John F. Rossi

John Rossi has been a trial lawyer since 1981 and has tried many cases in both state and federal courts, concentrating in the areas of employment law, business litigation, domestic relations and tort law. He is a member of Beta Gamma Sigma, the national business school honor society, the American Bar Association, the Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys, the Massachusetts Bar Association, and is a past officer of the Massachusetts Employment Lawyers Association. Mr. Rossi has been featured in Massachusetts’ leading legal publication on litigation related issues, and is awarded the highest rating from leading lawyers directories.

Mr. Rossi has tried handicap discrimination cases to a jury in Massachusetts under the state anti-discrimination law. He provides legal representation to executives, professionals and businesses in the areas of unlawful discrimination; non-competition and trade secret matters; wrongful termination; defamation in the workplace; severance agreements; corporate and commercial litigation; domestic relations; and torts. He also serves as General Counsel to one of Massachusetts’ leading human services not for profit corporations.

In addition to his trial practice, Mr. Rossi also counsels his individual and corporate clients on ways to avoid lawsuits through negotiated severance agreements, the implementation of company policies which tend to prevent claims, and the creative use of alternative dispute resolution techniques such as mediation and arbitration which can, in appropriate cases, serve as speedy and inexpensive mechanisms for resolving disputes.

ADMITTED TO BAR:

• 1981, Massachusetts
• 1982 U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit, and United States District Court, District of Massachusetts
• 1988 United States Supreme Court.