Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Lawyer Overview

Ms. Abowitz is an employment law specialist, with experience in both litigation and consulting. She regularly provides counsel to commercial, individual and educational clients on a variety of issues including: sex harassment; contract/non-competition concerns; anti-discrimination; hiring, termination and severance; employment handbooks and policies; wage and hour issues; reductions in force; record retention; general auditing of employment record keeping and practices.

In addition, Ms. Abowitz provides counsel to educational clients concerning governance issues, student privacy issues in general, and as they are impacted by the Patriot Act and various other federal and state statutes, matters impacting student discipline, tenure and other issues. Ms. Abowitz has appeared and argued for clients before state and federal agencies and courts in employment law matters including, among others, Title VII, the ADEA, the ADA and corresponding state statutes.

Areas of Practice

• Employment

West Practice Categories

Business & Commercial Law, Contracts, Business Organizations, Sexual Harassment, Constitutional Law, Employment Law -- Employee, Wage & Hour Laws -- Employee, Wrongful Termination -- Employee, Employment Law -- Employer, Labor Law

Bar Admissions

• New Jersey, 1995
• Pennsylvania, 1996
• Massachusetts, 2002
• U.S. District Court District of New Jersey, 1996
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1996
• U.S. District Court District of Massachusetts, 2002
• U.S. District Court District of Connecticut, 2005
• U.S. District Court Southern District of New York, 2006
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York, 2006

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Massachusetts Bar Association (Member)

Honors and Awards

• Madison Who's Who, 2005
• Madison Who's Who - VIP Member, 2006
• Massachusetts Super Lawyers Rising Star, 2007

Classes and Seminars

• Adjunct Professor, Employment Discrimination, Merrimack College, 2006
• "2007 Employment Law Milestones and Landmark Cases", ReedLogic Corporation, Video Leadership Seminars, 2007
• Student Privacy Issues in Our Post 9/11 World, National Business Institute, April and October, 2006

Education

• Villanova University School of Law, Villanova, Pennsylvania, 1995
  J.D.
  Honors: With Honors
• University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education, Pennsylvania, 1992
  M.S. Ed.
  Honors: cum laude
• University of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, 1990
  B.A.
  Major: European History and French

Published Works

• Huh, I Didn't Think of That How Improperly Conducted Employment Investigations Can Lead to Malpractice", PLUS Journal, November, 2005
• Coordination, Consistency are 'No-Rehire' Keys, Boston Women's Business, March, 2004
• "Shifting through the Burdens: a Pretext for Clarification - A Study of the Changing Burdens of Proof in Discrimination Cases", Massachusetts Law Review, Vol. 88, No. 1, Summer, 2003

Address

Two Seaport Lane
Boston, MA 02210

Phones

617) 217-5211

Faxes

(617) 217-5200

Emails

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Websites

http://www.cetcap.com