I was admitted to practice law in Massachusetts in 1995. After clerking for a federal judge, I began my practice with Bingham Dana and Gould, a leading Boston law firm. My practice, both with Bingham and my own firm, has focused on business and employment litigation and appellate practice. Noteworthy cases have included:

• Obtained class-action settlement against national retail company for failure to pay time-and-a-half on Sundays and legal holidays.
• Obtained six-figure settlement for unpaid commissions due to high-tech sales employee from his former employer.
• Represented New England Patriots owner in dispute over control of property that now hosts Gillette Stadium.
• Represented Harvard Business School Professor in defense of Microsoft Corp.'s efforts to compel the professor to reveal confidential tapes produced in his book on competition between Netscape and Microsoft.
• Represented The Boston Globe in libel defense and protection of reporter's confidential sources.
• Represented numerous individuals with claims against former employers for discrimination, breach of contract, bad faith termination, and violation of the Wage Act.
• Represented executives enforcing contractual rights and negotiating severance packages.
• Counseled employees concerning non-compete and non-disclosure agreements.
• Represented businesses in breach of contract and fraud claims.
• Represented individuals with claims against businesses for unfair and deceptive trade practices.

In addition to my law practice, I have taught at Boston College Law School since 1999, and taught at Harvard Law School from 2000 to 2005. My courses have focused on brief writing, oral advocacy, and negotiation. I have also published the following:

• Wage Act Claims: The SJC Giveth, and the SJC Taketh Away, Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, Nov. 21, 2005.
• Anonymity in Online Communications, in Encyclopedia of American Civil Liberties (Paul Finkelman ed., Routledge forthcoming 2006).
• Intellectual Property and the First Amendment, in Encyclopedia of American Civil Liberties (Paul Finkelman ed., Routledge forthcoming 2006).
• Electronic Surveillance, in Ethics (John K. Roth ed., Salem Press 2005).
• Dr. King, Bull Connor, and Persuasive Narratives, 2 J. Assoc. Leg. Writing Directors 209 (2004).
• Nevada Case Threatens to Expand Terry Stops, Boston Bar J., Mar.-Apr. 2004, at 27.
• Security Versus Privacy: Reframing the Debate, 79 Denv. U. L. Rev. 519 (2002).
• Reasonable Expectations and the Erosion of Privacy, 39 San Diego L. Rev. 845 (2002).
• CyberSLAPP Suits and John Doe Subpoenas: Balancing Anonymity and Accountability in Cyberspace, 19 J. Marshall J. Computer & Info. L. 493 (2001).
• Note, Does Crime Pay -- Can Probation Prevent Katherine Ann Power from Selling Her Story?, 35 B.C. L. Rev. 1203 (1994).

Education:

• LL.M., Harvard Law School
• J.D., Boston College Law School
• B.A., Boston College

Admitted to Practice:

• Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, Appeals Court, Trial Courts
• U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Professional Associations:

• National Employment Lawyers Association
• Massachusetts Bar Association