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Martha J. Zackin

Of Counsel
617.348.4415
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Boston


Education

  • Boston College (JD)
  • Boston College (MA, Counseling Psychology)
  • Emory University (BA)

Bar Admissions

  • District of Columbia
  • First Circuit Court of Appeals
  • Massachusetts
  • United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Martha has more than 20 years of experience advising and representing clients on a broad range of employment law issues and in adversarial proceedings. In her role as an advisor to employers, boards of directors, and executives, she regularly provides practical advice and counsel on a wide range of employment-related issues, including employee relations and policy matters; employee classification and wage and hour laws; violations of noncompetition, nonsolicitation, and nondisclosure agreements; employee training; employment and separation agreements; affirmative action; mergers and acquisitions; and internal investigations. Martha has represented clients before administrative and governmental agencies, courts, arbitrators, and mediators.

Before joining Mintz Levin, Martha was corporate counsel for Keane, Inc., a billion-dollar multinational corporation with, at its peak, approximately 12,000 employees. Beyond her responsibilities as the sole employment lawyer for Keane, Martha assisted the company with Sarbanes-Oxley compliance, corporate governance, M&A due diligence, SEC matters, and risk assessment. Prior to joining Keane in 1994, Martha was with another major Boston law firm.

Martha is the Associate Editor of and a frequent contributor to Mintz Levin's Employment, Labor & Benefits blog, Employment Matters. She is frequently asked to provide expert commentary on various employment issues, and has appeared on The Emily Rooney Show and been quoted in MSNBC.com, Boston Business Journal, Business Insurance, and Workforce Management.  

Representative Matters

  • Secured a $7.8 million judgment on breach of contract and civil conspiracy claims, following a five-day arbitration hearing before a three-member, neutral panel
  • Successfully resolved an EEOC class action lawsuit, on highly favorable terms
  • Helped the governance committee of the board of directors of a publicly traded company successfully navigate through a high-profile CEO departure, following the public airing of sexual harassment allegations against the executive
  • Successfully resolved OFCCP and DOL audits
  • Successfully represented employers and individual executives in numerous proceedings alleging violations of state and federal antidiscrimination laws
  • Successfully represented employers (and employees) in enforcing (and challenging) noncompete and nonsolicitation agreements 

Recognitions & Awards

  • Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly: In-House Leader in the Law (2007)

Professional & Community Involvement

  • Director, Bird Street Community Center, an independent, nonprofit youth organization. Bird Street's mission is to provide inner-city, low-income, high-risk youth with critical programs and services to help them rise above poverty, to become the first in their families to graduate from college, to lead the community as a place of peace and prosperity, and to thrive as the adults of tomorrow.
  • Contributor, AIM Business Insider