Paul H Merry

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    Paul H. Merry, Esq.
    Firm: Law Offices of Paul H. Merry, Esq.
    Address: 50 Congress Street
    Suite 1000
    Boston, MA 02109
    Phone: (617) 720-2400
    Fax: (617) 742-1887
    E-mail: Contact Us
    Web site: http://www.fairworkplace.net
    Position Litigation Percentage Bar Admissions
    Education Honors Published Works
    Affiliations
    Current Employment Position(s):
    Attorney

    Litigation Percentage:
    60% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
    Bar Admissions:
    Massachusetts, 1979
    U.S. District Court District of Massachusetts, 1979
    U.S. Court of Appeals 1st Circuit
    Education:
    Suffolk University Law School, Boston, Massachusetts, June, 1979
    J.D.
    Honors: cum laude
    Honors: Dean's List
    Honors: Top Fifteen Percent of Class
    Law Review: Suffolk University Law Review, Member

    Harvard College, 1966
    B.A.
    Major: English

    Published Works:
    Labor and Employment Law Section Newsletter (Co-Editor), Boston Bar Association

    "Developing Electronic Evidence", Practical Litigator, Spring, 2003

    MCAD Citator 2003 (Co-editor), Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education Foundation, December, 2002

    "Stalking the Elusive Electron: Developing Electronic Evidence", American Bar Association, Annual Convention, 2002

    "Two Years of Living Dangerously: Life as General Counsel of a State Anti-Discrimination Agency", Employee Rights Quarterly, Aspen Publishers, Inc., Spring, 2002

    "Change in Court Rules Would Assure Preservation of Electronic Evidence", Massachusetts Lawyers' Weekly, Feb. 12 at B3 (29 M.L.W. 1331), 2001

    "Changes are Needed in the Discovery Rules to Maximize Benefits from Electronic Communications", Federal Discovery News, LRP Publications, December, 2000

    "Advising Workers Who Are Being Discriminated Against by Their Current Employers", 2 Inside Employee Rights Litigation 1 (John Wiley & Sons, Inc.), November, 1997

    "Gold for the Golden Years? Evaluating Possible Age Discrimination Claims", Representing Workers Under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, Natl. Employment Lawyers' Assoc, November, 1997

    "Employment Law Update 1997", Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education Foundation, October, 1997

    "How to Evaluate an Age Discrimination Claim", The ElderLaw Report, February, 1997

    "Just Cause Termination: The Employee's Viewpoint", Massachusetts Bar Association, Labor and Employment Law Section Newsletter, March, 1996

    "Notes on Deposition Practice", Civil Deposition Practice: Winning Before Trial, Mass. Continuing Legal Education Foundation, Inc., 1990

    "Fourteen States Bring AAMCO Transmissions' Unfair Practices to a Grinding Halt", National Association of Attorney General Consumer Protection Report, March, 1987

    "Protecting Consumers from Business Failure: Should a Business be Required to Disclose its Financial Distress?" (with Prof. Dwight Golann), Boston Bar Journal, 1986

    "Recoupment of AFDC Overpayments Permissible Where 'Disregarded' Income Available to Offset Assistance Reduction", Case Comment, 13 Suffolk U.L. Rev., Spring, 1979

    Classes/Seminars Taught:
    Deposition Skills, Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, 1990 - 1992

    Handling Age Discrimination Cases, Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, 1992

    Employment Law Seminar, Massachusetts Bar Association, 1992

    Adjunct Professor of Law, Suffolk University Law School

    Employment Law Specialist, University of Massachusetts Donahue Institute

    Speaker, Trends in MCAD Discrimination Decisions, Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education Foundation, 2002

    Speaker, Ethics and Electronic Communications, American Bar Association Labor and Employment Section, Technology Committee, May 15, 2002 - May 17, 2002

    Panelist, Recent Developments in Federal Employment Law, Massachusetts Bar Association, 2001

    Panelist, Conference on Rules to cover Computer-base Discovery, Judicial Conference Advisory Committee on the Rules of Civil Procedure, United States Courts, 2000

    Panelist, MCAD Mock Trial Program, Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education Foundation, 2000

    Panelist, MCAD Certification Training Program, Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education Foundation, 1999

    Panelist, MCAD Regulations Training, Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education Foundation, 1999

    Speaker, Sexual Harassment Seminar, Associated Industries of Massachusetts, 1999

    Panelist, Recent Developments in Disability Law, American Bar Association, October 22, 1998

    Panelist, Duty of Fair Representation, MBA Lunchtime Seminar, 1998

    Panelist, Employment Discrimination Update 97, Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education Foundation, 1997

    Panelist, Annual Employment Law Conference, Massachusetts Bar Association, 1992

    Honors and Awards:
    Fellow - Massacusetts Bar Foundation

    Fellow of the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers, Class of 2001, 2001

    Professional Associations and Memberships:
    Massachusetts Bar Association, Individual Rights Section, 1992 - 1994
    Chair

    Massachusetts Bar Association

    National Employment Lawyers' Association - National Chapter

    National Employment Lawyers' Association - Massachusetts Chapter

    Massachusetts Law Reform Institute, 2001 - 2004
    President, Board of Trustees

    Massachusetts Employment Lawyers' Association, 2002 - Present
    Vice-chair

    Massachusetts Law Reform Institute, 1994 - Present
    Member, Board of Trustees

    Massachusetts Law Reform Institute, 1994 - Present
    Chair, Program Committee

    Massachusetts Bar Association, Labor and Employment Law Section, Employee Rights and Responsibilities Committee, 1998
    Member, Subcommittee for Drafting MCAD Parental Leave Guidelines

    Massachusetts Bar Association, Labor and Employment Law Section, 1998
    Member, Subcommittee for Drafting

    Boston Bar Association, Labor and Employment Law Section, 1997 - 1999
    Member, Steering Committee

    Massachusetts Bar Association, Labor and Employment Law Section, Employee Rights and Responsibilities Committee, 1996
    Member, Subcommittee for Drafting

    Massachusetts Chapter, National Employment Lawyers Association, 1991 - 1996
    Chair, Legislative Committee

    Massachusetts Bar Association, 1990 - 1992
    Chair, Consumer Rights Committee

    Legislative Commission on Psychotherapist Sexual Abuse, 1990 - 1992
    Member, Drafting Subcommittee

    Town Meeting, Wellesley, Massachusetts, 2002 - 2004
    Elected Member

    Wellesley Democratic Town Committee, 2002 - Present
    At-Large Member, Executive Committee

    St. Andrew's Parish, 2000 - Present
    Member, Personnel Committee

    World of Wellesley, 2002
    Program Committee

    St. Andrew's Parish Youth Group, 1997 - 2000
    Assistant Leader

    St. Andrew's Parish
    Vestry

    Luders 33 Association
    Past Commodore

    New England Triton Association
    Past Commodore

    New Bedford Yacht Club
    Member

    Wellesley Choral Society, 1990 - Present

    Wellesley College Collegium Musicum, 1996 - 1999

    Wellesley College Collegium Musicum, 2002 - Present

    St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, 2001 - Present
    Substitute Bass Soloist

    Roman Music Festival Chorus, 1997 - 2001

    Troop Committee, Troop 186, Boy Scouts of America, 1991 - 1994

    Sexual Harassment Update Program Massachusetts Bar Association, 1998
    Chair

    Taking Depositions Workshop, Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education Foundation, 1995 - 2000
    Co-Chair

    Seminar on Age Discrimination Law, Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education Foundation, 1992
    Chair

    Past Employment Positions:
    Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination, General and Special Counsel; Chief of Enforcement Division, 1998 - 2000

    Messing and Rudavsky, Of Counsel, 1996 - 1998

    Garrity, Levin & Muir, 1990 - 1996

    General Consumer Protection Division, Massachusetts Department of Attorney, Assistant Attorney General, 1983 - 1990

    Division of Public Charities, Massachusetts Department of Attorney General,, Assistant Attorney General, 1980 - 1983

    Superior Court Department, Trial Court of the Commonwealth, Law Clerk to the Justices, 1979 - 1980

    The Sun, Chief, State House Bureau, 1976 - 1979

    The Sun, Weekly Columnist, 1976 - 1979

    The Sun, Courts, Middlesex County Reporter, 1976 - 1979

    The Sun, Editor of Life Department, 1976 - 1979

    Rochester (NY) Times-Union, Reporter, 1970 - 1975

    Waltham News Tribune, Reporter, 1970 - 1975

    Boston Herald News-Tribune, Correspondent, 1970 - 1975

    Languages:
    German
    Spanish
    French
    Birth Information:
    1944, Buffalo, New York, United States of America
    West Practice Categories:
    Employment Law -- Employee, Employment Law -- Employer, Labor Law, Mental Health, Environmental Law, Family Law
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