Timothy J.Buckley
Associate
Labor & Employment
tbuckley@seyfarth.com
Tim is passionate about helping clients navigate the thicket of wage-and-hour, leave, and disciplinary matters that employers face, particularly those arising at the intersection of employment and labor laws.
More About Tim
Employers are subject to a tangle of federal, state, and even local laws. The enactment of new laws and new interpretations of existing laws can create uncertainty that all employers must grapple with. Tim helps employers navigate the ever-changing landscape, stay abreast of their compliance obligations, and identify areas of opportunity. He partners with clients to bring litigations to successful resolutions.
Tim represents management in a broad range of labor and employment matters, including defense of class and single-plaintiff actions and employment counseling.
Prior to joining Seyfarth, Tim spent two years as a judicial law clerk, first for the Justices of the Massachusetts Superior Court, and then for the Honorable Eric Neyman of the Massachusetts Appeals Court. Beyond honing his legal writing and analysis skills, Tim gained invaluable experience seeing dispositive motion practice, trial matters, and appellate arguments from the perspective of an impartial neutral. He brings these experiences to bear on behalf of employers.
Tim relishes working alongside Seyfarth attorneys who are not only top of their field, but are committed to providing clients with innovative and efficient solutions. Clients entrust him with their most complex and sensitive problems, and he takes pride in rewarding that trust with efficient, successful resolutions.
Tim represents management in a broad range of labor and employment matters, including defense of class and single-plaintiff actions and employment counseling.
Prior to joining Seyfarth, Tim spent two years as a judicial law clerk, first for the Justices of the Massachusetts Superior Court, and then for the Honorable Eric Neyman of the Massachusetts Appeals Court. Beyond honing his legal writing and analysis skills, Tim gained invaluable experience seeing dispositive motion practice, trial matters, and appellate arguments from the perspective of an impartial neutral. He brings these experiences to bear on behalf of employers.
Tim relishes working alongside Seyfarth attorneys who are not only top of their field, but are committed to providing clients with innovative and efficient solutions. Clients entrust him with their most complex and sensitive problems, and he takes pride in rewarding that trust with efficient, successful resolutions.
- JD, Northeastern University School of Law
- BA, Bates College
Economics
- Massachusetts
- US District Court, District of Massachusetts
Related Services
Related Key Industries
- Representing employers in the defense of complex wage and hour claims, including claims under both state law and the federal Fair Labor Standards Act. For example, Tim has represented municipalities in federal lawsuits where unionized employees allege violations of the FLSA and Massachusetts payment of wages statutes due to the manner in which their overtime rate was calculated.
- Representing employers in the defense of discrimination, retaliation, and wrongful termination claims under state and federal law.
- Counseling employers in a range of labor and employment matters, including wage and hour issues, workplace misconduct, disciplinary and termination matters, compliance with state and federal leave laws, employment policies and handbooks, and enforcement agency investigations.
- Representing employers in agency and court proceedings against unionized employees seeking unemployment benefits while on strike.
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- Co-Author, "Medical Marijuana And Employment In Massachusetts," Massachusetts Bar Association, Lawyers Journal (March/April 2018)
- Co-Author, "Governor Baker Signs Into Law the Massachusetts Pregnant Workers Fairness Act," Management Alert, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (July 28, 2017)
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- Co-Author, “Massachusetts SJC Strikes a Blow to Massachusetts Independent Contractor Statute,” Management Alert, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (December 29, 2016)
- “New Hampshire Law Prohibiting Retaliation Against Employees Who Request A Flexible Work Schedule Now In Effect,” One Minute Memo, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (October 4, 2016)
- Co-Speaker, "Some Labor Law Considerations for Wage & Hour Attorneys," National Wage and Hour Litigation Practice Group Meeting, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (March 20, 2024)
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Tim is passionate about helping clients navigate the thicket of wage-and-hour, leave, and disciplinary matters that employers face, particularly those arising at the intersection of employment and labor laws.
More About Tim
Employers are subject to a tangle of federal, state, and even local laws. The enactment of new laws and new interpretations of existing laws can create uncertainty that all employers must grapple with. Tim helps employers navigate the ever-changing landscape, stay abreast of their compliance obligations, and identify areas of opportunity. He partners with clients to bring litigations to successful resolutions.
Tim represents management in a broad range of labor and employment matters, including defense of class and single-plaintiff actions and employment counseling.
Prior to joining Seyfarth, Tim spent two years as a judicial law clerk, first for the Justices of the Massachusetts Superior Court, and then for the Honorable Eric Neyman of the Massachusetts Appeals Court. Beyond honing his legal writing and analysis skills, Tim gained invaluable experience seeing dispositive motion practice, trial matters, and appellate arguments from the perspective of an impartial neutral. He brings these experiences to bear on behalf of employers.
Tim relishes working alongside Seyfarth attorneys who are not only top of their field, but are committed to providing clients with innovative and efficient solutions. Clients entrust him with their most complex and sensitive problems, and he takes pride in rewarding that trust with efficient, successful resolutions.
Tim represents management in a broad range of labor and employment matters, including defense of class and single-plaintiff actions and employment counseling.
Prior to joining Seyfarth, Tim spent two years as a judicial law clerk, first for the Justices of the Massachusetts Superior Court, and then for the Honorable Eric Neyman of the Massachusetts Appeals Court. Beyond honing his legal writing and analysis skills, Tim gained invaluable experience seeing dispositive motion practice, trial matters, and appellate arguments from the perspective of an impartial neutral. He brings these experiences to bear on behalf of employers.
Tim relishes working alongside Seyfarth attorneys who are not only top of their field, but are committed to providing clients with innovative and efficient solutions. Clients entrust him with their most complex and sensitive problems, and he takes pride in rewarding that trust with efficient, successful resolutions.
- JD, Northeastern University School of Law
- BA, Bates College
Economics
- Massachusetts
- US District Court, District of Massachusetts
Related Services
Related Key Industries
- Representing employers in the defense of complex wage and hour claims, including claims under both state law and the federal Fair Labor Standards Act. For example, Tim has represented municipalities in federal lawsuits where unionized employees allege violations of the FLSA and Massachusetts payment of wages statutes due to the manner in which their overtime rate was calculated.
- Representing employers in the defense of discrimination, retaliation, and wrongful termination claims under state and federal law.
- Counseling employers in a range of labor and employment matters, including wage and hour issues, workplace misconduct, disciplinary and termination matters, compliance with state and federal leave laws, employment policies and handbooks, and enforcement agency investigations.
- Representing employers in agency and court proceedings against unionized employees seeking unemployment benefits while on strike.
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Webinar Recording
Jun 6, 2022
Webinar Recording: Terminations and Settlements After Reuter, How to Avoid Paying Thrice
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Attorney Publication
May 24, 2022
Now Available! Mass-Peculiarities: An Employer’s Guide to Wage & Hour Law in the Bay State
-
Legal Update
Feb 9, 2021
Retail Detail: Can Retail Gig Workers Be Treated As Non-Employees? A Federal Court Casts Doubt
-
Legal Update
Jun 5, 2020
Massachusetts Enacts Further Unemployment Relief for Employers and Workers Impacted by COVID-19 Pandemic and Shutdown
- Boston Bar Association
- Co-Author, Mass-Peculiarities: An Employer’s Guide to Wage & Hour Law in the Bay State, 2022 Edition, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (2022)
- Co-Author, "Retail Detail: Can Retail Gig Workers Be Treated As Non-Employees? A Federal Court Casts Doubt," Legal Update, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (February 9, 2021)
- Co-Author, "Massachusetts Enacts Further Unemployment Relief for Employers and Workers Impacted by COVID-19 Pandemic and Shutdown," Legal Update, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (June 5, 2020)
- Co-Author, "New Guidance Tightens COVID-19 Restrictions on Massachusetts Employers, and the Massachusetts Attorney General Revises Guidance on Furloughs," Legal Update, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (April 8, 2020)
- Co-Author, "Federal Government Adopts New Process for States and Tribes to Request Ventilators from the Limited Federal Supply," Legal Update, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (April 3, 2020)
- Co-Author, "Massachusetts Division of Insurance Encourages Health Insurance Carriers to Be Flexible for Employers and Employees Impacted by the COVID-19 Crisis," Legal Update, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (March 26, 2020)
- Co-Author, "Massachusetts Aids Workers Impacted By COVID-19," Legal Update, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (March 20, 2020)
- Co-Author, Mass-Peculiarities: An Employer’s Guide to Wage & Hour Law in the Bay State, 4th Edition, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (June 19, 2019)
- Co-Author, Employers' Guide to Massachusetts Wage & Hour Law, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (January 30, 2019)
- Co-Author, "Medical Marijuana And Employment In Massachusetts," Massachusetts Bar Association, Lawyers Journal (March/April 2018)
- Co-Author, "Governor Baker Signs Into Law the Massachusetts Pregnant Workers Fairness Act," Management Alert, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (July 28, 2017)
- Co-Author, Massachusetts Peculiarities: An Employer’s Guide to Wage & Hour Law in the Bay State, 3rd Edition, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (April 1, 2017)
- Co-Author, “Massachusetts SJC Strikes a Blow to Massachusetts Independent Contractor Statute,” Management Alert, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (December 29, 2016)
- “New Hampshire Law Prohibiting Retaliation Against Employees Who Request A Flexible Work Schedule Now In Effect,” One Minute Memo, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (October 4, 2016)
- Co-Speaker, "Some Labor Law Considerations for Wage & Hour Attorneys," National Wage and Hour Litigation Practice Group Meeting, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (March 20, 2024)
- “Addressing Compensability of Small Increments of Time” Seyfarth Shaw LLP, National Wage and Hour Litigation Practice Group Meeting (December 12, 2022)
- Co-Presenter, "Terminations and Settlements After Reuter, How to Avoid Paying Thrice," Webinar, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (June 6, 2022)