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Sheila O'Leary
Associate
Boston
Sheila O'Leary represents clients in all aspects of labor and employment law, including union disputes, employment disputes, and discrimination and harassment claims.
Sheila regularly practices before state and federal courts and before administrative agencies, such as the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Office for Civil Rights and the National Labor Relations Board. She also has tried numerous labor arbitrations before the American Arbitration Association.
She has extensive experience successfully defending employers in discrimination and harassment matters, and also has experience litigating matters related to non-competition, non-solicitation and non-disclosure agreements, as well as related issues of misappropriation of trade secrets.
Sheila regularly advises employers on various employment law matters, including employment contracts, severance agreements, employee handbooks, leave-of-absence issues, discrimination and harassment matters, wage and hour issues, and other workplace matters. She also conducts discrimination and harassment prevention trainings. Her practice also includes advising employers regarding employment issues involved in corporate transactions.
Bars and Court Admissions
Massachusetts
U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts
U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit
professional / civic involvement
Women's Bar Association, Member
Massachusetts Bar Association, Labor and Employment Section, Member
Boston Bar Association, Labor and Employment Section, Member
College of the Holy Cross Alumni Association, Member
Georgetown University Alumni Association, Member
SPEECHES AND CONFERENCES
Speaker, FMLA Intermittent Leave: Minimize Fraud and Maximize Compliance, Center for Competitive Management, Summer, 2007
Speaker, Schmidt Labor Research Center, Labor Arbitration Conference: What is and Is Not Insubordination, Fall 2005
Speaker, Personnel Law Update, Council on Education in Management, Winter 2004
Speaker, Sexual Harassment Training, New England Cultural Consortium, Fall 2003
Speaker, Center for Women and Enterprise, Employment Law Update, Spring 2003
publications
Ten tips for hiring without getting sued, MASS HIGH TECH (February 2, 2007) (with Michael Rosen)
Avoiding Legal Risks As You Expand Your Head Count, BOSTON BUSINESS JOURNAL (July 28 - Aug. 3, 2006) (with Michael Rosen)
Recent Developments in the Law Affecting Compensation, WOMEN'S BUSINESS BOSTON, (Winter 2004) (with Barbara Hamelburg)
Educating Homeless Children, GEORGETOWN JOURNAL ON POVERTY LAW AND POLICY, VOL. VIII (Spring 2001).
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