Experience

Cunningham, Machanic, Cetlin, Johnson, Harney & Tenney, LLP

• United States
• Law Practice
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Attorney

  • 2008 - Present

  I concentrate my practice in the areas of estate planning and administration, employment law, and civil litigation. I create tailored estate plans by listening to clients' needs and goals, which process includes the preparation of wills, trusts, powers of attorney, health care proxies, living wills, HIPAA authorizations, and homesteads. I assist clients with the administration of estates and trusts by thoughtfully guiding the process after the loss of a loved one. I have served in the fiduciary roles of Personal Representative, Trustee and Conservator. I also have experience in a broad range of matters including general torts, contract disputes, discrimination, harassment, wrongful discharge, wage/hour, civil rights, unemployment, insurance defense, municipal law, and probate litigation. I counsel clients on a variety of employer/employee rights, including the review of separation agreements and severance packages, and I have conducted internal harassment investigations. I practice before the state and federal courts of Massachusetts, as well as in a variety of administrative agencies.I am admitted to the bars of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, and the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Massachusetts. I am a Notary Public, as well as a member of the Massachusetts Bar Association and the Women's Bar Association of Massachusetts.



Kopelman and Paige, P.C.

• Attorney

  • 2005 - 2008

  I advised municipalities and corporate clients relative to employment and labor issues and a wide range of general municipal issues throughout the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. I resolved lawsuits by raising creative and novel legal arguments in dispositive motions. I disposed of claims by proposing alternative outcomes and negotiating resolutions. I established new by-laws and warrant articles by collaborating with municipal officials. I also investigated harassment claims by conducting interviews of complainants and witnesses.



Superior Court Department of the Massachusetts Trial Court

• Law Clerk

  • 2003 - 2004

  I served as a law clerk to the Justices of the Superior Court, assisting in all phases of civil and criminal litigation, and worked extensively with Justices on trials, hearings, and motion sessions. I prepared draft decisions, legal memoranda, and proposed jury instructions. I served as a law clerk to the Justices of the Superior Court, assisting in all phases of civil and criminal litigation, and worked extensively with Justices on trials, hearings, and motion sessions. I prepared draft decisions, legal memoranda, and proposed jury instructions.



Kiernan Trebach LLP

• United States
• Law Practice
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Law Clerk

  • 2001 - 2003

  I supported 9 attorneys in all phases of trial preparation, mediation, arbitration, and MCAD hearings, including drafting pleadings, motions, discovery, affidavits, notices, subpoenas, jury instructions, and client correspondence. I conducted legal research on complex international law issues and drafted memoranda of law on same for a Senior Partner. I interviewed clients and witnesses, and I attended regional defense counsel meetings and hearings for toxic tort litgation. I supported 9 attorneys in all phases of trial preparation, mediation, arbitration, and MCAD hearings, including drafting pleadings, motions, discovery, affidavits, notices, subpoenas, jury instructions, and client correspondence. I conducted legal research on complex international law issues and drafted memoranda of law on same for a Senior Partner. I interviewed clients and witnesses, and I attended regional defense counsel meetings and hearings for toxic tort litgation.