Angela represents clients in a range of complex litigation matters including employment litigation, executive and professional liability, products liability, premises liability and bad faith claims. Angela has represented employers before the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination (MCAD), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and in state and federal courts. She represents realtors, attorneys, medical professionals, insurance professionals, accountants and architects in court and before the Massachusetts Division of Professional Licensure.
Prior to entering private practice Angela worked as an investigator at the MCAD, and served as a law clerk to the Justices of the Massachusetts Superior Court.
Practices
- Obtained unanimous jury verdict on behalf of our restaurateur client wherein Plaintiff filed suit claiming glasses fell from a server’s tray and broke as they hit the floor, causing a piece of glass to strike her in the eye, resulting in a permanent injury; the jury found that our Defendant was not negligent, and ruled in favor of our client.
- Obtained defense verdict in an employment case involving allegations of sexual harassment, discrimination and retaliation; after a six-day trial, a unanimous jury found that the plaintiff’s “hostile work environment” claims were untimely, and that the plaintiff failed to prove that our client engaged in gender discrimination or retaliation.
- Obtained unanimous defense verdict at the Suffolk County Superior Court in a personal injury case wherein the Plaintiff was struck by a shuttle bus driven by our hotel client’s employee, and sustained injuries that allegedly required surgery; the jury agreed with our attorneys that our client was not negligent.
Education
- Suffolk University Law School, JD, 1997, cum laude
- University of Massachusetts at Amherst, BS, 1994
Admissions
- Massachusetts
- United States District Court: District of Massachusetts
Professional Memberships
- Boston Bar Association
- Professional Liability Committee Co-chair
- Women’s Bar Association
Languages
- English
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Presentations/Publications
- Regularly presents to insurance claims professionals on the following topics: Updates in employment law; pre-termination checklists for employers; the Massachusetts Consumer Protection Statute; and, unfair claims settlement practices
- Speaker at Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education and Massachusetts Bar Association seminars on topics such as professional liability defense, federal and state practice and taking depositions
Recognition
- Named to the Super Lawyers Massachusetts Rising Stars list annually for three years in the area of Civil Litigation