Alexandra R.Hassell
Staff Attorney
Labor & Employment
ahassell@seyfarth.com
Alexandra provides proactive counsel to employers, while leveraging her litigation experience to help them achieve their desired outcomes.
More About Alexandra
Clients across industries turn to Alexandra for representation on a wide variety of employment law issues, ranging from out-of-court employment disputes to complex discrimination lawsuits. She brings attention to detail, an understanding of nuanced topics, and comprehensive strategies to her clients’ matters in order to achieve the best possible results for them.
Alexandra is adept at counseling employers and advocating on their behalf. She has substantial experience representing employers both prior to and after suit. Alexandra enjoys thinking creatively for clients in challenging situations and working with employers to develop strategic approaches that align with their best interests.
- JD, Suffolk University Law School
Suffolk Transnational Law Review, member
Dean’s list
Accelerated Practice Clinic (fka Evening Landlord-Tenant Clinic), member, with honors
Honorable Mention Award for Best Brief - Legal Practice Skills - BA, Northeastern University
Journalism; History minor
Dean’s list - MBA, Babson College F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business
- Massachusetts
- US Supreme Court
- US Court of Appeals, First Circuit
- US District Court, District of Massachusetts
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- Co-Author, "Massachusetts Appeals Court Says Home Inspectors Were Independent Contractors—Not Employees," Legal Update, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (August 10, 2022)
- Author, Nominal Damages Awarded to Plaintiff for Failure to Meet Commercial Contract Specifications - Diotte v. Consolidated Dev. Co., 2014 CarswellNB 410 (CAN. N.B.C.A.) (WL) 38 Suffolk Transnat’l L. Rev. 207 (2015).
Alexandra provides proactive counsel to employers, while leveraging her litigation experience to help them achieve their desired outcomes.
More About Alexandra
Clients across industries turn to Alexandra for representation on a wide variety of employment law issues, ranging from out-of-court employment disputes to complex discrimination lawsuits. She brings attention to detail, an understanding of nuanced topics, and comprehensive strategies to her clients’ matters in order to achieve the best possible results for them.
Alexandra is adept at counseling employers and advocating on their behalf. She has substantial experience representing employers both prior to and after suit. Alexandra enjoys thinking creatively for clients in challenging situations and working with employers to develop strategic approaches that align with their best interests.
- JD, Suffolk University Law School
Suffolk Transnational Law Review, member
Dean’s list
Accelerated Practice Clinic (fka Evening Landlord-Tenant Clinic), member, with honors
Honorable Mention Award for Best Brief - Legal Practice Skills - BA, Northeastern University
Journalism; History minor
Dean’s list - MBA, Babson College F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business
- Massachusetts
- US Supreme Court
- US Court of Appeals, First Circuit
- US District Court, District of Massachusetts
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- Boston Bar Association
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- Women’s Bar Association (Massachusetts)
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- Urban College of Boston, President’s Advisory Council, member
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