39th Annual Labor & Employment Spring Conference

Join us on Friday, May 4, for the 39th Annual Labor & Employment Law Spring Conference at Suffolk University Law School.

This year's keynote speaker will be Evelyn F. Murphy, president of The WAGE Project Inc. Murphy is a former lieutenant governor and author of "Getting Even: Why Women Don't Get Paid Like Men -- And What to do About It."

Conference Agenda

• 8:30-9:30 a.m.: Registration and Continental Breakfast
• 9:30-9:45 a.m.: Welcoming Remarks
  • Margaret H. Paget, Esq., chair, Massachusetts Bar Association Labor & Employment Section; Kurker Paget LLC, Waltham
  • Christopher P. Sullivan, Esq., president, Massachusetts Bar Association
  • Jaimeson E. Porter, Esq., Schwartz Hannum PC
• 9:45-10:30 a.m.: Keynote Address
  • Evelyn F. Murphy, The WAGE Project Inc.
• 10:30-11:30a.m.: Massachusetts Equal Pay Act: New Developments, Issues and the Attorney General's Guidance
  • Moderator: Dahlia C. Rudavsky, Esq., Messing Rudavsky & Welicky PC
  • Genevieve Nadeau, Esq., deputy division chief of the Civil Rights Division, Attorney General's Office
  • Hillary J. Massey, Esq., Seyfarth Shaw LLP
• 11:30-11:45 a.m.: Networking Break
• 11:45-12:45 p.m.: Making Your Case in the Court of Public Opinion
  • Christine Hughes, vice president and general counsel, Emerson College
  • Ashley McCown, president, Solomon McCown & Co.
  • T.J. Winick, vice president, Solomon McCown & Co.
• 12:45-1:15 p.m.: Lunch provided by the Massachusetts Bar Association
• 1:15-2 p.m.: Labor Law Update
  • Kirsten B. White, Esq., Schwartz Hannum PC
  • James A.W. Shaw, Esq., Segal Roitman LLP
• 2-2:55 p.m.: Employment Law Update
  • Moderator: John F. Tocci, Esq., Tocci & Lee LLC
  • Catherine E. Reuben, Esq., Hirsch Roberts Weinstein LLP
  • Melissa Pomfred, Esq., Pomfred Law Offices PLLC
• 2:55-3 p.m.: Closing Remarks
  • Craig D. Levey, Esq., Bennett & Belfort PC

This annual event is presented by the MBA's Labor & Employment Law Section