Morgan, Brown & Joy’s Andrea E. Zoia Serves on Advisory Committee for BBA’s Annual Employment Law Conference

Morgan, Brown & Joy attorney Andrea Evans Zoia is a member of the advisory committee for the Boston Bar Association’s (BBA) annual Employment Law Conference to be held virtually on November 18, 2021. In this role, Zoia and fellow committee members developed panels and identified expert panelists. Zoia will also be moderating a conference panel on the interplay of employee benefits and leave programs during COVID-19. This year, the conference will cover pressing issues facing both outside and in-house employment lawyers– including COVID vaccine mandates and accommodations, DEI issues and creating an inclusive workplace, various leave policies available to employees, strategies for managing a remote workforce, and more. To register, visit https://bostonbar.org/membership/events/event-details?ID=38294

 Zoia handles a variety of employment matters facing businesses. A significant part of her practice involves providing day-to-day employment law counsel and advice. She advises in-house counsel and human resource professionals with wage and hour issues, workplace investigations, drug testing, hiring practices, employment policies and handbooks, reductions in force, and employee leave matters. Zoia also conducts onsite training on the prevention of unlawful harassment and on other employment matters in the workplace. Her litigation experience includes defending employers in a wide range of workplace claims including employment discrimination, retaliation, wrongful discharge, breach of contract, and wage and hour class actions.

The Boston Bar Association is the Commonwealth’s premier legal institution, bringing together the brightest and most influential people to lead at the forefront of the profession. Their mission is to advance the highest standards of excellence for the legal profession, facilitate access to justice, foster a diverse and inclusive professional community, and serve the community at large.  The BBA has nearly 13,000 members drawn from private practice, corporations, government agencies, legal aid organizations, the courts, and law schools.

About Morgan, Brown & Joy, LLP

Morgan, Brown & Joy is among the largest management-side 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.