THOMAS E. LENT
Office: 617-367-1970
E-mail: tlent@luriekrupp.com
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Tom is a partner of Lurie & Krupp, LLP. Tom’s practice involves litigation and counseling on all aspects of federal and state employment law issues, including employment discrimination and harassment, protection of trade secrets, employee privacy and monitoring, wage and hour, terminations, reductions-in-force, employment policies and handbooks, and drafting and enforcement of all forms of employment contracts, including separation, severance, non-disclosure, confidentiality and non-solicitation and non-competition agreements. Tom negotiates and prepares these employment contracts for corporate clients as well as executives, senior-level personnel and individual employees within a wide range of industries, including telecommunications, travel, high technology, biotechnology, manufacturing, publishing and financial services.

In 2007, Boston and Law and Politics magazines named Tom one of the top young lawyers in Massachusetts, including him in their list of Massachusetts Super Lawyers Rising Stars in employment law.

In addition to employment law, Tom’s practice focuses on a variety of civil litigation, including general business, contract and commercial lease disputes, real estate and land use issues, intellectual property concerns and unfair trade practices. In the past several years, Tom has counseled clients and litigated on their behalf on a full range of intellectual property issues including patents, trademarks, trade names, trade secrets, licensing, inventor disputes and domain names.

Tom represents clients before various state and federal courts and administrative agencies, including the American Arbitration Association, the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination, the Massachusetts Division of Employment and Training, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office, the Massachusetts Department of Housing and Community Development Housing Appeals Committee and local town Zoning Boards and Conservation Commissions. Tom also maintains a national practice, having represented clients in state and federal courts around the country including Massachusetts, California, Connecticut, Florida, New York, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Minnesota, Rhode Island, South Dakota and Wisconsin.

Prior to joining Lurie & Krupp, LLP, Tom was an associate in the business, employment and intellectual property litigation sections of Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.

Tom is admitted to practice in Massachusetts and before the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts and the First Circuit Court of Appeals. Tom received his B.A. from Bates College, where he was a Dean’s List student, Francis Quimet Scholar and a member of the football and baseball teams. He received his J.D. from Northeastern University School of Law.