Tamsin R. Kaplan
Practice Focus and Experience
Tamsin Kaplan practices in the Business Law, Employment, and Litigation areas. She also provides alternative dispute resolution services to parties involved in business and employment disputes and other civil litigation matters. Tamsin has extensive experience representing businesses, executives and other high-level professionals on a full range of employment-related issues, including recruitment, hiring, discrimination, negotiation of employment agreements, breach of contract, non-competes, discipline, and termination. Tamsin works with clients in a wide variety of industries, including education, health care, manufacturing, technology, and service industries. She regularly litigates employment issues before the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination, and in federal and state courts. She also advises employers regarding employee handbooks, employment audits, workplace investigations and trainings on diversity, harassment, and other topics.
Professional
- Distinctions: Massachusetts Super Lawyer 2009, 2010, 2011.
- Admitted: Massachusetts; United States Supreme Court; United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit; United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts; Supreme Judicial Court, Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
- Member: American Bar Association; Massachusetts Bar Association; Boston Bar Association; Women's Bar Association (Board Member - 2009-present).
- Arbitrator: American Arbitration Association Expedited Commercial Panel.
Community Involvement
- Labor and Employment Curriculum Advisory Committee, Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education (2010-present)
- Board Member, Belmont Media Center (2011-present)
Publications and Speaking Engagements
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Job Law - Case by case, a look at decisions and their impact,
Boston Business Journal, Gary M. Feldman and Tamsin R. Kaplan (quoted)
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'Wal-Mart' and What it Means for Future Class Actions, Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, Tamsin R. Kaplan and Charla Bizios (coauthors)
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Employment Agreements
Advising a Massachusetts Business, Chapter 4, Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, 2011, Tamsin R. Kaplan (author)
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Employee Handbooks in Massachusetts: Benefis, Pitfalls and Preserving At-Will Employment,
Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, Tamsin R. Kaplan (presenter and author)