Ellen Kearns represents management in a full range of traditional labor and employment issues, including NLRB proceedings, negotiations, and arbitration. Ellen has obtained injunctions in labor disputes, and has resolved strike issues. She has appeared before federal and state courts and administrative agencies with respect to employment discrimination, sexual harassment, wrongful discharge cases, wage and hour matters, and other employment related litigation. Ellen is recognized nationally for her wage and hour expertise, having served as Editor-in-Chief of the first, second and third editions of the ABA/BNA Treatise, The Fair Labor Standards Act. She serves as head of Constangy's Boston office.
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Ellen C. Kearns
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Recognized Since:2006
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Recognized in:Employment Law - ManagementLabor Law - Management...
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Law School:Regis College
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Location:535 Boylston Street, Suite 902Boston, MA 02116
Ellen Kearns represents management in a full range of traditional labor and employment issues, including NLRB proceedings, negotiations, and arbitration. Ellen has obtained injunctions in labor disputes, and has resolved strike issues. She has appeared before federal and state courts and administrative agencies with respect to employment discrimination, sexual harassment, wrongful discharge cases, wage and hour matters, and other employment related litigation. Ellen is recognized nationally for her wage and hour expertise, having served as Editor-in-Chief of the first, second and third editions of the ABA/BNA Treatise, The Fair Labor Standards Act. She serves as head of Constangy's Boston office.
Lawyer Bio
Education:
- Regis College, AB, graduated 1967
Bar Admissions:
- Massachusetts
Affiliations:
- ABA Commission on the Status of Women - Section liaison
- ABA's Federal Labor Standards Committee - Past chair
- Boston Bar Association's Labor & Employment Law Section - Former chair
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America for work in:
- Employment Law - Management
- Labor Law - Management
- Litigation - Labor and Employment
Awards:
- Named to Massachusetts Super Lawyer (2004-2016)
- Top 50 Female Massachusetts Super Lawyers
- Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business
- Who's Who Legal USA – Management Labour & Employment
- Recognized as America's Most Honored Professionals by the American Registry
- Received the Cushing-Gavin Award in 1993 for excellence in Labor-Management Relations
- Received the Lelia J. Robinson Award from the Massachusetts Women's Bar Association for her contributions to women lawyers in October 2006
- Admitted to the College of Labor & Employment Lawyers in 2003
Areas of Expertise:
- Wage-Hour Law
Firm Details
Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP
http://www.constangy.com
Headquarters
230 Peachtree Street, NW, Suite 2400
Atlanta, GA 30303-1557
(404) 525.8622
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