The Employment Law Counselor Episode 23

Victoria Fuller is a Partner and Co-Chair of the Labor and Employment Practice Group. She practices out of White and Williams' Boston office. Victoria has over 17 years of experience as a civil litigator, focusing on employment litigation and counseling, higher education litigation, insurance coverage and bad faith litigation. Victoria is well-known for her creativity, commitment, efficiency and strategic focus with clients. Victoria regularly represents businesses, educational institutions, and non-profits in employment litigation pending in the EEOC, MCAD, as well as in Massachusetts state and Federal Court. In addition, she counsels employers with respect to a variety of employment matters including hiring, termination (including RIFs), requests for accommodation, policies and procedures, and restrictive covenants. In addition to employment matters, Victoria also defends educational institutions in legal disputes with students. Victoria also represents insurers in complex coverage and bad faith disputes and handles first party property coverage matters.

Laura Corvo represents employers in employment litigation and counsels clients on a variety of employment-related issues. She has extensive knowledge of federal, state and local employment laws and regularly counsels employers on a host of personnel and human resource issues including, employee hiring, discipline and termination matters, reductions in force, wage and hour compliance, family and medical leave compliance, and managing accommodations for disabled employees. Laura frequently conducts harassment and discrimination investigations and provides training to executives, managers and employees on a range of topics including anti-harassment, anti-discrimination and diversity. She also drafts and reviews employment contracts, employee handbooks and other personnel policies. Laura represents employers in litigation involving claims of discrimination, harassment and retaliation in federal and state courts and before various administrative agencies. She is also experienced in the litigation of business tort matters involving non-compete and other restrictive covenant agreements.

Jim Baffa is the Assistant Vice President of Claims at Berkeley Select, where he manages a team of adjusters responsible for handling and resolving management and professional liability claims, including Employment Practices Liability (EPL), Lawyer’s Professional Liability (LPL), and Directors & Officers (D&O) claims for small to mid-sized insureds. In his role, Jim works closely with underwriting, operations, and compliance teams to address issues that may affect claims and the company’s legal obligations. He brings over 20 years of experience in the insurance industry, with approximately 10 years specializing in EPL claims, providing him with deep expertise in both claims management and risk mitigation.