Geri has a multifaceted practice focusing on employment litigation, counseling, and compliance, as well as intellectual property and trade secret matters. In addition, she chairs the steering committee of the Mintz Women’s Initiative, an affinity group dedicated to supporting and enriching the lives and careers of the firm’s female attorneys.
Geri leverages extensive experience as an in-house attorney and trial lawyer and with a broad range of business and employment issues to advise clients across a variety of industries, including food & beverage, consumer products, retail, and technology. Her work primarily involves both litigation and counseling on a broad spectrum of employment issues, including trade secret and intellectual property protection, the enforcement of noncompetition and nondisclosure agreements, independent contractor and employee classification, internal investigations, as well as compliance matters.
Geri returned to Mintz after more than seven years as in-house counsel with a national fast-casual restaurant chain, most recently as vice president and deputy general counsel. In that role, she managed employment, litigation, intellectual property, contract, marketing and advertising, and data security and privacy matters and provided guidance on a broad spectrum of workplace issues and employment-related compliance matters.
During her prior tenure with Mintz, Geri was a Member and Associate, practicing in the firm’s litigation and intellectual property practices for 14 years. She handled litigation, arbitration, and mediation of trademark, trade secret, copyright, false advertising, domain name, and patent disputes in courts throughout the country, as well as matters before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. Her practice also involved counseling clients on intellectual property matters and negotiating settlement and licensing agreements.
Geri is also actively involved in pro bono work on behalf of the firm, including representation of the Human Rights Campaign. She has also served as an adjunct professor of trademark law at the Northeastern University School of Law.
viewpoints
In Split Vote, FTC Approves Controversial Final Rule Banning Most Post-Employment Non-Competes; Rule Already Subject to Challenge in Court
April 25, 2024 | Blog | By Talia Weseley, Danielle Bereznay, Bruce Sokler, Benjamin Ferrucci, David Barmak, Brad M Scheller , Geri Haight, Michael Arnold
New Legislative Session, New Attempts at Banning Non-Competes in New York (City)
March 13, 2024 | Blog | By Geri Haight, Talia Weseley
Profit-Sharing Arrangement Tied To Employer’s Overall Profits Not Subject to Massachusetts Wage Act
February 20, 2024 | Blog | By Geri Haight, Tom J. Pagliarini
Year in Review: Laws Impacting Employee Non-Competition, Non-Solicitation, and Non-Disclosure Agreements – What to Know, What to Do and What to Expect in 2024
December 19, 2023 | Blog | By Geri Haight, Talia Weseley
New York Widens its Employee Intellectual Property Protections
October 19, 2023 | Blog | By Geri Haight, Evan Piercey, Talia Weseley
Mintz Co-Hosts Annual Pro Bono Clinic for Nonprofits with ACC-NE
April 19, 2023 | Blog | By Geri Haight, Christopher Buontempo
Reinventing the Employment Relationship: A Moderated Discussion about the Future of Work
February 15, 2023 | Podcast | By Jennifer Rubin, Geri Haight, Paul Huston
The worldwide pandemic, focus on social justice, sharp political divisions, quiet quitting and the Great Resignation are all events that have impacted and altered employment relationships. At the same time the modern workplace is becoming dispersed, virtual and vocal, workplace regulation – the laws that form the structure of the traditional employment relationship – is becoming even more challenging for employers struggling to meet the challenges of the next generation of workers.
Finally, Judicial Guidance Interpreting the Massachusetts Noncompetition Agreement Act
February 7, 2023 | Blog | By Geri Haight, Natalie C. Groot, Danielle Dillon
Nurturing a Community-Based Approach to Food Access
January 18, 2022 | Article
Webinar Recording: Vaccination and the Workplace – Solving for the Latest Challenges Facing Employers
June 17, 2021 | Webinar | By Michael Arnold, Geri Haight, Jennifer Rubin, Corbin Carter
News & Press
The Best Lawyers in America 2025 Recognizes 184 Mintz Attorneys across 56 Practice Areas
August 15, 2024
187 Mintz attorneys have been recognized by Best Lawyers® in the 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in America©. Notably, three Mintz attorneys received 2025 “Lawyer of the Year” awards, and 64 firm attorneys were included in the 2025 edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch.
Mintz is pleased to announce that 120 firm attorneys have been recognized as leaders by Best Lawyers® in the 2024 edition of The Best Lawyers in America©.
BOSTON – Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly has recognized Mintz in its inaugural Empowering Women awards program, which honors law firms that have shown a strong commitment to supporting and elevating women attorneys in Massachusetts, and showcase tangible and innovative efforts by law firms to advance women attorneys in the workplace and community.
Long COVID-19 Poses Compliance Risks For Employers
January 26, 2023
Member and chair of the firm's Women's Initiative Geri Haight was quoted in SHRM discussing when employees develop long COVID-19, what the implications could be for employers.
How Your Company Can Help You Pay For Starting a Family
August 24, 2022
Mintz Creates Equity Advisory Council To Drive The Firm’s Commitment To Equity In Workplace
May 16, 2022
Mintz continues its ongoing commitment to ensuring the firm is an equitable workplace, establishing a new Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) committee that reports directly to the firm's main decision making body, the Policy Committee. The new Equity Advisory Council (EAC) will be responsible for driving equity for the firm’s attorneys, especially women, attorneys of color and LGBTQ+ attorneys.
Mintz To Give Leave For Miscarriages, Failed Surrogacy
March 10, 2022
Mintz Welcomes 21 Lateral Members in 2020
December 29, 2020
Mintz Brings Back Panera Deputy GC In Boston
October 28, 2020
Prominent Employment Attorney Rejoins Mintz in Boston
October 26, 2020
Events & Speaking
Women’s Rights in 2023: Challenges, Opportunities and Perspectives
Women for Whittier Holiday Tea 2023
Roxbury, MA
Conflicts of Interest, Trade Secrets, & Non-Competes – Oh My!: Critical Tips for Employers Managing the Changing Workforce
ACC Annual Meeting
Survey Says: Emerging Trends and ‘Gotcha’ Issues Every Staffing Agency Should Know About
ASA Staffing Law Conference
Washington, DC
Reinventing the Employment Relationship: A Moderated Discussion about the Future of Work
Lexology Masterclass
Virtual Masterclass
Mandatory or Voluntary Workplace Vaccination – Guidance for Employers
This is an online event.
Publications
Co-author, "Contract Corner," The Licensing Journal (November-December 2023).
Read lessRecognition & Awards
Featured in Best Lawyers in America, Employment Litigation (2024-2025); Employment Law - Management (2025)
Legal 500 United States: Workplace and Employment Counseling (2024)
Involvement
- Chair, Legal Affairs Committee, Association of National Advertisers (2018-2020)
- Co-Chair, Intellectual Litigation Committee, Boston Bar Association (2009–2011)
- Member, Boston Bar Association
- Member, American Bar Association
- Member, Massachusetts Bar Association
- Member, International Trademark Association (INTA)
- Member, American Intellectual Property Law Association