Julie A. Moore, Esquire

Julie A. Moore is president and founder of Employment Practices Group.
As an attorney, she is admitted to practice law in the State of New Hampshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts. She has practiced for over eighteen (18) years and is a frequent author, lecturer, counselor, and trainer on workplace issues. She is the 2010-2010 Chair of the New Hampshire Bar Association Labor & Employment Section. She founded Employment Practices Group in 1998 to work with organizations on best practices of human resources management, consistent with the law and industry standards. She consults and advises on employment law and human resources issues; is retained as an independent investigator to conduct investigations into alleged harassment and misconduct; drafts policies, procedures and handbooks; trains employers on harassment and other workplace issues; defends employers and management representatives before state and federal administrative agencies; and otherwise assists and counsels employers on harassment, discrimination, ADA, FMLA, wage/hour, diversity, terminations, restrictive covenants, and other workplace issues. She also represents individuals on a limited basis on matters involving disability accommodation, performance issues, non-competition agreements, separation from employment, harassment charges, and other workplace matters.

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Julie has been a regular contributor to many publications, including the New Hampshire Business Review, and has published articles in such other publications as Massachusetts Lawyers Journal, New Hampshire Bar Journal, New Hampshire Bar News, The Union Leader, and newsletters for various human resources organizations and trade associations throughout New England. She has been consulted and quoted on workplace issues in such publications as Inc. Technology, The Eagle Tribune, New Hampshire Bar News, New Hampshire Bar Journal, New Hampshire Business Review, and The Concord Monitor. She was quoted in Glamour magazine, March 2006 edition, in a segment on workplace romance and sexual harassment.

Julie has been retained as an expert witness in various litigation matters in New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Maine courts relative to sexual harassment, unlawful harassment, internal investigations, wrongful discharge, the Family and Medical Leave Act, the treatment of employees with disabilities under the Americans with Disabilities Act, terminations and disciplinary matters, reductions in force, and other human resources issues involving workplace policies and practices. For example, she testified in a 2005 trial involving claims of wrongful termination, discrimination and retaliation in violation of N.H. RSA 354-A in Hillsborough County Superior Court (Conboy, J.), that resulted in a $350,000 verdict in the plaintiff’s favor. She also testified as an expert for the plaintiff in a gender discrimination trial against Wal-Mart in 2007 in Berkshire County Superior Court (Agostini, J.), where the plaintiff received a $2 million verdict. This verdict has gained international attention, and Julie’s role was highlighted in a June 28, 2007 article in BusinessWeek and a June 21, 2007 article in Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly. The Supreme Judicial Court, in an October 2009 decision, upheld the verdict. Julie’s testimony was never challenged on appeal.

Julie is an MCAD-certified trainer, and was a member of the 2008 faculty for the Massachusetts Commission against Discrimination (“MCAD”) two-day Discrimination Prevention Training Program “Conducting Internal Discrimination Complaint Investigations.” In addition, in 2010, she successfully completed the MCAD training on disability discrimination and responding to accommodation requests.
As a member of the Board of Directors and Program Committee Chair of the Greater Merrimack Valley Human Resources Association, a SHRM chapter, Julie has been active in human resources groups on a local and national level. She regularly attends meetings that provide the opportunity for learning, education and sharing of best practices and discussion of industry standards. Julie was invited to attend and has participated in the 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010 HR State Council of New Hampshire Leadership Conferences in Concord, New Hampshire. These are among the many programs Julie attends that count as credit hours toward PHR, SPHR and GPHR recertification through SHRM’s Human Resource Certification Institute. Julie is presently a candidate for the SPHR certification.

In addition, in conjunction with Julie’s leadership in her local SHRM chapter, Julie is the Legislative Liaison to SHRM for her chapter. She participated in the 2008 SHRM Leadership Conference in Arlington, Virginia, which is by invitation only and available only to SHRM volunteer leaders. The purpose of the annual meeting is to advance the HR profession through leadership development workshops and practice-sharing sessions. She was also the local representative to the SHRM 2009 Employment Law and Legislative Conference, which was held in Washington, D.C. in March of 2009 and the SHRM Annual Conference and Expo, which was held in New Orleans in May of 2009. She was on the Committee to organize and was a speaker at the “1st Annual HR State Council of NH Legislative Conference,” sponsored by the New Hampshire State Council for the Society of Human Resources Management and the Granite State Human Resources Conference.

Julie has worked with the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) on discrimination and harassment cases. For example, in 2005, she was retained, with the EEOC’s approval, as an Independent Consultant to a large employer pursuant to the terms of a Consent Decree negotiated with the EEOC. She was charged with reviewing and identifying weaknesses in the employer’s policies on harassment, discrimination and retaliation and re-drafting them. She drafted new workplace policies and procedures on internal complaints, management’s responsibilities upon receipt of a complaint, and conducting investigations. She conducted company-wide training for managers and non-supervisory personnel. She conducted one-on-one sensitivity training with the executive accused of sexual harassment. She is designated as part of the company’s internal complaint procedure for the next four years, if any employee feels victimized by workplace harassment. Through the end of 2008, she reported quarterly harassment to the EEOC on the company’s compliance with the Consent Decree.

In 2006, she was again retained to work with the EEOC and an employer. In that case, she conducted training for all employees and managers on the discrimination laws, lawful hiring, and the Americans with Disabilities Act. She created policies on record retention and equal employment opportunity. She is otherwise acting as a legal consultant to ensure the employer complies with the applicable Consent Decree.

Much of Julie’s work involves training and workshops on a variety of topics, including sexual harassment, unlawful harassment, discrimination, the ADA, FMLA, diversity, conducting investigations, workplace violence, hiring and firing, performance management and other workplace issues. Julie conducts in-house seminars for employers and also speaks at employment seminars offered by the New Hampshire Bar Association, Massachusetts Bar Association, Massachusetts Employment Lawyers Association, Council on Education and Management, Lorman Education Services, National Business Institute, and at various meetings for trade organizations, such as the National Human Resources Association, Northeast Human Resources Association, a SHRM chapter, Manchester Area Human Resources Association, a SHRM chapter, Greater Merrimack Valley Human Resources Association, a SHRM chapter, Associated Builders & Contractors, Inc., NH/VT Chapter, Northeast Passenger Transportation Association, Nashua Chamber of Commerce, National Association of Women in Construction, Women in Technology International, American Society for Training and Development, and New Hampshire Women’s Business Center.

Julie also acts as a trainer and internal investigator for clients of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, a global firm with over 1,300 attorneys worldwide.
Prior to founding Employment Practices Group, Julie practiced employment litigation in Boston at Jackson Lewis, a national law firm specializing in management-related employment issues. She represented employers before federal and state courts and administrative agencies in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine and Vermont. She defended companies and organizations in matters involving sexual harassment, unlawful harassment, discrimination, disability accommodation, wrongful discharge, breach of contract and other common law claims. She assisted employers in developing employment policies, procedures and risk-management strategies. She counseled clients on personnel practices and guided company management on conducting internal investigations on sexual harassment complaints and other issues involving employee misconduct. She spoke at numerous seminars for firm clients and prepared manuals on employment law developments.

Julie also gained extensive experience working at Devine, Millimet & Branch, one of the largest law firms in northern New England, in its Manchester office, defending companies and individuals in various litigation matters concerning employment issues, personal injury, and insurance coverage matters.
Julie graduated from Suffolk University Law School, cum laude, in 1992 where she was a technical editor for the Suffolk University Law Review and the recipient of the American Jurisprudence Award in Federal Courts. She also received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics, summa cum laude, in 1988 from Boston College. She has completed over thirty-eight (38) marathons, including nineteen (19) Boston Marathons. In Aril 2010, she successfully completed the “Boston 2 Big Sur Challenge,” which consisted of running the Boston Marathon and Big Sur Marathon (in California) six (6) days apart.

In addition, Julie is a member and leader of a number of professional associations and community and civic organizations. They include:

• Member, American Bar Association
• Member, New Hampshire Bar Association (NHBA)
• Member, Massachusetts Bar Association
• Clerk, NHBA Section of Labor & Employment Law
• Chair, NHBA Continuing Legal Education (CLE) program “Discovery Issues in Employment Law”
• Chair, NHBA CLE program “Practicing before the EEOC”
• Chair, NHBA CLE program “Legal and Ethical Implications of Ex Parte Communications with Current and Former Employees of Parties Before or During Litigation”
• Chair, NHBA CLE program “Human Resources Management for Law Firms”
• Speaker, NHBA Annual Labor and Employment Law Update
• Former Board Member and Program Director, New Hampshire Women’s Bar Association
• Former Chair, NHBA Law Day Road Race Subcommittee
• Former Member, Women’s Business Center Advisory Board
• Member, Sexual Harassment in Education Task Force sponsored by the New Hampshire
• Department of Education and the New Hampshire Commission on the Status of Women
• Board Member and Chair of Programming Committee, Merrimack Valley Human Resources Association
• Member, National Human Resources Association
• Member, Society for Human Resources Management
• Member, American Society for Training & Development
• Former Vice-President, Greater Derry Track Club Board of Directors
• Member, Merrimack Valley Striders
• Former Race Director, NHBA Law Day 5-Miler, AmeriBrew 5K Run, Windham Strawberry Festival 5K Road Race