We are proud to announce that Denise Chicoine, Edward Englander and Bill Hoch have joined our firm as Partners in our Boston office. The breadth and depth that they add to our firm in their areas of practice will be an enormous benefit to our clients.
Denise Chicoine has concentrated her practice in employment law. She handles a wide array of employment issues, such as noncompete agreements, severance agreements, disability accommodation, and employee benefits. She represents management and individuals at the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination and in state and federal courts on claims involving wrongful termination, retaliation, and workplace harassment. In addition to litigating employment cases, Ms. Chicoine advises employers on developing employment procedures and policies to manage their workforce. Ms. Chicoine is certified by MCAD to conduct trainings regarding discrimination, employee leave, and accommodation rights. She also has extensive experience litigating beach rights claims, municipal land use matters and in appellate advocacy, and has served as a lecturer for Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, the Massachusetts Bar Association, and Lorman Education Services.
Edward Englander has more than 30 years of experience advocating on behalf of clients. His practice is concentrated on civil matters across a broad range of the law. Mr. Englander has litigated cases in Massachusetts and federal courts in the areas of real estate, employment, business disputes, and municipal disputes. He has successfully litigated and resolved innumerable complex cases including with respect to employment disputes, non-competition agreements, beach rights, easements, boundary disputes, agricultural preservation restrictions, bank fraud, ownership of real estate, leases, the Colonial Ordinance of 1641-47, adverse possession, easements by prescription, contracts, purchase and sale agreements, and construction. Mr. Englander’s vast experience also includes real estate conveyancing, analyzing complex back titles, condominium conversions, and real estate leases.
Bill Hoch has been an employment law attorney for 25 years. He has focused on representing companies trying to manage workforce issues and defend against employee lawsuits. He has successfully defended employment law cases before state and federal agencies, trial courts, and appellate courts. In addition to his trial work, Mr. Hoch has advised companies on human resources practices and employment law, both as outside and in-house counsel. With 15 years of experience as in-house counsel, he is able to provide valuable insight and solutions to clients on HR matters from the employer’s perspective. Mr. Hoch is also an investigator and trainer certified by the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination. He has conducted investigations into a broad range of employee misconduct and provided training and spoken on numerous topics of interest to employers including workplace discrimination and harassment, duties of a manager, and managing difficult employees.