Elizabeth A. Rodgers
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585 Boylston Street, Boston, MA 02116
About Elizabeth A. Rodgers
Practice Areas
- Employment
Education
- Northeastern University School of Law, Boston, Massachusetts, 1976J.D.
- Wellesley College, 1969B.A.
- London School of Economics, 1971M.Sc.
- Major: Economics
Classes and Seminars
- Adjunct Professor, Northeastern University School of Law, 1978 - 1986
- “Strategic Lessons from Retaliation Cases and Broadway Plays” (National Employment Lawyers’ Association, Regional Seminar “Reining In Retaliation & Winning Whistleblower Cases” April 8–9, 2016)
- “Motive, Mosaic and Mistake-Heffernan and the Expansion of Circumstantial Evidence in Proving Employer Motivation” (presentation to Oregon Trial Lawyers Association September 16, 2016)
- “Challenging Conversations in Employment Law” (presentation at 2015 National Employment Lawyers’ Association, Annual Convention, Atlanta GA, June 24–27, 2015)
- “Medical Records: Federal or State privileges and Client Goals: Successful Motion to protect or strategies to reveal medical records” (Mass. Employment Lawyers Association presentation; October 2, 2012)
- “Doing Depositions to Eliminate Summary Judgments” (National Employment Lawyers’ Association, New England Regional Conference; May 13, 2011)
- “Successful Mediation strategies” Boston Bar Association, June, 2011; and Massachusetts Bar Association, 2010)
- Faculty, “13th Annual Employment Law Conference,” Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education (December 10, 2010)
- “20th Annual Employment Law Conference,” Faculty, Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education (May 24, 2018)
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- Massachusetts, 1977
- Supreme Court of the United States of America
- U.S. Court of Appeals 1st Circuit
Other Affiliations
- Board Member, National Employment Lawyers Association, 2014 - Present
- President, Massachusetts Employment Lawyers Association, 2006 - 2008
- Fellow, American College of Labor & Employment Lawyers, 2008 - Present
Past Positions
- Rodgers Powers & Schwartz, LLP
Articles
Published Works
- Elizabeth A. Rodgers (Co-Author), MCLE: Massachusetts Employment Law (MCLE 2008-2016)
- Elizabeth A. Rodgers (Co-Author), MCLE: Massachusetts Wage And Hour Treatise (MCLE 2008-2016)
- Significant Appellate Tort Decisions in 2010: From Alice In Wonderland And Tramping Through Ice And Snow, Tort Law Lessons For Employment Lawyers (MCLE, Nov. 2010)
- “Is your Client Ready for this? Not your Mother’s Traditional Employment law update”; (Mass. Bar Association, Annual Conference, Plenary presentation, Spring 2010, pp. 251-257).
- “Alternative Dispute Resolution: What Lawyers and Neutrals Love/Hate About Each Other” Plenary presentation (MCLE, October 26, 2009)
- Surviving Summary Judgment in Employment Litigation, NELA October 23-24, Boston, 2009
- “Adverse Actions in Retaliation Cases After Burlington Northern & Sante Fe Ry. V. White”, updated. (National Employment Lawyers’ Association, Fall Conference, Conf. Boston October, 2009, 320-340).
- “Avoiding Summary Judgment-or defeating it if necessary” (National Employment Lawyers’ Association, Fall Conference, Conf. Boston October, 2009, 780-812).
- “Ten Tools of Mediation, Plaintiff’s Vision” (MCLE, Boston, October 2009)
- “Adverse Actions in Retaliation Cases After Burlington Northern & Sante Fe Ry. V. White”
- “Using Mediation and other Strategies to Resolve Employment Claims” (NELA Annual Conference, Atlanta 2008)
- “Retaliation by Circuit” (Mass. Bar Association, May, 2008)
- “Illustrative Emotional Distress Awards in Contract and Tort Actions,” Elizabeth A. Rodgers, Mass. Bar Association: June, 2007 (Materials only)
- “Retaliation after Burlington-Northern”, Adverse actions; Massachusetts Bar Association, September, 2006.
- “Wage and Hour Class Actions” at Suffolk University Department of Continuing Education, -moderator and chair, Wage and Hour Class Actions. April, 2006.
- “Plaintiff’s Perspective for University Counsel,” University Counsel Section, Boston Bar Association, Invited guest speaker, August, 2006.
- “Taxation of Emotional Distress Damages- Murphy & Laveille v. IRS,” Mass. Lawyers’ Weekly, article, September 2006.
- “Significant Employment Law Decisions of the Massachusetts Appellate Courts: April 2003-2004,” Massachusetts Bar Association 25th Annual Labor and Employment Law Conference, April 2004.
- “Significant Employment Law Decisions of the Massachusetts Appellate Courts: April 2003-2004,” Massachusetts Bar Association 25th Annual Labor and Employment Law Conference, April 2004
- Elizabeth A. Rodgers (Co-Author), MCLE: Massachusetts Employment Law (MCLE 2008-2017) (View Article)
Office Info
Other Colleagues
- Class Actions, Employment
- Employment
Nearby Lawyers
- Employment
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