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Areas of Practice
Ilene Robinson Sunshine has practiced labor and employment law in Massachusetts for over twenty-five years. She is chair of the Labor and Employment Law Group of ZAG/S&W LLP, where she represents and counsels employers in a broad range of employment-related matters including employment discrimination, sexual harassment, employee discipline and discharge, handbooks and policy development, drafts executive contracts, and conducts on-site training for managers and employees. She also litigates non-competition cases and all other types of employment-related cases in state and federal courts. Ms. Sunshine previously was of counsel to the office of Hinckley, Allen, Snyder & Comen and served for six years as labor counsel to the Chief Administrative Justice of the Massachusetts Trial Court. She also has served as a hearing officer for the Boston Retirement Board and as a labor arbitrator for the United States Postal Service and the American Postal Workers Union.
Education
J.D., cum laude, New England School of Law, 1979 ·B.A., University of Wisconsin, 1976.
Bar & Court Admissioms
Massachusetts, 1979.
U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts.
U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit PUBLICATIONS ·"Market savvy: Women lawyers hone rainmaking skills," Boston Business Journal (quoted) (July 25-August 4, 2005) "Easing employee stress before fractures appear," Financial Times (January 2004) "Employers can sidestep many pains and perils of downsizing," Boston Business Journal (December 14-20, 2001)
"Sexual Harassment: mysterious after all these years," Women’s Business (February 2001) Co-editor, "A Judicial Guide to Labor and Employment Law," Lawyers Weekly Publications (1990) AWARDS & HONORS
Massachusetts Super Lawyers (2004-2008)
Top 50 Female Massachusetts Super Lawyers (2005-2008)
Top 50 Female New England Super Lawyers and Top 100 Super Lawyers in Massachusetts (2008)
Best Lawyers in America (2006-2009)
Chambers USA (2004-2008)
Fellow, College of Labor and Employment Lawyers, elected 2001
AV Rated, Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory.
Professional & Civic Activities
Trustee, Boston Children’s Museum, 2007-2010.
Board of Directors, Greater Boston Legal Services, 2004-2007.
Co-Chair, Labor and Employment Law Section, Boston Bar Association, 2004-2006 .
Board of Directors and Treasurer, The Lionheart Foundation, 1992-1999.
Board of Delegates, Massachusetts Bar Association, 1992-1995.
Chair, Fee Arbitration Board (1993-1994); Arbitrator (1988-1994), Massachusetts Bar Association
Chair, Labor and Employment Law Section, Massachusetts Bar Association, 1989-1990 Women’s Bar Association, 1995- Present.
Member by appointment of the Supreme Judicial Court, Commission to Study Racial and Ethnic Bias in the Courts, 1990-1994.
Member by appointment of the Supreme Judicial Court, Gender Bias Study Committee, 1987-1989.
Fellow, Massachusetts Bar Foundation, elected 1986.
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