The Massachusetts Employment Lawyers Association (MELA) is a non-profit, unincorporated association of lawyers dedicated to advancing the rights of individual employees in the workplaces of Massachusetts. MELA is affiliated with the National Employment Lawyer's Association. Like our national counterpart, our purpose and goal is to protect and promote the rights of working people through litigation and advocacy on behalf of our clients and through the important work done by our standing committees.

Membership in MELA confers a number of important benefits. Click here to see the benefits.

Annoucements:

MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL
Our membership year runs from September through August, so please renew your membership! Please download and fill out a membership form and return it (with your check for dues) to David Conforto, MELA Treasurer, at Conforto Law Group, 8 Faneuil Hall, Suite 300, Boston, Massachusetts 02109.

Hello fellow employee advocates! This is your Distant Early (well not that early) Warning notice that the MELA May meeting will take place at our usual time and location, THURSDAY, MAY 21, at 4:30 p.m. at RODGERS POWERS AND SCHWARTZ, 18 Tremont Street, Boston, Fifth Floor (just up Tremont Street from Boston City Hall Plaza towards the Parker House and Boston Common). Our guest speaker is Margaret Pinkham, an attorney from Goulston and Storrs, who will share with us the inside story of her remarkable victory on behalf of a female surgeon against Brigham and Women's Hospital which resulted in a $1.6 million award after a seven-week trial.

Also don't forget to be present for the vote on upgrading our MELA website. Rob indicates he would like to take the vote before the program, so try to be on time.

Finally, we have elections in June, and NOMINATIONS ARE NOW OPEN for our four elected officer positions, president, vice president, treasurer and secretary. Of our four incumbents, Treasurer Dave Conforto is stepping down due to the term limits provision of our by-laws, so candidates are particularly needed for that position. We have nominations of Rob Mantell for a second term as president; of Phil Gordon for vice-president; and of Jon Feigenbaum for treasurer. But let us (specifically Paul) know who you would like to see in office (including yourself.) Democracy only works if everyone plays, so let us hear from you.

Best, Your Program Committee, Paul Merry and Lori Jodoin

DATES FOR FUTURE MEETINGS 2008/2009:

May 21
June 16

TIME: 4:30PM

LOCATION: All meetings are currently scheduled to be held at the offices of Rodgers, Powers and Schwartz at 18 Tremont Street, 5th Floor in Boston.