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Morgan, Brown & Joy, LLP200 State Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02109
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Dan represents employers in a variety of labor and employment matters with a special focus on wage and hour compliance and litigation defense in employment disputes. He defends companies facing government audits and wage and hour class/collective action lawsuits frequently. Dan also represents businesses in litigation involving claims of discrimination, sexual harassment, trade secret violations, torts and breach of contract arising from employment relationships.
The former Chief of the Massachusetts Attorney General's Fair Labor Division, which is Massachusetts' principal labor law enforcement authority, Dan was responsible for overseeing enforcement of Massachusetts' wage and hour laws as well as its prevailing wage and public bidding laws. Dan represented the Attorney General before the legislature and prepared legislation on labor standards as well as regulatory guidelines. Working with the United States Department of Labor, he prosecuted multiple civil and criminal cases involving overtime, pension-benefit, tax and insurance fraud. He served previously as an assistant district attorney with the Middlesex District Attorney where he was awarded a special citation for distinguished service. A seasoned litigator, Dan has served as lead counsel in more than 50 jury trials.
Dan is a chapter co-author for Wage and Hour Laws, A State-By-State Survey (BNA 2005), and the Fair Labor Standards Act, Cumulative Supplement (BNA 2007-2009). He is a graduate of Boston University School of Law, where he was a Hennessey Scholar, served as Articles Editor for the Boston University Probate Law Journal and represented the law school on the Craven National Moot Court Team. Dan received his undergraduate degree from Temple University, magna cum laude. He is a member of the Labor and Employment sections of the Massachusetts and American Bar Associations, and sat on the Steering Committee of the Boston Bar Association’s Labor and Employment Section.
