Adam J. Shafran

Adam J. Shafran

Partner

Phone: 617.723.7700
Fax: 617.227.0313
E-mail: ashafran@rflawyers.com

Areas of Practice:

• Employment
• Civil and Commercial Litigation
• Class Action

Bar Admissions:

• Massachusetts, 2007
• Illinois, 2007
• U.S. District Court District of Massachusetts, 2010
• U.S. Court of Appeals 1st Circuit, 2010

Education:

• New England Law | Boston
  Boston, Massachusetts
  Juris Doctorate, 2007
  Honors: Cum Laude, New England Journal on Criminal and Civil Confinement, Exec. Technical Editor, New England Scholar, Dean’s List

• University of Iowa
  Iowa City, Iowa
  B.A. Political Science, 2004

Adam is a partner at Rudolph Friedmann LLP. He is an experienced employment attorney who has counseled and litigated all aspects of the employment relationship. Prior to joining the firm, he was a partner at Ellis & Shafran, a boutique employment firm in Dedham, Massachusetts. For the past three years, Adam was selected to the Massachusetts Super Lawyers Rising Star list for employment litigation, an award recognizing the top 2.5% of attorneys under the age of 40 in Massachusetts.

Adam has recovered millions of dollars in unpaid wages for his clients and has represented employees in unpaid wage claims arising from minimum wage violations, overtime violations, prevailing wage violations, tip act violations, unpaid commissions, unpaid bonuses and related wage violations. He has also represented hundreds of individuals who have been misclassified by their employers as independent contractors. Through Adam’s representation, these individuals have recovered large sums of money owed to them as a result of the often-significant expenses they were forced to bear due to their misclassification. Currently, Adam serves as putative class counsel on behalf of 500+ distributors alleging independent contractor misclassification against Pepperidge Farm, Inc. Litigation is pending in Massachusetts, California and Illinois.

Adam also represents employees who have been victims of employment discrimination. He has successfully litigated and negotiated the resolution of unlawful employment decisions, including demotions, reprimands, negative performance reviews and terminations.

Adam serves as trusted counsel to executives and other employees on all aspects related to the formation of the employment agreement and separation from employment. He routinely negotiates employment agreements, severance agreements, non-competition, non-solicitation, confidentiality and other employment-related agreements.

Representative Cases:

• Obtained a $7 million class action settlement for prevailing wage violations on behalf of over 1,000 Waste Management employees in Mullally et al v. Waste Management of Massachusetts, Inc.
• Obtained a $6.5 million class action settlement for prevailing wage violations on behalf of over 700 Allied Waste/Republic Services employees in Swiderski v. Allied Waste Services of Massachusetts, LLC; the case was the largest employment settlement in Massachusetts in 2015 as reported by Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly.
• Served as class counsel to 250+ employees in a prevailing wage overtime class action against a regional environmental maintenance company.
• Obtained a $250,000 settlement against a national non-profit for wrongful termination in violation of public policy.
• Obtained a $225,000 settlement against a major national bank for race discrimination.

Honors and Awards:

• Rising Star, Massachusetts Super Lawyers, 2014 –2016

 Associations and Memberships:

• Massachusetts Bar Association
  Member