Bret A. Cohen

Bret Cohen chairs the Labor and Employment Practice. His practice covers a range of industries in the drafting and enforcement of non-compete, confidentiality, and other employment-related agreements throughout the United States.

He has also represented individual employees, typically high level executives, in such matters on behalf of the companies who seek to hire them. His practice covers both the negotiation and drafting of relevant agreements and the regular enforcement in litigation of the claims of employers seeking to enforce those agreements.

Mr. Cohen’s practice has also regularly involved advising public company executives on terminations and employment issues and providing advice on a range of matters involving employment agreements, termination of high level executives, worker classification, deal diligence, and hiring oversight and best practices.

Mr. Cohen writes and presents on employment law issues and has authored a range of articles relating to the Defend Trade Secrets Act. He frequently lectures on practice before the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination and on practice before state and federal courts.

Mr. Cohen has served as a contributing author for the Employment Litigation chapter of the Annual Review of Developments in Business and Corporate Litigation, American Bar Association, for a number of years.

Education:

• Saint Louis University School of Law, JD
• University of Illinois, BA

Admissions:

• District of Columbia
• Massachusetts
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
• U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
• U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts