Morgan, Brown & Joy Managing Partner Jaclyn L. Kugell will serve as conference co-chair and attorney Gregory A. Manousos will speak at the Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education (MCLE) Employment Law 22nd Annual Conference, December 6, 2019, in Boston, MA. Manousos’ panel, “Jury Verdicts: the Big, the Bad and the Ugly; How to Get Them and How to Avoid Them,” will discuss best strategies to use when an employment law case is brought to a jury as well as what to look for to deliver a “big win” for a client.
Kugell is the Chair of Morgan Brown & Joy’s Management Committee, representing employers in employment litigation matters in Massachusetts Courts, United States Federal District Courts including Georgia, Kentucky, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Ohio and Rhode Island, and the United States Court of Appeals for the First and Eleventh Circuits. She advises employers on the variety of labor and employment law issues and regularly conducts seminars and training programs on unlawful harassment, preventing discrimination and fostering diversity, effectuating reasonable accommodations, effective and defensible disciplinary tools, supervisory skills, progressive discipline, lawful hiring practices, Family and Medical Leave Act, disability discrimination, and workers’ compensation statutes. Kugell is a regular speaker on employment law and also advises employers on the variety of labor and employment law issues.
Manousos’ practice focuses on the litigation of a broad variety of employment disputes, including discrimination and harassment claims, Family and Medical Leave Act claims, denial of tenure claims, wage and hour disputes, and litigation involving non-competition agreements. He routinely handles cases in federal and state courts, as well as before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination, U.S. Department of Labor, and numerous other enforcement agencies throughout New England and beyond.
MCLE is the Massachusetts legal community’s premier provider of hands-on educational programs and reference materials. Its particular focus is applied law: practical, highly concrete training for attorneys in the essential elements of professional practice. The conference features expert practitioners providing listeners with everything necessary to keep their employment practice up-to-date.
About Morgan, Brown & Joy, LLP
Morgan, Brown & Joy is among the largest management-side employment law firms in New England, representing a wide range of Fortune 100 corporations, educational and health care institutions and small businesses across all sectors of the economy. The firm’s attorneys are known for anticipating and finding solutions to the ever-expanding range of employment-related legal issues in order to avoid the time and cost of litigation. When litigation becomes necessary, the firm aggressively defends its clients and has a proven record of success.