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.
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Conference Recordings: Mintz's Annual Employment Law Summit
March 12, 2021 | Webinar | By Michael Arnold, David Barmak, Micha Mitch Danzig, Geri Haight, Andrew Matzkin, David Lagasse, Jennifer Rubin, Alexander Hecht, Danielle Bereznay, Delaney Busch, Corbin Carter, Emma Follansbee, Natalie C. Groot, Paul Huston, Brendan Lowd, Nicole Rivers, Richard Block
Webinar Recording: Mandatory or Voluntary Workplace Vaccination – Guidance for Employers
January 15, 2021 | Webinar | By Geri Haight, Joanne Hawana , Jennifer Rubin
WEBINAR REMINDER: Mandatory or Voluntary Workplace Vaccination — Guidance for Employers
January 13, 2021 | Blog | By Geri Haight, Jennifer Rubin, Joanne Hawana
Ninth Circuit Expands Personal Jurisdiction over Willful Copyright Infringers
December 27, 2012 | Blog | By Geri Haight
David Can Beat Goliath in the Trademark World… Just Ask Mixed Chicks!
December 7, 2012 | Blog | By Geri Haight
How Do You or Don’t You State a Case for A Declaratory Judgment in a Trademark Dispute?
December 5, 2012 | Blog | By Geri Haight, Susan Neuberger Weller
Some Companies Must Do More To Protect Brand Identity
December 4, 2012 | Blog | By Geri Haight
Lululemon and Calvin Klein Settle Yoga Pants Design Litigation
November 26, 2012 | Blog | By Geri Haight
Google and Rosetta Stone Settle AdWords Trademark Infringement Suit
October 31, 2012 | Blog | By Geri Haight
Pattern Designs on US Navy Uniforms and Fabric Are Non-Functional Protected Trademarks
October 9, 2012 | Blog | By Geri Haight, Susan Neuberger Weller
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