• Katherine J. Michon co-chaired Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education's 12th Annual Employment Law Conference, held on Friday, December 4, 2009. Nancy S. Shilepsky presented as part of the Discrimination Law Update.
  
  
• Barbara A. Robb presented to physicians at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, a teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School, on November 5, 2009.  The topic was Negotiation of Employment Agreements for Physicians.
  
  
• Nancy S. Shilepsky, H. James Hartley, Lawrence J. Casey, Katherine J. Michon, and Barbara A. Robb were listed in Law & Politics’ November/December 2009 Super Lawyers Corporate Counsel Edition as Super Lawyers for Employment and Labor in Massachusetts.
  
  
• Lawrence J. Casey, H. James Hartley, Katherine J. Michon, James E. O’Connell, Jr., Barbara A. Robb, Nancy S. Shilepsky and Jennifer A. Yelen were selected by Law & Politics/Boston magazine to be listed in Super Lawyers in November 2009. The Super Lawyers honorees were selected by over 35,000 Massachusetts attorneys, in practice for greater than five years, who voted based on their personal observations in the course of the profession.  Katherine J. Michon was also selected as a Top 50 Female Super Lawyer in Massachusetts and in New England, and Nancy S. Shilepsky was recognized as a Top 10 Super Lawyers in Massachusetts; a Top 50 Female Super Lawyers in Massachusetts and in New England; and a Top 100 Super Lawyers in Massachusetts and in New England.
  
  
• Barbara A. Robb was published in Mass High Tech: The Journal of New England Technology on October 7, 2009.  The article was titled, "Tips to Make Noncompetes Work - and Work Fairly."
  
  
• Katherine J. Michon will present at Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education's seminar, Redefining Employment Relationships in a Recessionary Market , to be held on Thursday, October 1, 2009.
  
  
• Barbara A. Robb presented to executives at New Directions, a career transition services firm, on September 24, 2009.  The topic was Protecting Your Employment Interests in a Difficult Economy.
  
  
• Barbara A. Robb presented to executives at an Executive Compensation Panel for Right Management, a talent and career management consulting firm, held on Wednesday, September 16, 2009.  The subject of the presentation was Employment Agreements for Executives – Protecting Your Interests.
  
  
• Katherine J. Michon presented at Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education's seminar, What Every Lawyer Needs to Know About Employment Law, to be held on Tuesday, June 16, 2009.

• Katherine J. Michon presented at Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education's seminar, Handling Workplace Retaliation and Mishandled Investigations, to be held on Thursday, April 2, 2009.

• Katherine J. Michon received a favorable determination in a pregnancy-related gender discrimination case before the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination.  Following a three-day Public Hearing, the Commission found in favor of the firm’s client, a financial analyst, determining that she had been effectively terminated just days before she gave birth, and that she was deprived of her rights under the Massachusetts Maternity Leave Act.  The Commission also awarded the firm’s client $25,000 in emotional distress damages. 

• Katherine J. Michon co-chaired Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education's 11th Annual Employment Law Conference, held on December 5, 2008. Barbara A. Robb presented on Preparing the Senior Executive for Deposition.

• Lawrence J. Casey, H. James Hartley, Katherine J. Michon, James E. O’Connell, Jr., Barbara A. Robb, Nancy S. Shilepsky and Jennifer A. Yelen were selected by Law & Politics/Boston magazine to be listed in Super Lawyers in November 2008. The Super Lawyers honorees were selected by over 35,000 Massachusetts attorneys, in practice for greater than five years, who voted based on their personal observations in the course of the profession.  Nancy S. Shilepsky was also recognized in the Top 10 Super Lawyers in Massachusetts; the Top 50 Female Super Lawyers in Massachusetts; the Top 50 Female Super Lawyers in New England; the Top 100 Super Lawyers in Massachusetts; and the Top 100 Super Lawyers in New England.

• Katherine J. Michon co-chaired the Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education seminar, What Every Lawyer Needs to Know about Employment Law, held on July 24 and August 7, 2008.
  
  
• James E. O'Connell, Jr. was selected by Law & Politics to be listed in the April 2008 edition of Super Lawyers, Corporate Counsel Edition, which features select Business Litigation attorneys from across the country as chosen by their peers and through the independent research of Law & Politics.
  

• Lawrence J. Casey successfully defended a multinational high-tech services company and its Chief Financial Officer against race and age discrimination and retaliation claims brought by a former senior executive seeking an award in excess of $2,400,000.  After an eight day trial, the jury awarded a verdict in favor of our client on all counts.
  

• Nancy S. Shilepsky was honored by the Jewish Alliance for Law & Social Action (JALSA) for her Commitment to Civil Rights at its Sixth Annual Meeting on February 10, 2008.
  

• Katherine J. Michon authored an article, "Lost Your Job? Put Yourself In the Best Position Possible" which was published by Women's Business Boston in its February 2008 issue.

• Katherine J. Michon co-chaired Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education's 10th Annual Employment Law Conference, held on December 7, 2007. Nancy S. Shilepsky presented a discrimination law update.
  

• Lawrence J. Casey, H. James Hartley, Katherine J. Michon, James E. O’Connell, Jr., Nancy S. Shilepsky and Jennifer A. Yelen were selected by Law & Politics/Boston magazine to be listed in Super Lawyers in November 2007.  In 2007, The Super Lawyers honorees were selected by over 35,000 Massachusetts attorneys, in practice for greater than five years, who voted based on their personal observations in the course of the profession.  Nancy S. Shilepsky and Jennifer A. Yelen were recognized in the Top 50 Female Super Lawyers in Massachusetts.  Nancy S. Shilepsky was also recognized in the Top 10 Super Lawyers in Massachusetts, the Top 100 Super Lawyers in New England and the Top 50 Female Super Lawyers in New England.
  
  
• Nancy S. Shilepsky co-chaired the Suffolk University Law School seminar, Walking the Line in the 21st Century Workplace, on September 20, 2007.
  

• Nancy S. Shilepsky presented at a symposium, Age Discrimination - Information for the Mature Chemist,  as part of the 234th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society on August 20, 2007.
  
  
• Katherine J. Michon co-chaired the Boston Bar Association roundtable Successful Strategies for Achieving and Maintaining a Diverse Workforce on July 11, 2007.
  

• Katherine J. Michon presented at Stybel Peabody Lincolnshire's "Stybel Peabody Seat at the Table" series, What Board Members Need to Know About Trends in Senior Executive Employment Agreements and Severance Contracts, on June 25, 2007.
  
  
• Lawrence J. Casey presented at the Boston Bar Association's seminar, Domestic Violence Issues in the Workplace, on June 5, 2007.
  
  
• Barbara A. Robb and Shana I. Kaplan were selected by Law & Politics/Boston magazine to be listed in Super Lawyers - Rising Stars in May 2007, which honors the best up-and-coming attorneys in Massachusetts. Only 2.5 percent of Massachusetts attorneys are selected in the Rising Stars process and are chosen through a lengthy interview, research and good standing review process.
  

• Katherine J. Michon co-chaired the Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education Seminar, The New Standing Order , held on April 5, 2007.
  
  
• Nancy S. Shilepsky was honored with the Alumnae Award by Boston University Law School's Women's Law Association on April 5, 2007 for her accomplishments and dedication to the community.
  
  
• Jennifer A. Yelen, Barbara A. Robb and Brian J. MacDonough updated the "Introduction to the Practice of Employment Law" chapter of the Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education's Massachusetts Basic Practice Manual, Vol. III, to be published in the spring of 2007.
  
  
• Katherine J. Michon and Nancy S. Shilepsky presented at the New England Corporate Counsel Association, Inc.'s program, Not Taking Sides: The Rights of the Accused Executive, on January 3, 2007.

2006

• Jennifer A. Yelen was elected to the Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education Board of Trustees in December 2006.
  
  
• Katherine J. Michon co-chaired the Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education's 9th Annual Employment Law Conference, held on December 1, 2006. Jennifer A. Yelen presented on selected discovery issues.
  
  
• Lawrence J. Casey, H. James Hartley, Katherine J. Michon, James E. O’Connell, Jr., and Nancy S. Shilepsky were selected by Law & Politics/Boston magazine to be listed in Massachusetts Super Lawyers in November 2006.  The Super Lawyers honorees are selected by over 31,000 Massachusetts attorneys in practice over five years who vote based on their personal observations in the course of their profession.  Nancy S. Shilepsky was also recognized as a Top 100 Super Lawyer and a Top 50 Female Super Lawyer.
  
  
• Katherine J. Michon, co-chair of the BBA's Labor & Employment Section Diversity Committee, has organized Striving for a Diversified Workplace: Recruiting and Retention Issues, which will take place on November 2, 2006 as part of the Boston Bar Association's Labor and Employment Law Section Brown Bag Lunch series.
  
  
• Lawrence J. Casey presented at a Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education program, Advising the Maturing Business: Moving Beyond the Start-Up, on October 17, 2006.
  
  
• Barbara A. Robb has been named a 2006 "Up and Coming Lawyer" by Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly.  To achieve this honor, an attorney must be in practice for less than ten years but already have distinguished him or herself in some manner and appear poised for greater achievement.
  
  
• Nancy S. Shilepsky and H. James Hartley co-chaired a Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education program, Representing the Corporate Executive in Employment Matters, on June 14, 2006.

• H. James Hartley presented at a Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education program, Equity and Equity-Related Compensation, on May 16, 2006.

• Jennifer A. Yelen, Barbara A. Robb, and Shana I. Kaplan were selected by Law & Politics/Boston magazine to be listed in Massachusetts Super Lawyers - Rising Stars in April 2006.  Only 2.5 percent of Massachusetts attorneys are selected in the Rising Stars process and are chosen through a lengthy interview, research and good standing review process.

• Nancy S.  Shilepsky, co-editor, revised Massachusetts Employment Law, a two-volume survey.  Co-authors Katherine J. Michon and Barbara A. Robb revised their chapters as well, “Pregnancy Discrimination” and “Introduction to the Practice of Employment Law”, respectively.  The revised edition was published in April 2006.

• Katherine J. Michon presented regarding The Pros and Cons of Arbitration Agreements in the Employment Context on April 4, 2006 as part of the Boston Bar Association's Labor and Employment Law Section Brown Bag Lunch series.

2005

• Lawrence J. Casey and H. James Hartley recently won the firm’s first arbitration case since Shilepsky O'Connell’s opening in July 2005.  On November 23, 2005, an arbitration panel issued an award in favor of the firm’s client, a senior compliance executive, on his claim for breach of the terms of a change of control agreement.  Including fees and costs, the award was in excess of $1million.

• James E. O'Connell, Jr. and Jennifer A. Yelen won Shilepsky O'Connell's first jury trial since the firm's opening in July 2005.  In November 2005, O'Connell and Yelen represented a Massachusetts-based, international company in a multi-count suit brought by a former employee.  After a week of trial testimony, a Middlesex County jury returned a verdict for the firm's client.

• Lawrence J. Casey presented the employee’s case at You Be the Judge – An HR Courtroom Drama, sponsored by the Northeast Human Resources Association, on December 15, 2005.

• H. James Hartley spoke about executive employment agreements on December 6, 2005 as part of the Boston Bar Association's Labor and Employment Law Section Brown Bag Lunch series.

• Katherine J. Michon co-chaired the Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education's 8th Annual Employment Law Conference, held on December 2, 2005.  Nancy S. Shilepsky and Lawrence J. Casey presented on employment discrimination and electronic discovery, respectively.

• H. James Hartley, Katherine J. Michon, James E. O’Connell, Jr. and Nancy S. Shilepsky were named by Law & Politics/Boston magazine as Massachusetts Super Lawyers in November 2005.  The Super Lawyers are selected by over 32,000 Massachusetts attorneys who vote based on performance they personally observed in the course of their profession.  Nancy S. Shilepsky was recognized as a Top 100 Super Lawyer and a Top 50 Female Super Lawyer.  Katherine J. Michon was recognized as a Top 50 Female Super Lawyer.

• Barbara A. Robb presented regarding compliance with the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) and the Older Workers Benefit Protection Act (OWBPA) at a Council on Education in Management program, Massachusetts Employment Law Update 2005 on October 27-28, 2005.

• Lawrence J. Casey presented at a Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education program, Effective Discovery in Employment Litigation, on July 14, 2005.  Jennifer A. Yelen contributed written materials regarding punitive damages.

• H. James Hartley spoke at a Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education program, Hot Issues in the Contingent Work Force, on June 13, 2005.

• Lawrence J. Casey and Nancy S. Shilepsky spoke about current trends in executive agreements and compensation at a meeting of VPOG (Vice Presidents of Operations Group) on June 8, 2005 in Lexington, Massachusetts. 

• Katherine J. Michon co-authored "Top Ten MCAD Decisions Of 2004: A Complainant's Perspective," which was published in the Massachusetts Bar Institute's Section Review, Vol. 7, No. 2, in June 2005.

• Nancy S. Shilepsky co-chaired and Barbara A. Robb presented at a Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education program, Wrongful Termination and Exceptions to Employment at Will, on May 19, 2005.
  
  
• Nancy S. Shilepsky was awarded the Kevin Larkin Memorial Award for Public Service by the Massachusetts Lesbian & Gay Bar Association in May 2005.

• Katherine J. Michon was a contributing author to the “Employment 101” chapter of Winning Legal Strategies for Employment Law: What Every Company Should Know About Labor Law Legal Compliance, published by Aspatore, Inc. in April 2005.

• Barbara A. Robb presented at the Massachusetts Bar Association's Annual Conference on March 4, 2005. She was a member of a panel titled Taking it to the Limit: Contact with Opponent's Current and Former Employees.

• Barbara A. Robb spoke at a Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education program, Representing Clients Before the MCAD, on January 27, 2005.

• Lawrence J. Casey and Nancy S. Shilepsky successfully overturned prior case law in Stonehill College v. MCAD, a case that was listed in the January 3, 2005 issue of Massachusetts Lawyer's Weekly as the #1 "Most Important Decision of 2004" because it "rewrote" the way bias cases are handled in Massachusetts.