Sheryl D. Eisenberg Biography - Hirsch Roberts Weinstein LLP

SHERYL D. EISENBERG

Sheryl Eisenberg specializes in all aspects of management-side labor and employment law. She regularly counsels employers across a broad range of industries, including health care, human services, higher education, high technology, and financial services. Sheryl has significant experience representing her clients at all stages of litigation in state and federal court, and has handled numerous proceedings before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the U.S. Department of Labor, the National Labor Relations Board, and the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination.

Sheryl’s clients turn to her for day-to-day advice on a wide range of employment-related matters, including discipline and discharge, leaves of absence, wage and hour law, employee relations, labor relations, plant closings, and reductions in force. Sheryl's practice also focuses on preventive employment practices, including human resource policy development, statutory and regulatory compliance, and advice on the avoidance of discrimination claims. Sheryl’s clients look to her for assistance in drafting or reviewing employee handbooks, employment applications, and other employment related documents, and for guidance in tailoring specific responses to the many unique situations that arise in the workplace.

Sheryl also works with clients in the many aspects of traditional labor law, including day-to-day labor relations, contract interpretation, and processing of grievances. She represents clients at arbitration, defends against unfair labor practice charges at the National Labor Relations Board, and represents employers at all stages of union organizational efforts.

Recognition and Professional Activities

Named a Massachusetts Super Lawyer (top 5% of lawyers) in Boston Magazine

Member, Massachusetts Bar Association Labor and Employment Section Council

Co-Chair, 2011 Massachusetts Bar Association Labor and Employment Law Annual Conference

Co-chaired and served as Faculty Member, Massachusetts Bar Association CLE "Employment Law Basics" Serminar, July 2010

Panel Moderator, "Tough Decisions in Tough Economic Times," Massachusetts Bar Association Labor and Employment Law Conference, June 2009

Panel Moderator, "Do Undocumented Workers Have Rights," Massachusetts Bar Association Labor and Employment Law Conference, May 2008

Past Co-Chair, Massachusetts Bar Association Employment Law Open Forum

Past Co-Chair, Massachusetts Bar Association Labor Relations Open Forum

Member of the Labor and Employment Sections of the American, Massachusetts, and Boston Bar Associations and the Boston Bar Association’s College and University Section

Practice Areas

Sheryl has extensive experience in a wide array of labor and employment matters, including:

• State and Federal Wage and Hour Law
• Employment Discrimination Litigation
• Statutory and Regulatory Compliance
• Human Resource Policy Development
• Leaves of Absence
• Labor Relations
• Arbitration
• Mediation
• Union Organizing Campaigns
• Employee Handbooks
• Layoffs, Reductions in Force, and Plant Closings
• Unemployment Compensation

Publications & Presentations

"The Small Necessities Leave Act," co-authored with Catherine E. Reuben, published in MCLE Massachusetts Wage and Hours Handbook, 2nd Edition, 2010

"The Family and Medical Leave Act: A Defense Perspective," co-authored with Jeffrey L. Hirsch, published in MCLE Massachusetts Employment Law Handbook, 3rd Edition, 2009

"The Small Necessities Leave Act," co-authored with Catherine E. Reuben, published in MCLE Massachusetts Employment Law Handbook, 3rd Edition, 2009

"Pending Labor Legislation Set to Alter Workplace Landscape," December 2008/January 2009, co-authored with Peter Moser, published in MBA Lawyers Journal

"The Family And Medical Leave Act: A Defense Perspective," co-authored with Jeffrey L. Hirsch, published in MCLE Massachusetts Employment Law Handbook, 2nd Edition, Second Supplement 2008

Prior Experience

Prior to the formation of Hirsch Roberts Weinstein, LLP, Sheryl was a partner at Sullivan Weinstein & McQuay, P.C. where she practiced law since 1998.

Bar Admissions

Massachusetts, 1998
U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts

U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit

Education

J.D., cum laude, Suffolk University School of Law
M.A., Teachers College, Columbia University
B.S., University of Illinois, Psychology