Anita M. Polli represents employers in all phases of labor and employment law with specific expertise advising healthcare clients including hospitals, healthcare systems and long term care facilities.
Anita negotiates collective bargaining agreements and counsels clients with respect to union organizing campaigns. She handles labor arbitrations, discrimination complaints and mediations, issues of hiring and firing and conducts internal investigations.
Anita has appeared before the National Labor Relations Board, all state and federal courts and before administrative agencies. She has successfully led organizations through complex and highly charged legal problems where there was significant risk of external visibility.
Anita recently negotiated a collective bargaining agreement for a major academic medical center covering almost 1,500 registered nurses and won dismissals of several unfair labor practice charges, which alleged the hospital wrongly implemented a new model of care and nursing rounding policies.
Anita believes training is the most powerful risk management tool to help employers avoid legal liability, and she devotes a significant portion of her practice to training clients how to avoid risk. She has trained entire organizations, from management to staff, on all areas of labor and employment law. Another way in which Anita assists clients in avoiding legal risk is by working with them to develop fair and balanced policies and procedures.
Previously, Anita was a partner in another law firm and has written extensively on labor and employment matters and has lectured for numerous legal, business and human resource organizations.
Education :
- J.D., Northeastern University School of Law, 1988
- B.S., Northeastern University, 1979
Courts :
- U.S. Court of Appeals, 1st Circuit
- U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts
Professional & Community Affiliations :
- Member, Labor and Employment Section, American Bar Association
- Member, Labor and Employment Section, Massachusetts Bar Association
- Member, Labor and Employment Section, Boston Bar Association
- Member, National Health Lawyers Association
Cost
Rate : $$$