R. Liliana Palacios-Baldwin Biography - Hirsch Roberts Weinstein LLP

R. LILIANA PALACIOS-BALDWIN

Lili Palacios-Baldwin is an experienced employment counselor and litigator, and she routinely advises employers on a variety of labor and employment matters. Lili’s practice focuses on equal opportunity law and compliance, and she provides counseling and educational workshops to corporations and institutions of higher education about issues arising under Title VII, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), the Older Workers Benefit Protection Act (OWBPA), the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA), and the Massachusetts anti-discrimination law, M.G.L. c. 151B. Lili has also assisted employers in drafting workplace policies and procedures relating to equal employment opportunity, among others, and has provided advice regarding workplace equal opportunity functions and organization.

Lili also has an active fact-finding and investigations practice. She frequently advises employers on their internal investigations policies and procedures, and she has also independently conducted sensitive workplace investigations concerning internal complaints of discrimination. Lili has also served as an independent fact-finder for her college and university clients to assist them in meeting their obligations pursuant to Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act and the ADA.

Prior to joining Hirsch Roberts Weinstein LLP Lili was a Senior Trial Attorney with the Boston Area Office of the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. While with the EEOC, Lili was responsible for the litigation of individual and class employment discrimination cases on behalf of the EEOC in federal courts throughout New York, New England, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. She was also responsible for coordinating enforcement efforts with the local Fair Employment Practice Agencies (FEPAs) in each of the states contained within the New York District, including the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination (MCAD).

Lili is bilingual (Spanish/English) and has used her language skills throughout her legal career, especially during a year- long assignment to the EEOC’s San Juan Area Office.

Primary Practice Areas

Employment law and litigation
Equal Opportunity Law in the Workplace and in Higher Education

Bar Admissions

Massachusetts (1998)
U.S. District Court of Massachusetts (1999)
U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit (1999).

Professional Affiliations

Boston Bar Association, Member of College and University Section Steering Committee
Association of Latino Professionals in Finance and Accounting, Law Section (ALPFA Law), Board Member
Massachusetts Association of Hispanic Attorneys, Member
Hispanic National Bar Association, Member
Massachusetts Women’s Bar Association, Member
Massachusetts Bar Association, Member

Selected Presentations and Educational Workshops

• Preventing and Responding to Sexual Misconduct on Campus in the Wake of the OCR’s Guidance on Title IX Compliance, Boston Bar Association
• The Americans with Disabilities Amendments Act and the Final EEOC Regulations, American Association for Affirmative Action
• Practicing Before the EEOC, Massachusetts Bar Association
• Time Off in Massachusetts, Lorman Educational Services
• Injured and Disabled Employees in the Workplace, Maine Bar Association
• Race Discrimination in Employment, San Juan, Puerto Rico (Bilingual Presentation)
• Language Rights in the Workplace, New York, New York
• Equality Roundtable, Montréal, Canada
• Caregiver Discrimination, Boston Bar Association
• Making and Breaking Severance Agreements, Boston Bar Association
• Union Responsibility for Discrimination, Rhode Island University
• Preventing Discrimination in the Workplace: Are You in Compliance?, Massachusetts Extended Care Federation, Boston
• Interviewed and quoted by National Public Radio, various national newspapers and electronic media including The Boston Globe, The Boston Herald, and Lawyer’s Weekly.
• Appeared on Univisión’s Enfoque Latino, and PBS’s Greater Boston with Emily Rooney

Education

Northeastern University School of Law, J.D. (1998)
The Johns Hopkins University, B.A. (1994)