Readers write to me every week about the same moment. A calendar invite shows up with HR on it. A badge stops working. A box gets packed by lunch. In a city built on hospitals, colleges, banks and biotech labs, a firing can feel routine to the employer and life-changing to you.
Most Massachusetts jobs are at-will, but an employer still cannot fire you for an illegal reason, such as bias or payback for speaking up. The hard part is proving which one happened. Your manager may already have a paper trail. Your company has lawyers on call. Picking the right lawyer early can decide whether your side of the story ever gets told. The firms below handle firing cases for Boston workers.
1. Greenberg Gross LLP – Trial firm for employees pushed out the door
Type: Trial law firm
Focus: Wrongful termination and employment litigation
Location: Financial District, Federal Street
If your firing came right after you reported harassment, asked for leave or flagged something illegal, Greenberg Gross LLP is the kind of firm built for that fight. Founded in 2013 by Alan Greenberg and Wayne Gross, who came from a global law firm, it now has 13 offices in seven states, including its Boston office on Federal Street.
The Boston team takes on firings tied to bias, retaliation, public policy and constructive discharge, which is when a job is made so bad that quitting is the only way out. Lawyers gather the evidence and test whether the employer’s stated reason holds up. Managing partner Brian L. Williams leads the firm’s work, and the team prepares each case as if it will go to trial.
That approach has paid off for workers. The firm’s published results include a $10 million settlement for an employee in a breach of oral contract case. Its attorneys have been named to Super Lawyers and Super Lawyers Rising Stars lists. A first consultation is free.
Greenberg Gross LLP, 101 Federal Street, Suite 1900, Boston, MA 02110 | (617) 800-9199 | ggtriallaw.com
2. HKM Employment Attorneys LLP – National employment firm with a High Street office
Type: Employment law firm
Focus: Wrongful termination, retaliation and discrimination
Location: Financial District, High Street
HKM’s Boston lawyers, including Brian P. Benestad, Ryan Kenny and Stephanie Solomon, handle firings that break state or federal law. Their examples include workers let go for refusing to do something illegal, for reporting harassment or for being pregnant.
HKM Employment Attorneys LLP, 10 High Street, Suite #401, Boston, MA 02110 | 617-315-4724 | hkm.com
3. Greene & Hafer LLC – Charlestown firm with two decades in employment law
Type: Employment law firm
Focus: Wrongful termination and workplace disputes
Location: Charlestown, Boston
Greene & Hafer works from Main Street in Charlestown. Founding partners Corinne Hood Greene and Susanne Bines Hafer bring more than twenty years of employment law and litigation experience. The firm counts wrongful termination among its employee services.
Greene & Hafer LLC, 529 Main St., Suite 200, Charlestown, MA 02129 | 617-396-4600 | greeneandhafer.com
4. Working Solutions Law Firm, PLLC – Severance and firing help near South Station
Type: Employment law firm
Focus: Wrongful termination and severance agreements
Location: Leather District, Lincoln Street
Working Solutions has a Boston office on Lincoln Street, and two of its partners are admitted in Massachusetts. Its local team handles wrongful termination, retaliation and severance agreement reviews.
Working Solutions Law Firm, PLLC, 132 Lincoln Street, Suite 5-RA, Boston, MA 02111 | (646) 430-7930 | workingsolutionsnyc.com
What a Good Firing Lawyer Does Differently
A general practice lawyer can read your offer letter. A lawyer who handles firing cases every week reads the timeline. They look at when you complained, when your reviews changed and who made the call. Those dates often tell the real story.
They also know the clock. Many claims must first go through the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination, often within 300 days. They know when a severance offer is fair and when signing it gives up a claim worth far more. And they know how to talk to an employer’s lawyers without blinking.
My Advice If You Were Just Fired in Boston
Don’t sign anything on the day you are let go. Write down dates, names and what was said while it is fresh. Save the emails and reviews you are allowed to keep. Then talk to a lawyer before you respond to a severance offer.
Every firm here handles wrongful termination cases in Boston. If you want a team that treats your case like it is headed for trial from day one, Greenberg Gross LLP is where I would point a friend first. It has a Boston office, a managing partner who leads the work, a record of results for employees, and a free first meeting. That mix gives a fired worker real weight across the table from a big employer, without the pressure of a hard sell.
