Saturday, September 6, 2014 @ 10am
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Peter Bennett
labor and Employment Attorney
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Managing partner of The Bennett Law Firm, advises employers in all aspects of labor and employment law, with particular emphasis in representing management in collective bargaining negotiations and devising successful strategies for aggressively avoiding unionization throughout the Northeastern United States.
He represents clients in state and federal courts as well as before various administrative bodies and in arbitration. Mr. Bennett brings extensive trial and arbitration experience to bear on behalf of clients, and also provides counsel to employers in all employment matters, taking a proactive approach to prevent personnel problems before they occur. In addition, Mr. Bennett serves as Chair of the Standing Committee on Judicial Independence of the American Bar Association.
Mr. Bennett graduated from Harvard College with honors and from Boston University School of Law and Graduate School of Management with a JD/MBA. Mr. Bennett has been active in numerous bar organizations. He is Chair of the Standing Committee on Judicial Independence of the American Bar Association, a past Chair of the Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section (TIPS) of the American Bar Association, a past President of the Boston University School of Law Alumni Association, and a member of the Board of Directors of the Portland Stage Company.
He served on the faculty of the University of Southern Maine Department of Continuing Education for Business, teaching Personnel Law for over twenty years and appears in Best Lawyers in America, Chambers, the Bar Register and New England Super Lawyers under Labor and Employment Law. He has been recipient of numerous awards including: Top 100 Most Powerful Employment Attorneys in the Nation, recognized by Super Lawyers Business Edition 2012 as one of the top attorneys outstanding in the area of employment business practice for 2012, recognized by Best Lawyers in America for his work in Employment Law-Management, Labor Law-Management and Litigation-Labor and Management and has received AV Preeminent Attorney Rating in Labor and Employment Law.
