ATTORNEY PROFILES

Christopher James Lowrie

New Bedford, Massachusetts
Counsel, since 1987

Phone: 508-990-7980
Fax: 508-991-5589
Email: Contact Me

Attorney Lowrie has successfully advised Federal government agencies, corporations, small businesses, and individuals on a wide range of complex employment law, discrimination law, civil rights law and labor law issues, including:

• Hiring; promotion; evaluations; discipline; terminations; layoffs; reductions-in-force; medical & FMLA leave; wage & hour claims; grievances; arbitrations; mediations; breach of contract; unemployment appeals & hearings; discrimination claims;
• Wrongful termination; workplace harassment; hostile environment; workplace retaliation;
• Sexual harassment; sexually hostile work environment; sex discrimination; pregnancy discrimination; denial of equal pay and advancement opportunity;
• Age discrimination; race discrimination; national origin discrimination; religious discrimination; sexual orientation discrimination; discrimination in places of public accommodation; handicap discrimination; disability discrimination, denial of reasonable accommodations & medical leave;
• Negotiating and drafting employment contracts; severance agreements; severance packages; non-compete agreements; non-solicitation agreements; confidentiality agreements; settlement agreements & releases;
• Advising employers and employees and drafting MCAD Complaints; MCAD Position Statements; MCAD Rebuttals; EEOC Complaints;
• Employment law and discrimination law litigation before Massachusetts & Federal courts; Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination (MCAD); United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Federal Labor Relations Authority; Arbitrators; Mediators; Massachusetts Division of Unemployment Assistance; other Federal & State Administrative Agencies.

Areas of Practice

• Employment Law
• Discrimination Law
• Civil Rights Law
• Labor Law

Bar Admissions

• Maine, 1973
• Massachusetts, 1973
• Pennsylvania, 1974
• U.S. Federal Courts, 1974
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, 1973
• U.S. Supreme Court, 1974

Education

• Suffolk University Law School, Boston, Massachusetts, 1973
  J.D.
  
  
• Stonehill College, North Easton, Massachusetts, 1966
  B.A.
  Honors: Cum Laude
  

Representative Clients

• U.S. Department of Defense

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Massachusetts Employment Lawyers Association

Past Employment Positions

• U.S. Army Judge Advocate General's Corps. (JAG), Captain
• U.S. Military, Military Service
• U.S. Military, Meritorious Service Medal

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