Morgan, Brown & Joy Managing Partner Jaclyn L. Kugell Named a Top Managing Partner by Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly
Boston labor and employment law firm Morgan, Brown & Joy announces that for the third consecutive year, Managing Partner Jaclyn L. Kugell has been named a “Top Managing Partner” by Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly. The list honors managing partners in the Commonwealth who have helped their firms successfully grow, develop and maintain their talent base, kept their firms active in their communities, and have led their firms to achieve important milestones or goals. Kugell and fellow honorees are featured in the publication’s May 25 issue.
Kugell is an established employment lawyer who counsels business owners and management through virtually every scenario surrounding the employer-employee relationship. As Chair of Morgan, Brown & Joy’s Management Committee, she brings strong leadership skills to clients, helping them to make important business decisions and manage their operations efficiently while minimizing risks. Her practice encompasses daily employment counseling, training, employment litigation, collective bargaining, and labor arbitration. Her litigation capabilities shine when representing employers in challenging employment disputes across state and federal courts and regulatory agencies like the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination (MCAD).
Her profound expertise in the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and absence management laws has earned her recognition as a go-to authority in the field. Since the FMLA’s inception in 1993, Kugell reviews and enhances employer leave policies, advises employers on managing employee leaves of absence, and represents employers on claims brought under the FMLA, and related laws. An advocate for employment law training programs, Kugell leverages her extensive experience to deliver training sessions on vital workplace topics such as harassment prevention, diversity fostering, lawful hiring, and disciplinary practices. Her role as faculty co-chair for the MCAD Train the Trainer Program, which she’s held since 2001, further solidifies her reputation as an educator in the law.
She has been recognized as one of Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly’s “Top Women in the Law” and “Circle of Excellence,” and is a recipient of the Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education’s Scholar Mentor Award. She has been ranked Band 1: Labor & Employment in Chambers & Partners USA for over 15 years. She is also a regular speaker for the Disability Management Employer Coalition and MCLE.
Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly is a newspaper that reports decisions issued by all the state and federal courts in Massachusetts, as well as changes to court rules, verdicts and settlements and all other news important to attorneys in the Commonwealth.
About Morgan, Brown & Joy, LLP
For over 100 years, Morgan, Brown & Joy has been among the largest management-side labor and employment law firms in New England, representing a wide range of Fortune 100 corporations, educational and health care institutions and small businesses across all sectors of the economy. The firm’s attorneys are known for anticipating and finding solutions to the ever-expanding range of employment-related legal issues in order to avoid the time and cost of litigation. When litigation becomes necessary, the firm aggressively defends its clients and has a proven record of success.
