Manufacturing

Steve is a founding partner of Beck Reed Riden LLP – Boston's newest litigation boutique. BRR lawyers have years of experience at large law firms, working with clients ranging from Fortune 50 companies to start-ups and individuals. We focus on business litigation – including contract, copyright, trademark, unfair competition, and healthcare litigation – as well as labor and employment, trade secrets, noncompetes, and alternative dispute resolution. We are experienced litigators and counselors, helping our clients as business partners to resolve issues and develop strategies that best meet our clients’ legal and business needs – before, during, and after litigation. Specialties Employee-lawsuit defense (including discrimination, retaliation, harassment, wrongful termination, and wage & hour), noncompete litigation, employee-raiding litigation, labor relations.

I have spent most of her 18 year legal career as in-house counsel, focusing on employment matters as well as various types of contracts. I have worked with CEOs, executives and mid-level managers, scientists, engineers, school principals, teachers, and others. I have been a mediator for 5 years, recently expanding my training to include divorce and family mediation. I received my JD and BS from Georgetown University, both with honors. I am a former adjunct law professor where I learned a great deal about listening to and learning from each person. My goal is to reach legal solutions compatible to the specific needs of each client.

SKA...your Human Resource Department, provides customized and scalable HR solutions to small to mid-sized organizations that do not currently have a dedicated HR professional. Hands-on, strategic and tactical with strong business sense. Experience in the "upsizing", downsizing and restructuring stages. Expertise with both start-up and established organizations, across diverse industries, and with companies that have remote, multi-state and international offices. Services include the full scope of HR "risk" management and pro-active HR practices

My practice focuses on representing owners of small to medium-sized privately held businesses. Most particularly, I deal with growing and expanding companies that have legal transactional needs. Strong sub-specialties are in purchases and sales of businesses and business and/or generational succession planning.