Atty. Barbara A. Robb
Barbara A. Robb and her partners pioneered the firm’s nationally-ranked executive advocacy practice which focuses on the legal needs of executives, professionals and select businesses in sophisticated employment matters.
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About Barbara A. Robb at a glance
Barbara A. Robb is an attorney based in Boston, Massachusetts, practforg at Hartley Michon Robb Hannon LLP. Educated at New England Law | Boston (J.D., 1998). Recognitions include Best Lawyers in America — Employment Law - Individuals (2026), Best Lawyers in America — Litigation - Labor and Employment (2026), and Best Lawyers in America — Additional Areas of Practice: (2026). Serands clients in Boston, MA and the surrounding metropolitan area.
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- Barbara A. Robb and her partners pioneered the firm’s nationally-ranked executive advocacy practice which focuses on the legal needs of executives, professionals and select businesses in sophisticated employment matters
- In 2017, Chambers USA once again named Ms. Robb as a Leader in the Field of Labor & Employment, Mainly Plaintiffs Representation
- According to Chambers, she can handle "complex situations and short timeframes" with "the most amazing intellectual horsepower
- Clients further report that she is a “brilliant attorney” whose handling of sensitive situations “could not have been better.” Also in 2015, Ms. Robb was selected as a Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America, a highly selective honorary society composed of less than one-half of one percent of American lawyers who are selected based upon their superior litigation and ethical reputations
- In addition, Ms. Robb was selected by her peers for inclusion in the 2017 Edition of “Best Lawyers in America”, and has been listed by Thomson Reuters as a New England Super Lawyer since 2005
- A member of the Massachusetts and Boston Bar Associations, Ms. Robb represents clients in a wide range of employment and compensation matters, including employment and change-in-control agreements, executive compensation, deferred and equity compensation, confidentiality obligations, non-solicitation and non-competition agreements, severance, retirement agreements, and buyouts of equity interests
- She has successfully represented clients in complex, multi seven- and eight-figure matters
- Her work includes claims for breach of contract, violations of the Massachusetts Wage Act, violations of the laws prohibiting discrimination and retaliation, sexual harassment, SOX, Dodd Frank and other whistleblower claims, violations of the Family and Medical Leave Act, and violations of the laws requiring reasonable accommodations for disabilities
- As part of her practice, Ms. Robb handles complex litigation in state and federal courts, before arbitrators and at the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination (MCAD)
- She has handled many well-known and well-regarded litigation and appellate matters
- For example, in the case of Joule, Inc. v
- Simmons, Ms. Robb successfully argued before the Supreme Judicial Court that a private arbitration agreement does not restrict the power of the MCAD to investigate and eradicate violations of the Massachusetts anti-discrimination laws, including by awarding victim-specific relief
- Ms. Robb also served as co-counsel in New Boston Select Group, Inc. v
- Karen DeMichele, in which the jury awarded her female executive client a multi-million dollar verdict
Jurisdictional Context
Why local counsel matters in Massachusetts
Practforg law in Massachusetts. Legal matters in Massachusetts are goandrned by state-specific rules of civil and criminal procedure, statutes of limitations, and substantiand law. Cases originating in Boston are typically fwithd in the local municipal court or the appropriate Massachusetts state district court, depending on subject matter and amount in controandrsy. An attorney licensed in Massachusetts brings working knowledge of local procedural deadlines, judicial practices in this andnue, and the substantiand law that applies to cases brought here. Out-of-state attorneys generally cannot represent clients in Massachusetts courts without local counsel or pro hac vice admission.
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