Shannon M. Lynch
Massachusetts
Hackett Feinberg P.C.
155 Federal Street
9th Floor
Boston, MA 02110
Tel: 617.896.6221
Email:
sml@bostonbusinesslaw.com
Web:
www.bostonbusinesslaw.com
Shannon Lynch is a Partner with Hackett Feinberg, a preeminent Boston-based law firm providing business and personal legal services to both local and national clients. Shannon is an experienced employment law attorney whose practice includes employment litigation, compliance counseling, workforce training, and investigations.
Shannon has successfully defended employers against claims brought in federal and state courts and agencies involving discrimination, harassment, retaliation, wrongful termination, wage and hour laws, and the FMLA and other state leave laws. She also has experience litigating and advising companies on noncompetition, nonsolicitation, and nondisclosure agreements.
In addition to resolving disputes through litigation, arbitration, and mediation, Shannon partners with executives, Human Resources professionals, and in house counsel to provide practical compliance assistance to effectively address employment law challenges and the organization’s unique business needs and goals. She advises companies on all phases of the employment relationship including strategies for hiring and background checks, compensation practices, performance management and discipline, leaves of absence and reasonable accommodation requests, workplace investigations, and employee terminations.
Shannon negotiates and drafts employment agreements, leveraging her litigation experience to identify and resolve issues before they become potentially costly disputes. She regularly represents and defends employers in audits and investigations by federal and state agencies. Shannon also has substantial experience drafting multistate employee handbooks.
A graduate of the MCAD Certified Train-the-Trainer Program for Preventing Harassment and Discrimination in the Workplace, Shannon offers training for executives, managers, and employees on workplace issues such as discrimination and harassment prevention, litigation avoidance, and FMLA and state leave law compliance.
Shannon has led numerous sensitive workplace investigations stemming from employee complaints such as harassment, discrimination, retaliation, and bullying.
She also works with executives on employment mobility and transition strategies, including negotiating employment offers, restrictive covenant agreements, and severance agreements.
- Successfully defended restaurant in wage-and-hour class action based on allegations of meal break and overtime violations
- Obtained summary judgment, dismissing pregnancy and disability discrimination claims brought against media transport equipment startup
- Obtained summary judgment, dismissing discrimination and retaliation claims brought by pro se plaintiff against multinational financial services company
- Conducted investigation of harassment and bullying claims against senior executive of a tech startup
- Conducted investigation of harassment and sexual assault claims brought by restaurant cashier against chef
- Counseled national financial services company through reduction-in-force across numerous states
- Successfully defended large transportation company in wage-and-hour investigation by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Office of the Attorney General relating to earned sick time and overtime
- Boston Bar Association, Navigating Massachusetts Paid Family and Medical Leave: One Year Later, March 4, 2022
- Boston Bar Association, Navigating Leave Management under the Massachusetts Paid Family and Medical Leave Act, December 2, 2021
- Boston Bar Association, How Startups and Emerging Growth Companies are Navigating Employment and Business Law Challenges in 2020, March 9, 2020
- REBA, What Real Estate Lawyers (and their Clients) Need to Know About the Massachusetts Paid Family and Medical Leave, September 12, 2019
- Boston Bar Association, #MeToo and Recent Discrimination Cases, October 25, 2018
- Recognized in the 2018 through 2023 editions of Best Lawyers in America for work in labor and employment litigation
- Selected for inclusion in the 2011, and 2013 through 2022 editions of Massachusetts Super Lawyers for her work in labor and employment and the defense of employment litigation
- Named to Massachusetts Rising Stars list in 2007, 2008, and 2010
- MCAD Train-the-Trainer for Preventing Harassment and Discrimination in the Workplace Certificate, 2003
Whether your business is a large multistate employer or a small nonprofit, Hackett Feinberg’s skilled Employment team will help you navigate the increasingly complex and intersecting federal, state, and local requirements that impact your human resources practices.
We provide practical, client-focused advice, through services such as counseling on day-to-day employee issues and workforce training, designed to avoid costly and disruptive employment disputes. When a client faces litigation, we aim to achieve the best possible result at every turn, whether through zealous advocacy or the favorable settlement of employment claims.
Hackett Feinberg is a preeminent law firm providing business and personal legal services to local and national clients. We are a diverse team of skilled, dedicated, and hardworking professionals who handle a wide variety of transactions, negotiations, and litigation in the Northeast and beyond.
Our firm has more than 30 lawyers with decades of experience in the areas of banking and commercial finance, bankruptcy and creditor rights, business and corporate law, commercial real estate, employment law, estate planning, and litigation. We deliver high quality, cost-effective legal advice, resulting in creative, innovative solutions to our clients’ complex issues.
Our clients consist of financial institutions, public companies, privately held and family businesses, government and quasi government agencies, nonprofit organizations, and individuals. We guide our clients toward successful outcomes, while mitigating the risks inherent in doing business today.
The lawyers at Hackett Feinberg are proven, conscientious advocates who are committed to providing our clients with the highest quality legal services. For us, practicing law is not business as usual; it is a professional calling.