Ms. Farrelly also represents management before administrative agencies such as the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Florida Commission on Human Relations, and the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination. She has conducted workplace investigations involving allegations of employee misconduct, sexual and other harassment, discrimination, and bullying.
Ms. Farrelly also regularly provides practical counseling and risk management guidance to management and assists with developing proactive measures to minimize future risk and liability. She assists employers with a broad range of employment issues, such as analyzing staffing arrangements, drafting employment and independent contractor agreements, and guiding management and human resources personnel through potential pitfalls related to interviewing, hiring, performance evaluations, discipline, accommodations, and terminations. Ms. Farrelly also collaborates with employers regarding review and drafting of handbooks and policy manuals. She provides tailored in-house training regarding discrimination, harassment, discipline, and other employment law issues.
In addition to employment law, Ms. Farrelly’s broad-based litigation experience spans several other areas. She has successfully litigated numerous complex commercial disputes as well as claims involving wrongful death, negligence, premises liability, over-service or dram shop allegations, professional liability, and other general complex liability matters. Throughout her career, Ms. Farrelly has won jury trials in state and federal courts in both Florida and Massachusetts.
Ms. Farrelly also has significant appellate experience. She has successfully handled appeals and argued before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, the Appeals Court of Massachusetts, and the District Court of Appeals in Florida, First and Fifth Districts.
Outside of work, Ms. Farrelly is an avid runner who completed the Boston Marathon. She was also a Division I tennis player while at the University of Dayton. She currently enjoys watching her son play basketball, and her daughter perform on stage.