Overview

Elizabeth Levine is an Associate in the Litigation Group. Her practice focuses on a variety of complex litigation matters, including employment disputes, professional malpractice claims and various landlord/tenant and real property matters. She has represented clients at all levels of administrative agencies, state and federal courts.

Representative Experience

• Earned summary judgment (affirmed on appeal) in favor of developer wrongfully accused of unfair and deceptive trade practices in connection with measurement methodology of newly constructed luxury high end condominium units. Lassner v. TDC Peabody Atelier, LLC, 77 Mass. App. Ct. 1120 (Mass. App. 2010).
• Achieved summary judgment on behalf of law firm wrongfully accused of committing legal malpractice and breach of fiduciary duty in connection with patent prosecution before the US Dist. Ct. of Massachusetts. Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der Wissenschaften e.v. v. Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.C., 736 F. Supp. 2d 353 (D. Mass. 2010).
• Awarded summary judgment in favor of employer defending Wage Act and Worker Adjustment Retraining Notification class action lawsuit before the US Dist. Ct. of Massachusetts.  Manchester v. Main Street Textiles, L.P., et al., 478 F. Supp. 2d 120 (D. Mass. 2007). 
• Obtained summary judgment in favor of employer defending disability discrimination lawsuit in Suffolk Superior Court (affirmed on appeal).  Brooks v. Peabody & Arnold, LLP, 71 Mass. App. Ct. 46 (Mass. App. 2008).
• Granted summary judgment for law firm on claims of breach of contract, Chapter 93A, and breach of fiduciary duty brought by non-client of the firm.
• Achieved findings of lack of probable cause at the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination on behalf of employers defending claims of race, sex and age discrimination. 
• Counsels clients in all aspects of their relations with employees, including hiring, firing, discipline, compliance with governing law, workplace trainings and employee handbooks. 
• Regularly appears in district and housing courts on behalf of landlords in disputes with tenants over non-payment of rent.