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Goodwin Offices

100 NORTHERN AVENUE
BOSTON MA 02210
MASSACHUSETTS
United States
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Robert Hale

Position
Partner
Career
Rob Hale, a partner in and chair of the firm’s Employment Practice, represents employers across a broad spectrum of employment matters.
Education
JD, 1983, Boston University School of Law (magna cum laude) / BS, 1980, Cornell University
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
Goodwin‘s team specializes in delivering advice for clients within the tech, life sciences, healthcare and financial services industries. San Francisco-based Koray Bulut heads up the team and advises on policies and contracts, workplace investigations, terminations and discrimination matters. Co-head Robert Hale consults on investigations and provides advice on layoffs, wage and hour issues, executive employment and terminations. Jennifer Fay has a particular focus on life sciences and tech sector cases and is noted for her ability to handle investigations involving executives and whistle-blower claims. Christina Lewis and Timothy Holahan are also key members of the team. Alexander Flynn-Tabloff joined the team in August 2024. All mentioned bar Bulut are based in Boston.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Industry focus > Cannabis
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
- Intellectual property > Patents: licensing
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: middle-market (Up to $500m)
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Venture capital and emerging companies
Firm Rankings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Dispute resolution > E-discovery
- Labor and employment > ERISA litigation
- Finance > Fintech
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Real estate > Real estate
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Shareholder activism
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- International trade and national security > CFIUS
- Finance > Commercial lending
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
- International trade and national security > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)
- Intellectual property > Patents: prosecution (including re-examination and post-grant proceedings)
- Healthcare > Service providers
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Finance > Financial services regulation