Tom counsels and advises companies on all aspects of employment-related issues. He helps employers of all sizes across a variety of industries navigate federal, state, and local regulatory compliance issues. Tom provides practical guidance on day-to-day employment matters to company owners, board members, executives, general counsel, and human resources personnel. In connection with his counseling practice, Tom negotiates and drafts employment agreements, restrictive covenants, separation agreements, handbooks, policies, and other employment documents.
Tom also frequently represents employers in litigation before state and federal courts and administrative agencies in multiple jurisdictions. Tom has litigated a wide range of employment matters, including, class action disputes, discrimination, accommodation, whistleblower and retaliation, wage and hour / prevailing wage, trade secret and restrictive covenant, dual employer, misclassification, independent contractor, governmental / regulatory investigations, and employee benefits issues.
In addition, Tom utilizes his employment knowledge to assist in various employment aspects of M&A and other corporate and transactional matters. Tom has experience in conducting both buy and sell side employment due diligence, and advising on legal, practical, and other employment issues in connection with corporate and transactional matters.
Prior to joining Mintz, Tom was a labor and employment associate at another large law firm. Tom’s in-house experience includes working with the human resources and in-house counsel teams at FGX International, CVS Health, and Schneider Electric. Prior to entering private practice, Tom clerked for Associate Justice Gilbert V. Indeglia of the Rhode Island Supreme Court and interned with Senior Circuit Judge Bruce M. Selya of the US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit and Associate Justice Brian P. Stern of the Rhode Island Superior Court, Business Calendar.
viewpoints
Update: EEOC Issues Final Guidance on Workplace Harassment
May 29, 2024 | Blog | By Delaney Busch, Kathryn Droumbakis, Tom J. Pagliarini, Michael Arnold
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
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Rejects Use of Independent Contractor Statute for Joint Employment Status Determination
December 23, 2021 | Blog | By Tom J. Pagliarini, Danielle Dillon
News & Press
Mintz is pleased to announce that 31 attorneys have been named Massachusetts Super Lawyers and 35 attorneys have been named Massachusetts Rising Stars for 2024.
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.
Fifty-Nine Attorneys Recognized as 2023 Massachusetts Super Lawyers and Rising Stars
October 12, 2023
Mintz is pleased to announce that 32 attorneys have been named Massachusetts Super Lawyers and 27 attorneys have been named Massachusetts Rising Stars for 2023.
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©.
Mintz Leads On A Quartet of Back-To-Back Private Equity Closings
October 25, 2022
Mintz attorneys in Boston, New York, and Washington, DC, closed four Private Equity transactions in the past month. Along with acquisitions for Charlesbank Capital Partners, DIF Capital Partners portfolio company Joink LLC, and Artemis Capital Partners, the firm represented the CEO and some managers of Salary.com in the sale of most of the company’s equity interests to Accel-KKR.
Best Lawyers® recognized 108 firm attorneys in the 2023 edition of The Best Lawyers in America©. Notably, two Mintz attorneys – Poonam Patidar and Scott M. Stanton – received 2023 “Lawyer of the Year” awards, and 28 firm attorneys were included in the inaugural edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch.
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Recognition & Awards
Best Lawyers in America - Ones to Watch: Labor and Employment - Management (2023 - 2025); Litigation - Labor and Employment (2023 - 2025)
Super Lawyers: Included on the list of Massachusetts Rising Stars (2018 - 2021, 2023 - 2024)