidential appointment to work as Senior Attorney Advisor to the Solicitor at the U.S. Department of Labor in Washington, D.C. In 2009 he returned to Massachusetts where he opened his own firm. The...
(617) 847-4200 21 McGrath Highway
 Quincy, MA 02169
Brian Murphy
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Worcester, MA Employment Law Attorney with 12 years experience
(508) 762-1397 1 Mercantile Street
Suite 740
 Worcester, MA 01608
Free ConsultationEmployment, Criminal, Divorce and White Collar Crime
Columbia Law School
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Brian E. Murphy focuses his practice on criminal defense in the district, superior, and federal courts. Mr. Murphy has spent his entire career focused on defending those accused of crime and advocating for them both in Court and in the various administrative proceedings that often accompany prosecutions.

Mr. Murphy graduated from the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester and from Columbia Law School where he was a James Kent Scholar and the Editor-in-Chief of the Columbia Human Rights Law Review.

Mr. Murphy is a member of the Boston Bar Association, the Massachusetts Bar Association, the Massachusetts Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers,...
Jennifer Louise Kurzon
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Uxbridge, MA Employment Law Lawyer with 29 years experience
(213) 713-5055 117 OLD MILLVILLE RD
 Uxbridge, MA 01569
Employment, Business, Insurance Claims and Probate
McGeorge School of Law Univ of the Pacific
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Andrew Gambaccini
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Worcester, MA Employment Law Attorney
(508) 754-7285 4 Lancaster Terrace
 Worcester, MA 01609
Employment
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Nicole A. Longton
Worcester, MA Employment Law Lawyer
(508) 793-2000 300 Main Street, 1st Floor
 Worcester, MA 01608
Employment, Business, Criminal and Health Care
Harvard Law School
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Nicole Reeves Lavallee
Worcester, MA Employment Law Attorney with 17 years experience
(508) 425-6945 316 Main St
 Worcester, MA 01608
Employment, Arbitration & Mediation, Broker Fraud and Business
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David Conforto
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Boston, MA Employment Law Lawyer with 13 years experience
(617) 721-9139 8 Faneuil Hall
#300
 Boston, MA 02109
Employment and Civil Rights
Boston College Law School
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Based in Boston, David is the Founder of Conforto Law Group. He dedicates his practice to employment law and exclusively represents employees. David has successfully represented hundreds of employees in numerous industries in cases involving sexual harassment; severance negotiations; whistleblower retaliation; and employment discrimination based on age, gender, pregnancy, race, disability, and religion. For more information, please visit: www.confortolaw.com. Your Success is Our Goal. Let us help.
Kas DeCarvalho
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Boston, MA Employment Law Attorney with 19 years experience
(866) 353-3310 75 Arlington Street, Ste. 500
 Boston, MA 02116
Free ConsultationEmployment, Business, Entertainment & Sports and IP
University of North Carolina School of Law and Harvard Law School
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Kas R. DeCarvalho is a Partner with Pannone Lopes Devereaux & O'Gara LLC and a member of the firm's Corporate & Business Team. He has more than 15 years of experience as a corporate attorney and business leader. His practice focuses on corporate and transactional law, financing and mergers and acquisitions, commercial real estate, intellectual property, international transactions, business ethics and compliance, arts and entertainment law and education law. His clients include individuals, and for-profit and nonprofit organizations. Attorney DeCarvalho is a co-founder of Original Innovative Concepts LLC, a product development and licensing venture, and Rhode Island Martial Arts, Inc.Mr....
(866) 353-3310 1301 Atwood Avenue, Ste. 215 N
 Johnston, RI 02919
(866) 353-5020 925 South Federal Highway, Ste. 715
 Boca Raton, FL 33432
Paul F. Lorincz
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Attleboro, MA Employment Law Lawyer with 42 years experience
(508) 222-0002 144 Bank Street
P.O. Box 2320
 Attleboro, MA 02703-1019
Employment, Arbitration & Mediation, Business and Family
Boston College Law School
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A PARTNER with the firm, concentrates his practice in the areas of family law, including mediation and conciliation, corporate and business law, civil litigation, and estate planning. A magna cum laude graduate of Boston College in 1972, Attorney Lorincz graduated from Boston College Law School in 1975 and is admitted to the Massachusetts Bar, the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. He is a member of the Attleboro, Bristol County, and Massachusetts Bar Associations. In addition, he is a member of the Massachusetts Council on...
Gregory D. Lorincz
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North Attleboro, MA Employment Law Lawyer with 12 years experience
(508) 986-9403 12 Church Street
 North Attleboro, MA 02760
Employment, Business, IP and Landlord Tenant
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
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I pursue a pragmatic approach in delivering cost efficient solutions to the myriad legal problems encountered by businesses in areas ranging from forming a new business to litigation and appeals.

Corey H. Surett
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Cambridge, MA Employment Law Lawyer with 47 years experience
(617) 494-1920 150 Cambridge Park Dr 9th Floor
 Cambridge, MA 02140
Free ConsultationEmployment
Suffolk University Law School
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Lisa G. Arrowood
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Boston, MA Employment Law Attorney with 36 years experience
(617) 849-6210 10 Post Office Square
7th Floor South
 Boston, MA 02109
Employment, Business, Legal Malpractice and Medical Malpractice
Harvard Law School
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Joseph Sulman
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Waltham, MA Employment Law Attorney with 13 years experience
(617) 521-8600 391 Totten Pond Rd
#402
 Waltham, MA 02451
Free ConsultationEmployment, Civil Rights and Personal Injury
Georgetown University Law Center
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Jack Merrill Jr
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Needham, MA Employment Law Lawyer with 25 years experience
(781) 418-5116 160 Gould Street
 Needham, MA 02494
Employment and Workers' Comp
Northeastern University School of Law
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Boston, MA employment lawyer, Jack K. Merrill specializes his practice in Massachusetts employment law and handles a broad array of business and civil litigation matters. He works in Massachusetts trial and appeal courts, federal courts, and administrative agencies. Mr. Merrill counsels small companies and individuals on employment and other business matters; handles discrimination, sexual harassment, and wrongful discharge cases; negotiates and drafts contracts; drafts employment manuals and non-competition agreements; and provides training classes on discrimination, sexual harassment, and related employment matters. Mr. Merrill has an extensive background in practical and intellectual areas of employment law. His legal practice includes private...
David Angueira
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Boston, MA Employment Law Attorney with 36 years experience
(800) 545-3732 10 Marshall St
 Boston, MA 02108
Free ConsultationEmployment, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury and Products Liability
Boston University School of Law
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Matthew J. Fogelman
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Newton, MA Employment Law Lawyer with 15 years experience
(617) 559-1530 189 Wells Ave
3rd Floor
 Newton, MA 02459
Free ConsultationEmployment, Consumer and Personal Injury
Boston College Law School
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Stephanie Greene
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Boston, MA Employment Law Attorney with 33 years experience
(855) 809-9119 One Liberty Square
Suite 1200
 Boston, MA 02109
Free ConsultationEmployment, Administrative and Business
Boston College Law School
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Joseph A. Swartz
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Boston, MA Employment Law Lawyer with 38 years experience
(800) 545-3732 10 Marshall St
 Boston, MA 02108
Free ConsultationEmployment, Business, Medical Malpractice and Nursing Home
Suffolk University Law School and Northeastern University School of Law
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Rich Mucci
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Winchester, MA Employment Law Attorney with 13 years experience
(781) 729-3999 63 Shore Rd
#23
 Winchester, MA 01890
Free ConsultationEmployment, Business, Construction and Criminal
Suffolk University Law School
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My full-service law practice has assisted individuals and companies satisfy their personal and professional objectives through cost-efficient negotiation and litigation results. I have an expertise in the fields of business, construction, employment, real estate, personal injury law and criminal defense. I am a trial attorney skilled in both civil and criminal matters. I have successfully tried numerous cases, both to juries and to the bench. I provide a one-stop shop to residents of Boston and the surrounding areas. I have the skill and experience of a big Boston lawyer at suburban prices.
Andrea Haas
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Waltham, MA Employment Law Lawyer with 9 years experience
(617) 521-8600 391 Totten Pond Rd
#402
 Waltham, MA 02451
Employment, Arbitration & Mediation and Civil Rights
Suffolk University Law School
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Peter Vickery
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Amherst, MA Employment Law Lawyer with 20 years experience
(413) 222-8760 27 Pray Street
 Amherst, MA 01002
Free ConsultationEmployment, Appeals, Landlord Tenant and Trademarks
Boston University
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Peter Vickery has a general civil practice focusing on employment (management side), civil litigation, landlord-tenant (landlord side) and real estate. He is a former member of the Governor's Council and of the State Ballot Law Commission.
Jeffrey A. Newman
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Boston, MA Employment Law Lawyer with 34 years experience
(800) 682-7157 60 State St
#700
 Boston, MA 02109
Free ConsultationEmployment and Consumer
Boston College Law School
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Jeffrey Newman is an experienced whistleblower lawyer representing individuals in False Claims Act (Qui Tam) cases, SEC whistleblower cases and IRS whistleblower cases. He is a former prosecutor and before that a journalist, photographer and writer. He is also a video game creator and is presently working on a world-wide team player contest video game for children who like to solve puzzles. His daily blog can be found at www.whistleblowerlawyernews.com
Jeremy Y. Weltman
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Wellesley, MA Employment Law Lawyer with 12 years experience
(781) 997-1600 60 Walnut Street
 Wellesley, MA 02481
Employment, Business, Civil Rights and Construction
Northeastern University
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Jeremy Y. Weltman is a partner in the Kerstein, Coren & Lichtenstein litigation practice group where he brings an assertive and practical, results-oriented approach to help resolve clients’ personal and professional legal issues. Jeremy’s concentration is civil and commercial litigation, encompassing KCL’s varied general litigation practice with substantive experience handling complex commercial and business litigation, employment litigation, real estate disputes, construction, class-action, civil rights, ADA accessibility litigation, multi-party product liability, consumer protection, insurance coverage, municipal disputes, appellate advocacy and other tort based litigation matters. Jeremy has adeptly litigated and negotiated disputes for a wide range of clients including Fortune...
J. Nathan Cole
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Boston, MA Employment Law Lawyer with 14 years experience
(508) 490-8500 Kenney & Sams, P.C.
Old City Hall
 Boston, MA 02108
Free ConsultationEmployment, Business, Construction and Personal Injury
Boston College Law School
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J. Nathan Cole is an experienced trial lawyer who represents a range of New England small and mid-sized companies in civil litigation. Through strong command of trial tactics and strategy, Nathan has effectively steered cases to jury verdict before the Massachusetts Superior and District Courts, and has represented clients before the Massachusetts Appeals Court, the U.S. District Court, and numerous private mediators. Nathan's ability to anticipate and respond to opposing counsel’s strategy offers distinct advantages as he prepares to defend a case or advises clients to pursue settlement. His experience includes representing small business and regional companies,...
Sean P. O'Connor
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Boston, MA Employment Law Attorney with 9 years experience
(617) 523-6666 200 State Street
 Boston, MA 02109
Employment, Arbitration & Mediation, Business and Civil Rights
Northeastern University School of Law
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Sean is an attorney at Morgan, Brown & Joy, LLP where he represents employers in labor and employment matters. Sean represents both public and private sector clients in litigation before federal and state courts as well as administrative agencies throughout the country. Sean litigates and counsels clients on the full range of labor and employment matters. Some of the most common issues he handles concern: claims of discrimination, retaliation and harassment; disability accommodation and leaves of absence matters; wage and hour disputes; non-competition and non-solicitation violations; trade secret misappropriation; claims of wrongful discharge; and unfair labor practice charges. In...
Graeme S.R. Brown
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Belmont, MA Employment Law Attorney
(617) 489-0817 464 Common St
#354
 Belmont, MA 02478
Employment, Business, Estate Planning and Health Care
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Judd Peskin
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Springfield, MA Employment Law Attorney with 42 years experience
(413) 734-1002 101 State Street
Suite 401
 Springfield, MA 01103
Employment, Business, Personal Injury and Workers' Comp
University of Connecticut School of Law
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Judd L. Peskin has been a lawyer since 1976, and concentrates in personal injury, workers’ compensation, and corporate/partnership law. His experience in the business world – as president of a manufacturing company and strategy consultant for Accenture (formerly Arthur Andersen consulting) – gives him a rare and valued perspective in dealing with commercial litigation matters, business formation, non-competition agreements, corporate “divorces” and partnership dissolutions.
(413) 734-1002 101 State St
 Springfield, MA 01103
Josef Culik
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Boston, MA Employment Law Attorney with 9 years experience
(617) 830-1795 225 Franklin St., 26th Floor
 Boston, MA 02110
Free ConsultationEmployment, Business, Consumer and Foreclosure Defense
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Josef Culik is the President and Principal Attorney at Culik Law. Joe has built his reputation on helping people and has dedicated his practice in Boston, Massachusetts to consumer protection, employee rights, and individual personal injury. He has advocated for individuals against some of the largest companies in America and has a passion for helping people uphold their rights against impossible odds. He has filed both individual and class-action lawsuits against most of the major banks, against some of the biggest debt collectors and credit reporting agencies, as well as insurance companies and corporate employers. Joe...
Charlotte E. Glinka
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Milton, MA Employment Law Lawyer with 27 years experience
(617) 855-7878 2 Granite Ave
#400
 Milton, MA 02186
Free ConsultationEmployment, Nursing Home, Personal Injury and Products Liability
Suffolk University Law School
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Robert T. Naumes Jr.
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Boston, MA Employment Law Attorney with 13 years experience
(888) 367-2900 1 International Pl
18th Floor
 Boston, MA 02110
Free ConsultationEmployment, Asbestos, Products Liability and Workers' Comp
Suffolk University Law School
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Steve Morte
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Marlborough, MA Employment Law Attorney
(508) 481-2332 74 Main Street
 Marlborough, MA 01752
Free ConsultationEmployment, Criminal, Divorce and Family
Suffolk University Law School
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Mr. Morte is a second-generation trial attorney; his father was a well-known trial attorney and the founding partner of DiBuono, Morse & Morte. In private practice since 1987, Stephen Morte and the staff at the Law Offices of Stephen G. Morte have provided experienced legal services and excellent client service in thousands of cases. To contact his office, call us at 508-481-2332. Attorney Morte began his career as an Assistant District Attorney in 1979. While there, he prosecuted all crimes, including operating under the influence of drugs/alcohol; drug offenses and sex crimes. Attorney Morte worked in most of the District Courts...
William T. Harrington
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Boston, MA Employment Law Attorney with 24 years experience
(617) 426-7400 171 Milk Street
2nd Floor
 Boston, MA 02109
Employment and Business
Suffolk University Law School
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I represent small to midsized businesses in a variety of employment and business disputes in federal and Massachusetts courts and before government agencies such as the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination. I am co-author of the Massachsutts Practice Series volume on civil practice in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts that is published by Thomson-West, the largest legal publisher. Following law school, I clerked for a justice of the Supreme Judical Court of Massachusetts. I was an Assistant District Attorney for several years. I have conducted numerous jury trials and bench trials and have argued approximately 40...

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Employment law governs the relationship between workers and their employers. This law, contained in federal and state statutes, administrative regulations, and judicial decisions, specifies the rights and restrictions applicable to each party in the workplace.

This area of law regulates such issues as employee benefits, discipline, hiring, firing, leave, payroll, and health and safety in the workplace. It also encompasses non-compete agreements, retaliation, severance, unemployment compensation, pensions, whistle-blowing, worker classification, wage garnishment, work authorization for non-U.S. citizens, worker's compensation, and employee handbooks.

Both federal and state laws govern the relationship between employees and employers. Federal laws such as Title VII, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and Age Discrimination in Employment Act prohibit employers from discriminating against employees based on certain characteristics. Many states have enacted their own laws similar to federal ones (and sometimes are more stringent). Cities and counties also can enact ordinances that affect employee rights, such as local minimum wage laws.

Employment lawyers can choose to accept only employees as clients, only employers, or both. Some attorneys focus on a specific area of employment law, such as workers' compensation, whistleblowing or discrimination, but many can handle a wide range of employment law issues.

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