Maura A. Greene
Top rated Employment Litigation attorney in Boston, Massachusetts
Maura Greene Law Group
Practice areas: Employment Litigation, Employment & Labor
Licensed in Massachusetts since: 1985
Education: Suffolk University Law School
Maura Greene Law Group
6 Beacon StSuite 910
Boston, MA 02108 Phone: 617-936-1580 Email: Maura A. Greene Visit website
Maura Greene is a Boston employment attorney who has been named as one of the top 50 women attorneys in Massachusetts by Super Lawyers. She is on the list of Best Lawyers in American for employment and employment litigation. She is highly regarded for her practice in representing executives and professionals in biotechnology, technology, pharma, finance, banking, secondary and higher education, health care and retail. She negotiates contracts and compensation for executives and professionals, including offer letters and employment agreements, retention agreements and severance agreements. She represents physicians, nurses and health care administrators. She is a trusted employment law advisor and the managing principal of a Boston employment law firm located on Beacon Hill.
She advocates for her law firm's clients, including C-suite executives, to get the compensation and benefits they have earned and deserve. She has assisted clients employed in start-ups to Fortune 500 companies in successfully transitioning out of their positions with favorable severance pay and benefits agreements that protect their reputations.
Attorney Greene and her legal team also handle sexual harassment claims, as well as gender discrimination, age discrimination, sexual orientation discrimination, pregnancy discrimination and disability discrimination claims. Her firm handles wage and hour claim and claims for overtime pay. The firm's employment attorneys also represent employees who have been misclassified in Massachusetts as independent contractors. She reviews and advises employees on non-competition and non-solicitation agreements, and confidentiality agreements.
Ms. Greene practices before the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination and in the state and federal courts.
Bar Admissions:
Massachusetts, 1985; U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts, 1986; U.S. Court of Appeals, 1st Circuit, 1987; U.S. Supreme Court, 2011
First Admitted: 1985, Massachusetts
Professional Webpage: https://mauragreene-law.com/our-team/maura-greene/
Bar / Professional Activity
- Member, Massachusetts Bar Association, 2026
- Member, Massachusetts Bar Association, 2025
- Member, The Boston Club, 2025
- Member, The Boston Club, 2024
- Member, Massachusetts Bar Association, 2024
Special Licenses / Certifications
- Graduate, Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination, Train the Trainer course regarding Sexual Harassment, 2010
Pro bono / Community Service
- Board of Directors, Mission of Deeds, Reading, Massachusetts Big Sister of Massachusetts, Volunteer
Educational Background
- Smith College, B.A., 1982
Scholarly Lectures / Writings
- Attorney Maura Greene was quoted in an article in Massachusetts Lawyer's Weekly on August 20, 2025 entitled: "Judge rejects Wage Act claim for unpaid travel commissions." , quoted, "Judge rejects Wage Act claim for unpaid travel Commissions", Lawyer's Weekly, Legal, 2025
- Understanding Severance Agreements, Presenter, Boston Society Of Architects, 2011
- Negotiating Severance Agreements, Presenter, Marketing Professionals Network, 2010
- Massachusetts Data Security Act, Presenter, Associated Subcontractors Of Massachusetts, 2010
- Managing the Risk of Social Networking and Electronic Communications, Presenter, Boston Society Of Architects, 2010
- HR Issues and Opportunities, Presenter, Young Designer Professional Development Institute, 2010
- Amendments to the ADA, Presenter, Boston Society Of Architects, 2009
- Non-competition and Non-solicitation Agreements, Presenter, Associated General Contractors/MA, 2009
- Preparing to Succeed in a Summer Job, Presenter, Suffolk University Law School, 2009
- Preventing Harassment and Discrimination, Presenter, Associated Subcontractors Of Massachusetts, 2009
- Managing Finances, IT and Human Resources for a Firm Start up, Presenter, Boston Society Of Architects, 2009
- Managing the Risk of Electronic Communications, Guest Instructor, Boston Architectural College, 2008
Other Outstanding Achievements
- Suffolk University Law Review, 1984
Honors
- Best Lawyers in America for Employment, Best Lawyers, 2026
- Best Women-Led Law Firms, Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, 2025
- Best Lawyers in America for Employment, Best Lawyers, 2025
- AV Preeminent Peer Rated, Martindale-Hubbell, 2025
- Go To Lawyer for Employment, Lawyer's Weekly, 2025
- Best Lawyers in America for Employment, Best Lawyers, 2024
- Boston Magazine Top Lawyer, Boston Magazine, 2024
- AV Preeminent Peer Rated, Martindale-Hubbell, 2024
- AV Preeminent Peer Rated, Martindale-Hubbell, 2023
- Top Woman of the Law, Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, 2021
- Member, Law Review, Suffolk University Law School
Industry Groups
- Architecture
- Banking
- Biotechnology
- Engineering
- Finance
- Health Care
- Higher Education
- Insurance
- Life Sciences
- Manufacturing
- Pharmaceutical
- Retail
- Secondary Education
- Technology
Selections
- Super Lawyers: 2013 - 2025