2011 Super Lawyers Pro Bono Award
Attorney Profile

Philip J. Gordon

Philip Gordon

Gordon Law Group, LLP
585 Boylston Street
Boston, MA 02116

Boston

Massachusetts (MA)

Contact Contact Philip J. Gordon
T: 617-536-1800
F: 617-536-1802

Visit: www.gordonllp.com
Practice Areas: Employment Litigation: Plaintiff (60%), Class Action/Mass Torts (30%), Employment & Labor (10%)

Employment Litigation: Plaintiff

Class Action/Mass Torts

Employment & Labor

Profile

Philip's employment practice focuses on the employee, representing employees in every aspect of the employment relationship, with a particular concentration on class and collective action litigation for overtime pay, minimum wages, regular wages and commissions. Philip also has expertise with respect to negotiation of executive employment contracts and equity packages, including matters related to stock options and other forms of equity, as well as severance payments, acceleration clauses, vacation benefits and bonuses. Philip also has expertise with respect to misclassification of employees as independent contractors, treatment of non-exempt employees as exempt, and enforcement of executive liability. Philip has acted as lead counsel in federal and state court; acted as lead negotiator in direct and facilitated dispute resolution sessions; and negotiated employment contracts, option contracts, noncompetition agreements and severance agreements.

Selected To

Massachusetts Super Lawyers 2011
Massachusetts Super Lawyers 2010
Massachusetts Super Lawyers 2009
Massachusetts Super Lawyers 2008
Massachusetts Super Lawyers 2007
Massachusetts Super Lawyers 2006
Massachusetts Super Lawyers 2005
Massachusetts Super Lawyers 2004

About Philip Gordon

Admitted: 1995, Massachusetts

Professional Webpage: gordonllp.com/about/pgordon.aspx

Honors and Awards:

  • 40 Under 40, Boston Business Journal
  • Judicial Law Clerk to Justice Charles Fried, Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, Judicial Clerkship

Bar/Professional Activity:

  • President, Massachusetts Employment Lawyers Association (2010 - present)
  • Chair, Wage and Hour Committee of the Massachusetts Employment Lawyers Association (2006-2010)

Pro bono/Community Service:

  • Board Member, Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition

Scholarly Lectures and Writings:

  • One of Massachusetts's leading treatises on the laws governing overtime, Co-Author, Overtime Provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act and Massachusetts State Law, MCLE, 2008
  • Lecture to the Harvard Business School Alumni Association on executive compensation matters., Lecturer, Salary Negotiations: Aligning Your Interests and Lining Your Pockets, Harvard Business School Alumni Association, 2008
  • Chair of panel discussing Wage and Hour Issues to the New England Regional Conference of the National Employment Lawyers Association., Chair, Wage and Hour Issues, New England Regional Conference of the National Employment Lawyers Association, 2008
  • Lecture on compensation law as it impacts pharmacists and others who work in the pharmacy environment., Speaker, Compensation Law in the Pharmacy, 2008
  • Lecturer, Win-Win: Negotiating the Employment Relationship for Success, Harvard Business School Alumni Association, 2009

Video:

  • Mr. Gordon discusses the consequences of lying on your resume with FOX News, FOX News, 2010
  • Mr. Gordon discusses employer privacy policies with WBZ News, WBZ News, 2010

Educational Background:

  • Bowdoin College
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