Bronwyn L. Roberts represents businesses and health and educational institutions in employment litigation matters, including the defense of employment discrimination cases, wrongful discharge cases, wage and hour claims, employment contract matters and restrictive covenant litigation. She counsels businesses on employment matters, including the preparation of human resource policies, sexual harassment and other employee investigations, hiring decisions, and reductions in force. She also litigates complex commercial claims for her clients.

Ms. Roberts is a member of the Labor and Employment Law and Commercial Litigation sections of the Boston Bar Association, the Massachusetts Bar Association Labor and Employment Law Section Council, and the Woman Advocate Committee of the Litigation Section of the American Bar Association. She is a 1997 cum laude graduate of Suffolk University Law School and a graduate of Tufts University.

Representative Matters

Obtained a dismissal for a transportation company sued by former employees for alleged violation of the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act.
Successfully represented a restaurant in a wage and hour investigation by the Department of Labor.
Counsel to a national business machine company in successfully enforcing a noncompetition agreement with one of its former salespersons by obtaining a preliminary injunction in Massachusetts Superior Court.
Successfully represented an employer medical practices group in settling a claim of gender discrimination brought by an employee without the client employer having to come out-of-pocket for any payments.
Counsel to a food services equipment company in a federal disability discrimination lawsuit. Successfully obtained summary judgment in favor of company dismissing complaint.

Professional Activities

Women's Bar Association of Massachusetts
- Business Development Committee
American Bar Association
- Litigation Section
-- Woman Advocate Committee
--- Chair, Young Lawyer Outreach Subcommittee

Admissions

Massachusetts
New Hampshire
United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts
United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Education

Suffolk University Law School, J.D., 1997
Tufts University, B.S., 1993

Experience

Duane Morris LLP
- Partner, 2007-present
- Associate, 2000-2006
Lane Altman & Owens LLP, Boston, Massachusetts
- Associate, 1997-2000

Civic and Charitable Activities

Tufts University Alumni Association Regional Programs Committee, 2005-2006

Selected Publications

Co-author, "Developing Emotional Intelligence to Avoid Traps in a Litigation Practice," The Woman Advocate, Summer 2008
Author, "Men Are Now Eligible for Maternity Leave Benefits in Massachusetts," Duane Morris Alert, June 17, 2008
Co-author, "The Morning After: Employment Law and Sarbanes-Oxley," Boston Bar Journal, November/December 2003
Chapter Co-author, "How to Hire and Fire in 76 Jurisdictions"

Selected Speaking Engagements

Lecturer, "Recent Developments in Employment Law," Duane Morris Seminar, Spring 2001-2007
Faculty, Taking Depositions Workshop, Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, Inc., 2007-2008
Panelist, "Preparing to File a Lawsuit," Massachusetts Bar Association, July 2005