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Choate, Hall & Stewart Offices

Choate, Hall & Stewart
TWO INTERNATIONAL PLACE
BOSTON, MA 02110
MASSACHUSETTS
United States
Visit website 1 617 248 5000 1 617 248 4000

Alison Reif

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areif@choate.com

Position

Alison Reif provides practical and efficient business-oriented counseling and advice on managing all aspects of a company’s relationship with its employees. This includes providing counsel on hiring and employment agreements, terminations and RIFs, disability and leave issues, wage and hour compliance and audits, harassment investigations, employment and severance agreements, employee handbooks and policies, non-competition, and other post-employment restrictions, independent contractor arrangements, employee classifications, and virtually all other issues facing modern employers.

A seasoned negotiator, Alison specializes in finding workable, real world solutions to accomplish business objectives, avoid legal liability, and remain consistent with a company’s culture. She has a nationwide practice, with a sweet spot of mid-sized companies. She is routinely called on to advise international companies, particularly in the United Kingdom and Canada, who are starting operations in the United States and require assistance in navigating local labor laws. She also serves as counsel to a number of independent schools in the New England area.

Alison has successfully represented companies in more than fifty lawsuits brought by their employees, involving a wide variety of claims.

Alison is a member of Choate’s Executive Committee.

Education

Stanford Law School
JD, 1997
Oberlin College
BA, 1993, magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa

Lawyer Rankings

United States > Industry focus > Education

Choate, Hall & Stewart’s Boston-based team showcases particular strength in advising research universities and medical centers on compliance risks associated with international research collaborations, economic and academic espionage. Co-practice head and compliance expert Christine Savage is highly esteemed for her foreign influence expertise. With a separate complex trial and appellate litigation team, co-chaired by joint practice head Joan Lukey and including Justin Wolosz, the group boasts particular strength in consumer class action as well as complex high-stakes litigation and is adept to represent colleges, universities and academic medical centers in internal investigations and government investigations, including investigations pertaining to alleged sexual misconduct, Title IX and fraud. Lyndsey Kruzer and Alison Reif, chair of the firm’s labor and employment group, advise on all aspects of employee relations. Senior associate Mark McPherson has a dedicated foreign influence practice and handles educational matters involving healthcare fraud, securities fraud, and the False Claims Act.

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