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Prosecution Strategies in Employment Litigation: Video Leadership Seminar with Ellen Messing of Messing, Rudavsky & Weliky PC
ExecSense, Aug 2007, Minutes: 40
The goal of this Video Leadership Seminar is to provide lawyers with insightful strategies for employee prosecution. The DVD is viewable on any computer or iPod (that supports video) and features 40 minutes of live video with Ellen Messing of Messing, Rudavsky & Weliky P.C., sharing her knowledge and experience on best practices for employment litigation. The Video Leadership Seminar provides specific resources such as the most important employment laws, strategies to succeed with employment-based cases and experiences dealing with different types of employee prosecution.
Topics covered in the Video Leadership Seminar include:
- Kinds of Employment Cases Today
- Outside Factors Impacting the Case; our economy, work availability
- Researching the truth behind a claim
- Boundaries of the law
- Choosing your clients carefully
- Deadlines - depending on claim
- Motivations to settle for each party; strategies for settlement
Samples of the types of questions answered in the Video Leadership Seminar include:
- How are prosecutors strategizing to ensure the best outcomes?
- How is the prosecution strategies respondent to the nature of the claims?
- Who is involved in litigation today?
- What procedure is used to explore, identify, and assess the prosecution strategy?
- Which resources are used to develop the strategy and how?
- What process is used to identify the negotiating points?
- What are the components of an acceptable settlement?
- How much time and money is budgeted for negotiating the settlement?
- What factors influence the probability that the claim will settle?
About the Author
Ellen J. Messing is a partner in the Boston firm of Messing, Rudavsky & Weliky, P.C. A cum laude graduate of Harvard University and Boston University School of Law, Ms. Messing concentrates her practice in representing employees in employment litigation, including wrongful termination, discrimination, contract, sexual harassment, and federal and other public employee matters. Recognized by her peers as a national leader among employment lawyers, she has served for over ten years as a Board member of the National Employment Lawyers Association and as chair of NELAs Ethics and Sanctions Committee, and co-founded NELAs Massachusetts chapter. Elected as a Fellow of the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers in 2000, Ms. Messing also served on the Advisory Council to the American Bar Associations Commission on Evaluation of the Rules of Professional Conduct (Ethics 2000 Commission), where she led a coalition of civil rights organizations that successfully lobbied for reform of the ABAs Model Rule of Professional Conduct 4.2 in 2002. That same year, she and her firm won a hard-fought decision from the Supreme Judicial Court interpreting Rule 4.2 favorably for Massachusetts plaintiffs and their attorneys. A national consultant to other employment lawyers on ethics and Massachusetts employment law, Ms. Messing authored the chapter, 'The Ethical Constraints on Talking to Potential Witnesses' in the book Representing Plaintiffs in Title VII Actions; has published extensively elsewhere on employment law and ethics issues; and has chaired or co-chaired the Boston Bar Association Professional Ethics Committee, the Massachusetts Bar Association Labor and Employment Law Section, and the Massachusetts Bar Association Labor and Employment Law Section Ethics Committee. In 2002, Ms. Messing was recognized by Boston Magazine in its 'Best of Boston' list of attorneys concentrating in employment law. She was similarly recognized as a Boston 'Super Lawyer' in 2004 and 2005, and as one of the 'Top 50 Female Massachusetts Super Lawyers' in 2004 and 2005. Ms. Messing has taught law students as an adjunct faculty member at the Boston University School of Law, as well as at the University of Michigan Law School and Northeastern University School of Law, teaching evidence, trial advocacy, and clinical courses. Ms. Messing was recognized as among the best attorneys in The Chambers USA Americas Leading Business Lawyers 2003-2004 Guide, selected for her skill in plaintiffs employment and labor law. According to the Guide, Ms. Messing was described to its researchers as 'smart and tough,' with an 'expert plaintiffs practice.'
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