Emily Smith-Lee
Employment & Labor, Employment & Labor - Plaintiff, Wills, Trusts, & Probate (Transactional/Litigation)
Sharon, Massachusetts
Personal Introduction
Emily Smith-Lee has more than twenty years experience as a business and employment lawyer and litigator, including small business litigation, employment and consumer disputes, contract review and general business law advice. She was formerly a partner at a large Boston, Massachusetts law firm, where she handled business litigation, contract and trade secret and non compete claims. In 2009, she started her own law firm, which became slnlaw llc in 2016. Since starting her own business, Emily has represented individuals and businesses in civil litigation involving trade secrets, non compete agreements, business litigation, and labor and employment law. She has helped employees invalidate or re-negotiate their non compete agreements, obtained settlements for dozens of employees in overtime, wage and hour, employment discrimination, and independent contractor misclassification lawsuits, and favorably resolved numerous business disputes. Emily also helps small businesses with preventative legal advice on employment and contract issues, and negotiation and drafting of key business contracts, including vendor agreements and acquisition agreements. Emily has been named a Massachusetts Super Lawyer every year since 2013, and was selected as one of Masaschusetts Lawyers' Weekly "Lawyers of the Year" in 2018 for her work obtaining a precedent-changing decision from the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court.
Practice Composition
Transactional/Litigation
Education
Practice Summary
Attorney Emily Smith-Lee specializes in business and employment law. Her firm also handles wills and trusts and simple probate administration in Massachusetts. Employment: slnlaw works with both employees and employers. On the employee side, we handle discrimination, retaliation, and wage and hour issues. We also represent employees with non-compete and other employment agreements. On the employer side, our services range from proactive advice to avoid risk and litigation to defense of employment-related lawsuits. Our employer-side clients are typically small business, with 2-20 employees, though we can help anyone with an employment-related question. Business: our business services include litigation, corporate formation, contract review and drafting (to the extent what is needed is within the scope of our experience). Estate planning: we offer full service estate planning, as well as non-contested probate administration.
Response Time
1 day
Awards
Lawyers Weekly- Lawyer of the Year Award
Superlawyer
Affiliations
Massachusetts Bar Association
National Employment Lawyers Association
Women's Bar Association of Massachusetts
Personal Interests & Charitable Work
Emily has been a local elected official in the town of Sharon, MA since 2010, serving eight years on the School Committee, and as a Select Person since 2018. She also serves on the advisory board of The Law, Your Money, and You, a local nonprofit dedicated to improving financial and legal literacy. She and her husband are also in the process of restoring a 19th century hotel in Western Massachusetts. The Inn is a landmark building in the town of Chester, MA, but has been unused for 35 years. The plan is to re-open as an Airbnb and event space in the summer of 2024.
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