Ellen Kearns
USA Guide 2023
Band 3 : Labor & Employment
Band 3
About
Provided by Ellen Kearns
Practice Areas
-Labor and Employment
-Employment Litigation Prevention & Defense
-Labor Relations
-Wage and Hour Compliance & Litigation
Career
Ellen 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.
Professional Memberships
-Former member of the American Bar Association's Labor & Employment Law Section Council
-Past chair of the ABA's Federal Labor Standards Committee
-Former chair of the Boston Bar Association's Labor & Employment Law Section
-Former member of the Labor & Employment Law Council, Massachusetts Bar Association
-Section liaison to the ABA Commission on the Status of Women
-Member of the Board of Trustees of Regis College
Awards
AVVO Top-Rated Lawyer
2020
America's Most Honored Professionals
American Registry
Best Lawyers in America®
2022
Best Lawyers in America, "Lawyer of the Year" in Labor Law - Management
2022
Cushing-Gavin Award - Excellence in Labor-Management Relations
1993
Fellow
College of Labor and Employment Lawyers
2003
Lawdragon 500 Leading Corporate Employment Lawyers
2022
Lelia J. Robinson Award
Massachusetts Women's Bar Association
2006
Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent® Peer Rated for Highest Level of Professional Excellence
Massachusetts Super Lawyers®
2021
Top 100: Massachusetts Super Lawyers®
2017
Top 50: Women Massachusetts Super Lawyers®
2017
Top 50: Women New England Super Lawyers®
2017
Who's Who Legal USA – Management Labour & Employment
Education
Boston College Law School
J.D.
1976
Regis College
A.B.
1967
Expert in these Jurisdictions
-Massachusetts
-U.S. Supreme Court
-U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
-U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts