Diane G. Rosse, Esq.

Rosse Law Group, P.C., 321 Boston Post Road, Sudbury, MA 01776

Tel: 978-440-9700 Fax: 978-440-9701

Labor Law:  Management practice. Contract negotiation, grievance and arbitration hearings and National Labor Relations Board proceedings.  Cases with IBT, MFT, SEIU, NECOPS.

Employment Law:  Management practice. MCAD, EEOC and state and federal court proceedings; advice on management policy initiatives on accommodations, compensation, discipline, discrimination, harassment; internal and independent investigations; seminars on employment and diversity issues, evaluation techniques, safety and health issues, sexual harassment and union work issues and organizing.

Higher Education Law:  University practice. Advice, review and training on student and faculty handbooks, disability issues, fraternity/sorority matters; safety; free speech, student immigration, FERPA, RIAA subpoenas and tenure procedures.  Representation before the OCR and state and federal courts.

Representational Clients:  Bentley University, DM Stat., Inc., Minute Women, Inc., The Regal Press, Tufts University, Wentworth Institute of Technology.

EXPERIENCE

Rosse Law Group, P.C., 2007 (formerly of Fee, Rosse & Lanz, P.C., Sudbury, MA.  2002-2007).

Nutter, McClennen & Fish, LLP, Labor and Employment Law Group, Equity Partner, 1995-2002.  Labor and Employment Law Department Manager, 1996-1999.

Office of the General Counsel, Special Litigation Branch, National Labor Relations Board, Washington, D.C., 1987-1989.  Defense of NLRB and Regional Director decisions.  Cases of first impression on NLRB's rulemaking for health care industry unit, bankruptcy and jurisdictional issues.

BAR ADMISSIONS AND TRAINING

Massachusetts, New York (retired), and the U.S. Courts of Appeal for the District of Columbia, First, Second, Fourth, Seventh, and Ninth Circuits. American Arbitration Association, mediator and ADR training programs. National Association of College and University Attorneys: Institute Member.

EDUCATION AND HONORS

Fordham University School of Law, Juris Doctor, cum laude, 1986. 

Union College. B.A., magna cum laude, 1982.  Phi Beta Kappa and Pi Sigma Alpha.

Massachusetts Super Lawyers, Labor and Employment, 2004.

ARTICLES

Employment Law Columnist, Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly.  BostonWorks, The Boston Globe.

COMMUNITY SERVICE

Wilson Middle School Council, 2006-present. Natick Extended Day, Board of Directors, 2003-2006. Bennett-Hemenway PTO Section Chair, 2003-2006.  Union College alumni interviewer.