Katherine J. Michon is a leader in the employment law field, well known for her work in executive transition matters and sexual harassment cases. She was named by Boston magazine as one of Boston’s Best Employment Lawyers and described as “one of the best negotiators in the business.” Ms. Michon has substantial experience in a wide range of employment disputes, including discrimination, wrongful termination and contract enforcement. She also counsels her clients on non-litigation matters such as drafting employment agreements, negotiating executive severance and managing non-compete issues.

Ms. Michon is an active member of the Boston Bar Association’s Labor and Employment Law Section, is a member of the BBA's Labor and Employment Law Steering Committee and co-chairs their Diversity Committee. She also co-authors the Commentary for the Massachusetts Discrimination Law Reporter, is former Chair of the Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education Employment Law Advisory Committee, and co-chaired the committee that drafted sexual harassment guidelines for the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination. 

Ms. Michon is a frequent author and speaker on matters of employment law, and she recently co-authored the “Employment Law 101” chapter of Winning Legal Strategies for Employment Law (2005). Ms. Michon has published a number of articles in publications such as Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly and has contributed to a leading employment law text, Drafting Employment Documents in Massachusetts, a publication of Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, Inc. She is a frequent panelist on a number of employment law seminars, including “How to Try Your First Case at the MCAD.”

Prior to co-founding Shilepsky O’Connell Hartley, Ms. Michon was a partner at Kimball, Brousseau & Michon. Previously in her career, she practiced employment law at Dwyer & Collora and at Shilepsky, Messing & Rudavsky. Ms. Michon received her B.A. from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and her J.D. from the New England School of Law.

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