Goodwin's employment team provides transactional, litigation, investigation, and counselling support to clients across technology, life sciences, healthcare, and financial services. The practice works closely with private equity and venture capital firms to assist with employment issues arising from corporate transactions. Practice head Koray Bulut leads the team out of San Francisco, managing matters concerning trade secrets, employee mobility, sexual harassment suits, and founder disputes. Boston's Robert Hale focuses on litigation matters concerning non-competes, discrimination, and wrongful discharge, while Jennifer Fay advises on executive-level matters and workplace investigations in the life sciences and technology space. Christina Lewis, also based in Boston, negotiates and drafts employment agreements, policies, affirmative action plans, and separation agreements. The team has expanded with the hiring of Meg Thering and Edward Holzwanger. Alexander Flynn-Tabloff left the firm in 2025.
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Testimonials
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- Provides strong domain expertise, is highly advisory, and is consistently reliable and responsive.
- Meg Thering was a huge help and extremely helpful in making sure we were able to comply with a wide range of otherwise inscrutable requirements across multiple states.
- 'Meg Thering was a huge help and extremely helpful in making sure we were able to comply with a wide range of otherwise inscrutable requirements across multiple states.'
- Great team. Strong expertise and problem-solving experience.
- Great team. Strong expertise and problem-solving experience.
- Koray Bulut is an exceptional employment law partner. Highly advisory and pragmatic, delivering clear, actionable guidance. A reliable and trusted resource for our most complex and sensitive matters.
Key clients
- Dascena
- PocketFM, Inc.
- Technogym S.p.A.
- LoveFrom
- Repligen Corporation
- Rocket Mortgage, LLC
Work highlights
Represented Dascena (now DBA CirrusDX), a California-based healthcare company, and four of its venture-capitalist board members in a wrongful termination lawsuit involving Ritankar Das, the company’s former founder and CEO, who was terminated for misconduct.
Defending PocketFM, an audio content platform, in three separate class actions and seven lawsuits brought by individual independent contractors.
Represented Technogym, a fitness and wellness equipment company, in a PAGA representative action brought by a former sales employee.
Practice head
Koray Bulut
Other key lawyers
Robert Hale; Jennifer Fay; Christina Lewis; Meg Thering; Edward Holzwanger