Baker, Ciara R.M.

Year Joined Organization: 2008

Lawyer Overview

Ciara R.M. Baker is a senior associate in the Tax Practice Group. She joined the firm in 2008.

Practice

Ms. Baker has experience with corporate and partnerships transactions, as well as executive compensation and employee benefits issues.

While in law school, Ms. Baker completed internships for the Honorable Patricia Hurst and the Honorable William P. Robinson for the Rhode Island Superior and Rhode Island Supreme Courts.  

Prior to her legal studies, Ms. Baker was an editorial assistant at The Journal of Modern History from 2003 to 2005.

Areas of Practice

• Corporate and Transactional
• Tax
• Executive Compensation and Employee Benefits

West Practice Categories

Affirmative Action -- Employee, Affirmative Action -- Employer, Americans with Disabilities Act -- Employee, Americans with Disabilities Act -- Employer, Business & Commercial Law, Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) -- Employee, Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) -- Employer, Employee Rights -- Employee, Employee Rights -- Employer, Employment Contracts -- Employee, Employment Contracts -- Employer, Employment Discrimination -- Employee, Employment Discrimination -- Employer, Employment Law -- Employee, Employment Law -- Employer, Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) -- Employee, Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) -- Employer, Federal Employer,'s Liability Act (FELA) -- Employee, Federal Employer,'s Liability Act (FELA) -- Employer, Municipal Employment -- Employee, Municipal Employment -- Employer, Occupational Safety & Health Act (OSHA) -- Employee, Occupational Safety & Health Act (OSHA) -- Employer, Pensions, Benefits & Compensations -- Employee, Pensions, Benefits & Compensations -- Employer, Sexual Harassment -- Employee, Sexual Harassment -- Employer, Taxation Law, Transactions, Wage & Hour Laws -- Employee, Wage & Hour Laws -- Employer, Whistleblower -- Employee, Whistleblower -- Employer, Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act -- Employee, Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act -- Employer, Workers' Compensation Law, Wrongful Termination -- Employee, Wrongful Termination -- Employer

Bar Admissions

• Massachusetts

Education

• Boston College Law School, 2008
  JD
  Honors: magna cum laude
• University of Chicago, 2003
  BA, History
  Honors: with general and departmental honors

Published Works

• Investing in Qualified Small Business Stock in 2011, 2011
• Recent IRS Efforts Focusing on Misclassification of Independent Contractors Offer Benefits But Also Present Risks for Employers, 2011
• Massachusetts Tax Reforms Under the Economic Development Act, 2010
• New Health Care Reform: Coverage of Adult Dependents, 2010
• COBRA Subsidy Amended and Extended—Revised Notification Deadline Approaches, 2010
• If at First You Don't Succeed—IRS Releases Section 409A Correction Relief for Certain Documentary "Errors", 2010
• Incentive Stock Option (ISO) and ESPP Reporting Regulations Finalized - Section 6039, 2009

Address

60 State Street
Boston, MA 02109

Phones

+1 617 526 6747 (Business Phone)

Faxes

+1 617 526 5000 (Business Fax)

Emails

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Websites

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