About / Kurker Law Group

About

Named one of 20 “Up and Coming Lawyers” for 2011 by Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly (2011)
Named by Massachusetts Super Lawyers & Rising Stars as one of the top up-and-coming attorneys in the state for 2011. Each year, no more than 2.5 percent of the lawyers in the state receive this honor (2011)
Featured in the Boston Business Journal article, “Lawyers Shine Their First Year Out” (2005)
National Organization for Women “Woman of Courage” Award (1996)

Massachusetts Extends Protection to Transgendered Employees
MA High Court Rules on Whether Employee Who Accepted Incentive-Based Lay Off Is Entitled to Unemployment
How Employers Can Host a Summer Party Without Getting Burned
MA High Court Extends Retaliation Protection: Rules Company Retaliated Against Former Employee 2 Years Post-Employment
EEOC Issues Final Regulations Implementing the ADAAA
1st Circuit Rules Employer Took Adequate Steps to Stop Harassment
Supreme Court Rules Employer Search of Racy Texts Did Not Violate Employees’ Privacy
Give Her A Break: Reasonable Break Time Afforded Nursing Mothers
Personnel Records Amendment Places Increased Burden on Employers
A Winter Wonderland Is Predicted: Do You Have A Plan?
MCAD Issues Fact Sheet: Provides CORI Interpretation and Guidance
Co-author, “Employers Bear the Burden Regarding Layoff Criteria,” Bingham.com (June 24, 2008)

What Employers Need to Know about Massachusetts Wage and Hour Laws (Sept. 2011)
Don’t Let a Day at the Beach Land You in Hot Water: Understanding Employer Responsibility and Liability at Off-Site Social Functions (NEHRA Webinar, June 2011)
Your Employment Law Toolkit: What Employers Need To Know About Massachusetts Employment Law (Assabet Valley Chamber of Commerce, February 2011)
Work-Life Balance Seminar for Law Students (Women’s Bar Association, December 2010)
Your Employment Law Toolkit: What Employers Need To Know About Massachusetts Employment Law (Visiting Angels of New England, October 2010)
Sexual Harassment Awareness & Prevention (MPR Associates, Alexandria, Virginia, October 2010)
Boston Bar Association panel “How to find a job in a down economy” (October 2010, Boston College Law School)
Employment Law for Business, Small (and Not So Small): Landmines and Checklists (New England Human Resources Association, September 2010)
“Life is a Balancing Act” (MassMutual Financial Group, April 2010)
Litigating a Case at the MCAD (August 2008, Bingham McCutchen)

Featured in Skirting the Barriers: The Unfinished Story of Women Lawyers and Judges in Massachusetts
Committee Member to redraft the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination’s Maternity (Parental) Leave Regulations
Volunteer Consultant to the Center for Women and Enterprise, a non-profit organization dedicated to helping women start and grow their own business
Member, Northeast Human Resources Association (NEHRA) Legal and Legislative Committee
Co-Chair, Women’s Bar Association’s “Mothers’ Forum”
Member, Middlesex West Chamber of Commerce
American Bar Association
Massachusetts Bar Association Labor & Employment Section
Admitted to practice in Massachusetts; U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts; U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit; United States Supreme Court.