Katherine Brustowicz - Boston, MA

Overview

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • Suffolk University Law School, Boston, Massachusetts
    J.D.
    Honors: Transnational Law Review Journal Honor Board Member
    Honors: National Health Law Moot Court Competition Team Member
    Honors: Student Bar Association Executive Committee Member, Treasurer
    Honors: Dean of Students Advisory Board
    Honors: Health and Biomedical Law Society Member
    Honors: Women's Law Association Member
    Honors: Torts Feedback Committee Section Representative
    Honors: Suffolk University Law School Trustee Academic Scholarship Award

• Non Legal Education

  • Bates College, Lewiston, Maine
    B.A., Bachelor of Arts
    Honors: Dean's Advisory Committee
    Honors: Pre-Med track
    Honors: Research Assistant, Philosophy Department
    Honors: Teaching Assistant: Psychology Department Philosophy of Psychology
    Major: Philosophy
    Minor: Psychology

Current Employment Position(s)

• Associate

Past Positions

• Honorable Sabita Singh in the Massachusetts District Court Appellate Division, Judicial Intern
• Office of General Counsel at Boston Children’s Hospital, Legal Intern
• Boston Children's Hospital, Clinical Research Coordinator and Data Research Coordinator

Classes and Seminars

• Best Practices for Promoting a Positive Work Environment for Multigenerational Workforces - The Wagner Law Group free webinar, June 24, 2021
  
• Hiring and Promotions: Tips To Help Employers Avoid Legal Minefields - The Wagner Law Group free webinar, October 26, 2020, 1:00 PM (EDT)
  
• How Employers Can Create Effective Diversity and Inclusion Initiatives - Co-panelist withDavid Gabor, The Wagner Law Group Free Webinar. July 2, 2020, 1:00 PM (EDT)
  
• Return-To-Work: Creating a Viable Playbook - Co-panelist with David Gabor, The Wagner Law Group free webinar, May, 14, 2020, 2:30 PM (ET)
  
• Reducing Legal Risk: Protecting Against Claims Stemming from COVID-19 - Co-panelist with David Gabor, The Wagner Law Group free webinar, April 28, 2020, 1:00 PM (ET)
  
• Creating Effective Diversity & Inclusion Initiatives, Co-Presenter with David Gabor, Clear Law Institute webinar, August 24, 2020 - Present
  
• Rhode Island Human Resource Law: What You Need to Know Now, Speaker, National Business Institute Online Seminar, May 26, 2021 - Present

Published Works

Articles

• Mandated Benefits 2021 Compliance Guide - Co-author, Wolters Kluwer, April 2021
  
• Update to Connecticut Paid Family Medical Leave Act - January 12, 2021
  
• An Overview of New Laws Impacting Employers in 2021 - January 6, 2021
  
• Seven Attorneys from The Wagner Law Group Named to 2020 Super Lawyers Lists - November 3, 2020
  
• Independent Analysis of EEO-1 Component 2 Pay Data - July 17, 2020
  
• Managing From Afar: Effectively Adapting to Telework - April 8, 2020
• Five Steps to Help Avoid Mistakes In Light of COVID-19 - March 16, 2020
• The Change in the Equal Pay Landscape and its Impact on Employers - December 10, 2019
• Mandated Benefits 2020 Compliance Guide - Co-authors Dannae Delano, David Gabor, Barry Salkin, Marcia Wagner and Roberta Casper Watson, Wolters Kluwer, December 2019
• EEO-1 Component 2 Data Collection Reinstated, Again - October 31, 2019
• DOL Finalizes Overtime Rule - September 25, 2019
• EEO-1 Report Update: Component 2 Data Filing Deadline Quickly Approaching - September 17, 2019
• Update on Requirement to Report EEO-1 Wage and Hour Data - April 9, 2019
• Massachusetts Issues Proposed Regulations and Toolkit for Paid Family and Medical Leave Act - April 3, 2019
• EEO-1 Pay Data Collection Requirement Reinstated - OMB's Stay Vacated - March 7, 2019
• New York State's New Employment Discrimination Law: GENDA - February 25, 2019
• EEOC Delays Filing Due Date - February 4, 2019
• Is the Partial Government Shutdown Affecting Your Company? - January 24, 2019

Bar Admissions

• Massachusetts
• Maine
• New Hampshire
• U.S. District Court District of Massachusetts
• U.S. Court of Appeals 1st Circuit
• U.S. District Court District of New Hampshire

Other Affiliations

• Massachusetts Bar Association
• Boston Inn of Court Membership Committee
• Maine Trial Lawyers Association
• Society for Human Resource Management
• Women’s Bar Association
• The Federal Bar Association
• Boston Inn of Court Executive Committee