Morgan, Brown & Joy Partner Jeffrey S. Siegel to Present Startup Boston Week Program, “DEI in the Crosshairs: Navigating Challenges and Driving Impact Through Inclusive Strategies”
Morgan, Brown & Joy partner Jeffrey S. Siegel will speak at the Startup Boston Week program, “DEI in the Crosshairs: Navigating Challenges and Driving Impact Through Inclusive Strategies,” on September 11, 2025 at Suffolk University. Along with fellow panelists, Siegel will explore how startups can continue prioritizing diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in a way that is both impactful and legally sound.
The session, designed for startup founders, people operations leaders, and legal and compliance professionals, will cover key insights on:
- Balancing DEI with evolving regulations—how startups can stay compliant while championing diversity
- Alternative strategies for fostering inclusion without relying on traditional DEI language
- Measuring DEI progress in a landscape where some metrics are under scrutiny
- Understanding legal risks associated with DEI programs and ways to mitigate them
- How business leaders can keep DEI a business priority amid political and legal challenges
For more information and to register, visit here.
Siegel represents employers in virtually every labor and employment scenario. He counsels clients in day-to-day human resources matters, including employment policies and handbooks, wage and hour matters, employee compensation and classification matters, bonus and commission plans, layoffs, restrictive covenants, and employee leave issues. He regularly represents clients at administrative agencies and in court to defend employers from claims made by employees. Siegel also drafts agreements and litigates to enforce or defend claims related to noncompetition, nonsolicitation and trade secrets agreements.
Startup Boston Week, taking place September 8-12 at Suffolk University, is the largest annual gathering for New England’s startup community. This year’s event marks the 9th gathering of the greater Boston startup community, creating an opportunity to join thousands of founders, startup operators, investors, and ecosystem champions for over 100 free sessions featuring 250+ speakers over five days.
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.