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For the second year in a row, Dahlia Rudavsky, Ellen Messing and James Weliky have been recognized in “Best Lawyers In New England.” Recently featured as a special insert in The Boston Globe, Best Lawyers bases its selections on a rigorous peer-review survey of attorneys from across the country. Best Lawyers, published annually by U.S. News and World Report, […]
Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly recently reported on a prominent case filed by a group of registered nurses represented by Dahlia Rudavsky. The nurses, formerly employed by Steward Carney Hospital, allege they were illegally terminated following a hospital-sponsored investigation which falsely suggested they were partially responsible for a series of abuses on patients. The investigation’s results included a […]
James S. Weliky recently served on the faculty of Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education’s (MCLE) recent program, “Employment Law for Business Lawyers & In-House Counsel.” This annual program reviews employment law issues commonly faced by business attorneys and in-house counsel, including: preparing for and managing employment-related litigation, and reviewing offer letters, severance agreements, policies, warnings, non-competition […]
Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education recently held a program on “Proving and Valuing Damages in Employment Cases.” Intended for both employee and management counsel, the program focused on strategies and theories for maximizing, and defending against, damages in employment cases. Dahlia Rudavsky served on the program faculty along with a Superior Court Judge, an MCAD Hearing […]
The Metropolitan Washington Employment Lawyers Association (MWELA), a Washington, DC based local affiliate of the National Employment Lawyers Association, recently invited Ellen Messing to present at their annual conference. This was Ms. Messing’s second invited appearance at MWELA’s annual conference, which is advertised as MWELA’s “hallmark event featur[ing] industry experts presenting on topics concerning all […]
On December 24, 2012, Superior Court Judge S. Jane Haggerty entered final judgment for Messing, Rudavsky & Weliky’s client, Kimberly Schive, in her 13-year-old retaliation case against her former employer, Psy-Ed Corporation. In the lawsuit, Psy-Ed had sued Ms. Schive after she filed an MCAD complaint alleging disability discrimination. Ms. Schive counterclaimed, saying that Psy-Ed […]
Mentally disabled individuals and their advocates were handed a major victory recently when the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled that mentally disabled individuals are entitled to reasonable accommodations in meeting filing deadlines imposed by state law. The case before the court, Mary Jo C. v. New York State and Local Retirement […]
The partners of Messing, Rudavsky & Weliky have recently updated three of their written contributions to the popular series of practice manuals published by Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education (MCLE). Updated frequently, MCLE’s authoritative practice manuals are written by the state’s most trusted lawyers. Messing, Rudavsky & Weliky’s partners have authored or co-authored several chapters appearing […]
For the ninth year in a row, attorneys from Messing, Rudavsky & Weliky have been recognized in Super Lawyers. In this year’s edition, appearing in Boston magazine, Dahlia Rudavsky, Ellen Messing and James Weliky have each been recognized as Massachusetts Super Lawyers. Additionally, Ms. Rudavsky and Ms. Messing have been recognized on Super Lawyers’ list […]
Messing, Rudavsky & Weliky, P.C. is proud to be ranked in “Tier 1” of Boston labor and employment litigation firms in the 2013 Edition of U.S. News – Best Lawyers. The Best Lawyers rankings, published by U.S. News and World Report, are based on evaluations submitted by both lawyers and legal consumers in areas including […]