Recent Representative Cases Handled as a Mediator (sample cases only)

Race discrimination claim against financial institution

Transgender discrimination in education setting

Class action wage claim in insurance industry; class action wage/tips claim in foodservice industry;

wrongful termination claim by long term faculty in private school;

gender discrimination claim insurance company executive;

sexual harassment claim against nationwide broadcast company;

sexual harassment case between associate attorney, law partner and law firm;

disability discrimination and failure to accommodate case between mentally handicapped employee and health care facility;

age discrimination case between long term retail employee and large retail chain;

age discrimination case between long term sales employee and merged pharmaceutical firms;

Gender Discrimination and sexual harassment case between long-term executive employee and large federal contractor;

state and federal wage claims against start-up technology company and against food service chain.

Recent Dispute Resolution
(Sample Cases)

I have resolved cases involving the Americans with Disabilities Act, Family and Medical Leave Act, sex,  sexual orientation, race, age and handicap discrimination issues under Title VII, ADEA, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Connecticut human rights laws.

In addition I have resolved cases under state and federal wage and hour laws, employment contracts and severance agreements.

Mediation Panels

AAA Employment Mediation Panel;

Alliance for Education in Dispute Resolution Mediation Panel;

United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Mediation Panel;

Massachusetts State College Association mediation panel.

Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination Mediation Panel;

Massachusetts Essex Superior Court Conciliator Panel.

Recent Mediation and ADR Training

American Bar Association Employment Mediator Training, 3/99, 8/98;

AAA Commercial Arbitrator Training, 2/99;

AAA Employment Arbitrator Training, 12/97, 10/96;

AAA Advanced Employment Arbitrator Training 6/2002;

North Shore Community Mediation Training, 5/96;

AAA Basic Arbitrator Training, 3/93.

Conducted AAA Mediator and Arbitrator Training 2002;

Cornell Univ. Alliance for Education in Dispute Resolution Advanced

Mediator Training - 2/03, AAA Neutrals Retreat and Training 2004.

Recent Fact-finding Investigations (Sample Cases)

I have conducted comprehensive investigations and provided detailed fact-finding reports in the following sample matters:

Complaint of rape and sexual harassment by a supervisor in a non-union manufacturing facility; 

complaint of retaliation and wrongful termination by a supervisory nurse against a health care facility;

complaint of sexual harassment and inappropriate sexual contact by salesperson against coworkers in a technology company;

internal complaint of sexual orientation discrimination in a health care facility.

Professional Associations

• Fellow of the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers

• American Arbitration  Association – New England Employment Law Advisory Council

• ABA Labor and Employment law Section Governing Council 2002-2008

• ABA Section of Dispute Resolution member; Liaison to Labor and Employment Section

• ABA National CLE Co-Chair, 1999-2002

• ABA Annual Meeting Co-Chair 1997-1999; Employee Rights and Responsibilities Program Co-Chair 1997-1999

• Fellow National Bar Foundation

• Member Massachusetts Bar Association; Massachusetts Women’s Bar Association

• Past chair – Massachusetts Bar Association ADR Section

• Voted Massacusetts Super Lawyer 2005, 2006

• Past Member National Employment Lawyers Association.