Maura Greene is a Boston employment and litigation attorney.  She handles wage and hour matters including claims for overtime and vacation pay, wrongful termination cases, sexual harassment and discrimination cases and business litigation.  She provides counsel on hiring, terminations, layoffs, disability laws, leave of absence, employee performance and discipline, employment agreements, non-competition and non-solicitation agreements, and classification of workers as independent contractors. She drafts employee handbooks and personnel polices, severance agreements and employment contracts.  Ms. Greene practices before the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination, the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office, and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. She handles employment matters and business litigation in the state and federal courts. She provides workplace training on harassment and discrimination prevention, investigating workplace complaints, avoiding discrimination in interviewing and hiring and managing the risk of social networking and electronic communications. 

Ms. Greene, who is a partner at Keegan Werlin, LLP, graduated from Smith College and Suffolk University Law School, where she was a member of the Law Review.  She is rated AV by Martindale Hubbell, which is the highest rating an individual lawyer can achieve.

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AREAS OF PRACTICE
Employment

Business Litigation

BAR ADMISSIONS
Massachusetts, 1985
U.S. District Court District of Massachusetts, 1986
U.S. Court of Appeals 1st Circuit, 1987

EDUCATION
Suffolk University Law School, Boston, Massachusetts, 1985 J.D.
Law Review: Suffolk University Law Review, 1983 - 1984
Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts, 1982
A.B.

PUBLISHED WORKS
How to Comply with the New Data Security Law, The Professional Contractor, First Quarter 2010
Massachusetts Data Security Act, The Professional Contractor, Third Quarter 2009

CLASSES/SEMINARS TAUGHT

Massachusetts Data Security Act, Associated Subcontractors of Massachusetts, March 2010

Managing the Risk of Social Networking and Electronic Communications, Boston Society of Architects, April 2010

HR Issues and Opportunities, Boston Society of Young Designer and Professional Development Institute, June 2010

Amendments to the ADA, Boston Society of Architects Administration and Human Resources Wizards Committee, 2009

Non-compete and Non-solicitation Agreements, Associated General Contractors/MA, 2009

Managing Finances, IT and Human Resources for a Firm Startup, Boston Society of Architects, 2009

Preparing to Succeed in a Summer Job, Suffolk University Law School, 2009

Human Resources Issues and Opportunities, Boston Society of Architects and Young Designers Professional Development Institute, 2009

Preventing Harassment and Discrimination, Associated Subcontractors of Massachusetts, 2009

PAST EMPLOYMENT POSITIONS

Bowditch & Dewey, LLP, Partner, 2005 - 2007
Donovan Hatem LLP, Partner, 2001 - 2005
Burns & Levinson, LLP, Partner, 1997 - 2001

BIRTH INFORMATIONWorcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

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