Matt is the chair of the Firm’s Employment Law Group. He is experienced in the broad range of complex laws that affect the relationships between employers and employees, including wage and hour, noncompetition, employee leave, employee classification, independent contractor, and anti-discrimination laws.
In his practice, Matt is focused on providing practical advice to employers on how they may achieve business goals through the effective management of their workforces. With that perspective, he helps established employers develop, and executed on, employment law compliance strategies that compliment business objectives. Matt also works with new businesses, including foreign businesses entering United States markets, to establish employment “best practices” that are consistent with growth and long-term success goals. He helps employers avoid employee disputes, and also helps employers navigate and defend against such disputes when they arise.
Matt works collaboratively with the Firm’s transactional lawyers to advise businesses and institutional investors on employment law compliance and due diligence matters related to capital investments, mergers, business closures, and other business transactions. In addition, he is an experienced litigator, and regularly represents employers before state and federal courts, state administrative boards, and arbitration tribunals.
Matt serves as a trusted advisor to private-sector businesses, educational institutions, start-up and emerging technology companies, and non-profit organizations. He is a frequent presenter and author on employment-related compliance and policy issues.
Speaking Engagements
Presenter, Pragmatic Advice for Addressing the Unique Challenges Raised by The Data Protection Landscape, New England Corporate Counsel Association, Inc.
MA Bar Association: Paycheck Protection Program Loan Forgiveness Update
MA Bar Association VIDEO: Tips to Securing Second Round Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) Funds
Publications
Find all COVID-19 resources here.
Quoted: You Got Your Paycheck Protection Program Loan. Now What? Advice From Small-Business Lawyers, Forbes
Summer is Coming: Massachusetts Compliance Requirements with Respect to Summer Internship Programs
A Primer to the Massachusetts Paid Family and Medical Leave Law, Employment Law Alert
U.S. Department of Labor Proposes Significant Changes to FLSA Overtime Regulations, Employment Law Alert
Federal District Court Reinstates EEO-1 Pay Data Reporting Requirements (For Now)
News & Events
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COVID-19 Resource Collection
Coronavirus Updates
July 21, 2022 -
Employment Law Alert: Reimbursement or Travel Policies After Dobbs
What Employers Should Know
July 20, 2022 -
COVID-19 Alert: OSHA’s Vaccine ETS Ruling
U.S. Supreme Court Rules on OSHA COVID-19 Vaccine ETS
January 24, 2022 -
COVID-19 Alert: CDC Update
CDC Reduces COVID-19 Isolation and Quarantine Periods – Sets New Standards for the Management of COVID-Related Employee Absences
January 5, 2022 -
COVID-19 Alert: ETS Status Update
The United States Supreme Court to Hear Argument on Private Employer Vaccine Mandate on January 7
January 4, 2022
Education
- Cornell Law School, J.D.
- Brandeis University, B.A., Phi Beta Kappa; magna cum laude
Admissions
- Massachusetts
Practice Areas
- Claim Defense & Litigation
- Counseling & Preventive Practices
- Employment
- Executive & Professional Representation
- Noncompetition
- Startups & Emerging Companies
- Venture Capital
Industries
Recognition
- Joshua A. Guberman Teaching Fellow, Brandeis University, 2017 to the present
- Rising Star, Massachusetts Super Lawyers Magazine, 2009-2015