

Practice Focus and Experience
Gary Feldman advises employers and business executives in all aspects of
employment-related issues and policies, and he regularly litigates employment
issues before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Massachusetts
Commission Against Discrimination and in federal and state courts. His employment
practice also involves the negotiation of executive employment agreements,
noncompetition agreements, intellectual property agreements and severance
agreements. In the course of his litigation practice, Gary has represented
individuals, stockholders, and private and public corporations before federal
and state trial courts, appellate courts, arbitration panels, and alternative
dispute forums throughout Massachusetts and New England. He also has extensive
experience in a wide variety of business and commercial litigation matters.
Representative Matters
- Successfully defended an automobile dealership and two of its employees in Norfolk Superior Court against a motion by a competitor for a preliminary injunction for the alleged violation of a noncompetition agreement.
- Successfully represented a distinguished Northeastern University tenured
professor in an arbitration proceeding concerning a disciplinary action.
- Prosecuted and defended numerous Federal and Superior Court actions
involving non-compete agreements in a wide variety of industries, including
high technology, employee staffing, manufacturing, banking, and wholesale
produce brokerage.
- Acted as lead trial counsel in a jury trial in the Business Litigation
Session between shareholders of a close corporation involving claims of
breach of fiduciary duty, shareholder status and wrongful termination.
- Acted as lead trial counsel in the first decision in Massachusetts
setting the circumstances under which overweight is considered a handicap.
- Represented numerous senior level executives in the negotiation and
preparation of executive employment and compensation agreements in a variety
of high technology and financial businesses.
Representative Reported Cases
- Workgroup Technology Corp. v. MGM Grand, LLC, 246 F.Supp.2d 102
(D.Mass. 2003).
- FLEXcom Co., Inc. v. McSherry, 123 F.Supp.2d 42 (D. Mass. 2000).
- Doe v. Bell Atlantic Business Systems, Inc., 162 F.R.D. 418
(D. Mass. 1995).
- Fortune Management, Inc. v. Bly, 118 F.R.D. 21 (D. Mass. 1987).
Professional
- Distinctions: Peer review "AV" rated by Martindale-Hubbell, the highest bestowed rating; Massachusetts Super Lawyer, 2004, 2006, 2007.
- Admitted: Massachusetts; United States District
Court for the District of Massachusetts; United States Court of
Appeals for the First Circuit.
- Member: Massachusetts Bar Association; Boston Bar
Association.
Articles
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Pay Equity After 'Goodyear': Can Employers Afford to Relax?
Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, Judith Ashton and Gary M. Feldman (coauthors)
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Jumping the Gun on Weight Discrimination, The Boston Globe, Judith Ashton and Gary M. Feldman (coauthors)
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Workplace Privacy,
Human Resources, Winter 2006, Judith Ashton and Gary M. Feldman (coauthors)
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Massachusetts Same-Sex Marriage Ruling Creates Groundbreaking Issues in the American Workplace,
New England In-House, Judith Ashton and Gary M. Feldman (coauthors)
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Massachusetts Same-Sex Marriage Ruling Creates Groundbreaking Issues in the American Workplace,
Employee Relations Law Journal, Winter 2004, Judith Ashton and Gary M. Feldman (coauthors)
News
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Gary M. Feldman
Shareholder
direct 617.589.3874
fax 617.305.3164
Practice Areas
Education
- J.D., Boston University School of Law (Edward
F. Hennessey Scholar), 1982.
- B.A., Washington University, 1979.
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