Jenny Cooper

Practice Areas

Jenny K. Cooper is counsel in the employment, executive compensation and employee benefits practice. She represents employers in complex employment litigation matters, including wage and hour class and collective actions, discrimination matters, whistleblower actions, and disputes concerning restrictive covenants and trade secrets issues. She counsels clients on wage and hour compliance, workforce reductions, employee discipline and discharge, disability accommodation and leave issues, restrictive covenants, employment agreements, and the various employment law issues that arise in corporate transactions. She has successfully litigated on behalf of her clients before state and federal courts as well as administrative agencies.

Jenny also has significant experience conducting highly sensitive investigations for a wide variety of clients regarding allegations of harassment, discrimination, retaliation, employee theft, inappropriate use of company resources, assault, hazing, conflicts of interest, and inappropriate relationships. She counsels clients through remedial measures and other responses to investigative findings. In addition, Jenny is a trusted advisor to clients on workplace equity-related concerns. She has conducted numerous gender and pay equity analyses for employers spanning multiple industries and advises clients regarding the employment law considerations in the implementation of diversity, equity and inclusion goals in the workplace.

In Chambers USA, Jenny is listed as a leading labor and employment attorney in Massachusetts, described by clients as “an outstanding attorney who is diligent, responsive and very practical” and “a superb lawyer in a crisis,” who “understands the legal and non-legal factors that drive decisions and strategies and is level-headed and practical.”

Jenny is committed to pro bono service and, in addition to assisting many nonprofits with employment law issues, has advocated on behalf of women and children in domestic and international cases involving allegations of abuse and violence, and represents families in asylum proceedings.