Employment Law and Litigation Law Firm in Boston, Massachusetts

Swartz Law, LLC

77 Franklin Street, 3rd Floor
Boston, Massachusetts 02110
USA

(617) 871-1500

(617) 300-8894

www.tswartzlaw.com

Contact Tara M. Swartz

Law Firm Overview

Swartz Law, LLC specializes in all aspects of employment law, including racial discrimination, gender discrimination, disability discrimination, sexual harassment, retaliation, pregnancy discrimination, national origin discrimination, FMLA claims, family responsibility discrimination, discrimination in education, non-competition (non-compete) agreements, non-solicitation agreements, non-disclosure agreements, severance package review and negotiation, employment contracts, wage and hour disputes, unemployment benefit hearings, contract development and negotiation, tort claims in employment law, whistleblowing, public employees, etc.

Our firm represents private and public employees in the Boston metropolitan area and throughout Massachusetts.

Year this Office was Established: 2011

Languages: English

Practice Areas

Additional Practice Areas: Wage and Hour Claims; Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA); Retaliation Claims; Noncompete, Non-solicitation, and Nondisclosure Agreements; Tort and Contract Claims in Employment; Public Employees; Severance Package Review and Negotiation.

Practice Areas Description

Our employment law practice includes:

- Discrimination Claims

State and federal employment laws seek to protect employees from discrimination in the workplace. With a decade of experience handling employment law matters, Attorney Tara Swartz can help you navigate the complex legal process and protect your workplace rights against discrimination based on:

• Gender
• Pregnancy
• Race or ethnicity
• Age
• National origin
• Religion
• Sexual orientation
• Disability, including for a failure to provide reasonable accommodations

- Sexual Harassment Claims

With a decade of experience protecting employees' rights in employment law, Attorney Tara Swartz understands the sensitivity sexual harassment claims require. She offers collaborative, creative and confidential representation in filing:

• Quid pro quo sexual harassment claims — This type of harassment involves an exchange of sexual favors for benefits such as a promotion or pay raise. Conversely, if such advances are rejected and you experience adverse action such as demotion or termination, you could have a quid pro quo claim.
• Hostile work environment sexual harassment claims — These claims involve issues in which derogatory, stereotypical or humiliating comments and jokes occur repeatedly in the workplace such that it creates an offensive or intimidating work environment. Whether your harassment constitutes a hostile work environment claim depends on the regular occurrence, severity and pervasiveness of these comments.

- Retaliation and Wrongful Termination

Attorney Tara Swartz of Swartz Law, LLC, represents employees in Boston and throughout Massachusetts who were wrongfully terminated or face other retaliation for addressing problems in the workplace. Working collaboratively with you, she seeks to help you enforce your workplace rights and achieve the best possible outcome.

- Whistleblowing Claims and The False Claims Act

If you were wrongfully let go after reporting an illegal incident or ongoing business practice, you can talk with Attorney Tara Swartz, of Swartz Law, LLC, in Boston, Massachusetts. She will help you enforce your workplace rights and protect your interests in pursuing legal action against responsible parties.

- Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)

At Swartz Law, LLC, we help individuals in Boston and throughout Massachusetts navigate the FMLA process. Determining whether the FMLA applies to your employer or whether your particular situation is a "qualifying" circumstance entitling you to rights and benefits under the FMLA can be complicated. Swartz Law has the knowledge and experience to assist you in navigating the FMLA process. Attorney Tara Swartz works collaboratively with you to determine your eligibility and to protect your rights so that you can take the time off from work you need, or to hold your employer accountable if your FMLA rights were violated.

- Wage and Hour Claims

Many employees feel helpless when they are not paid for their work or when they are taken advantage of and not paid overtime. As an experienced employment law attorney, Attorney Swartz will help you understand your rights and fight for you to recover what is owed to you. Drawing on her knowledge and experience, she can help you with claims involving:

• Nonpayment of wages
• Unpaid overtime
• Failure to include accrued vacation and other benefits upon termination

The process for negotiating fair compensation or pursuing damages for unpaid wages is complex and often very fact-specific. After reviewing your case in detail, Attorney Swartz will help you assess the potential time, expense and risk of pursuing various options. Whatever decision you make, she will help you navigate the entire process from start to finish.

- Noncompete, Non-solicitation, and Nondisclosure Agreements

To evaluate the particulars of your non-competition, non-solicitation or nondisclosure agreement to determine whether it is enforceable, you should talk with an experienced employment lawyer. At Swartz Law, we provide services in review and negotiation of such agreements. We also represent employees in disputes or against allegations of violations by a former employer. We serve clients throughout Massachusetts, including the Boston metropolitan area, the North and South Shores, the Cape and Islands, and central and western Massachusetts.

- Tort and Contract Claims in Employment

With a decade of experience handling a wide variety of employment law issues, Attorney Swartz can answer your questions and help you understand your workplace rights under Massachusetts and federal employment laws. Her experience includes handling contract and tort claims such as:

• Breach of contract
• Violations of the covenant of good faith and fair dealing
• Interference with contractual or business relations
• Unreasonable non-compete, non-solicitation or non-disclosure requirements
• Defamation

- Public Employees

If you are a public worker and need to protect your workplace rights, you can contact Swartz Law, located in Boston, Massachusetts. We represent a wide variety of public workers in all aspects of employment law. Our firm helps to protect employees' workplace rights through creative, cost-effective and zealous representation.

- Severance Package Review and Negotiation

At Swartz Law, we provide services in review and negotiation of severance packages for employees throughout Massachusetts, including the Boston metropolitan area, the North and South Shores, the Cape and Islands, and central and western Massachusetts. Working collaboratively with you, Attorney Tara Swartz will help you understand the particulars of your agreement and to negotiate more favorable terms where necessary. Our goal is to help you move forward with confidence.