Jerome N. Weinstein Biography - Hirsch Roberts Weinstein LLP

JEROME N. WEINSTEIN

Jerry Weinstein is one of Boston’s most experienced lawyers engaged in the practice of labor and employment law. He has represented a wide range of employers, including hospitals and other health care facilities, colleges and universities, investment and financial services firms, broadcast stations, and manufacturing, transportation, warehousing and publishing concerns. Jerry counsels clients on how to respond to union organizing campaigns, represents clients in unfair labor practice proceedings, leads their labor negotiations, handles labor arbitrations, and advises on the interpretation and application of collective bargaining agreements. He also represents clients in all manner of wage and hour, discrimination and wrongful employment claims, and provides discrete advice on individual employment problems. He has negotiated numerous employment and separation agreements on behalf of both employers and executives.

Jerry has appeared before all state and federal labor and employment agencies, including the Massachusetts Commission against Discrimination, the State Labor Relations Commission, the United States Department of Labor, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and the National Labor Relations Board, as well as in the Massachusetts and federal district and appellate courts.

In addition to his private practice, Jerry is on the faculty of the Boston University School of Law where he has taught a seminar in employment law since 1990.

Practice Areas

• Labor and Employment
• Health Care Law

Appearances and Recognition

Jerry has authored numerous articles on employment topics and frequently speaks before organizations and groups. He was invited to give a series of lectures on American labor and employment law to employer associations in Japan members of which were interested in doing business in the United States. He was a featured speaker at the American Bar Association’s Presidential Showcase Program in San Francisco. He has been repeatedly named a "Super Lawyer" in the field of labor and employment law in Boston Magazine's annual survey, included as a "leading lawyer" in Chambers USA client's guide, and listed for over a decade in editions of The Best Lawyers in America®.

Prior Experience

Jerry was law clerk to the Honorable Clifford O’Sullivan of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit after graduating from law school. He was then employed by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) in Washington, D.C., as a litigating and supervisory attorney, before entering private practice in Boston in 1972. After partnerships in several large law firms Jerry wanted to practice in a small firm environment and was one of the founding partners of Sullivan Weinstein & McQuay. Jerry also has taught a seminar in Employment Law at Boston University School of Law since 1990.

Education

University of Michigan, B.A., Highest Honors, 1963

• Phi Beta Kappa Honorary Society
• Phi Kappa Phi Honorary Society

Harvard University Law School, J.D., 1966