John Adams Suffolk County Courthouse.

Attorneys

Maura A. Greene 
Boston, Massachusetts
Partner

phone (617) 951-1400
fax (617) 951-0586
(617) 951-1354
email Email Me

Maura A. Greene is a partner at Keegan Werlin LLP.  Ms. Greene is a trial attorney with twenty-three years of experience who is general counsel to architecture, engineering, surveying, construction and technology firms.  She concentrates her practice in business litigation and counseling businesses and individuals on employment-related matters.  She is a frequent lecturer on topics including preventing claims, allocation of risk in contract provisions and employment-related topics.  She has presented at forums sponsored by the Boston Architectural College, the Boston Society of Architects, Northeastern University Law School, Suffolk University Law School, and the Design Build Institute of America, the Massachusetts Association of Land Surveyeors and Civil Engineers, the Associated General Contractors of America and Women in Technology.

Ms. Greene has successfully represented clients in state and federal courts and before the Massachusetts Commission against Discrimination.  She also represents clients in mediations, arbitrations and administrative proceedings, and matters before Boards of Registration.  Ms. Greene served as President of the Design Build Institute of America/New England Chapter in 2007.  She is an honorary member of the Massachusetts Association of Land Surveyors and Civil Engineers.  She is an active member of the Boston Society of Architects' Human Resources Committee and the Women's Transportation Seminar.  She has served on a number of committees for the American Council of Engineering Companies.

Ms. Greene is a graduate of Smith College and earned her Juris Doctorate from Suffolk University Law School, where she was a member of the Law Review.  Ms. Greene is rated AV by Martindale Hubbell.

Areas of Practice:
Business Litigation
Employment
Bar Admissions:
Massachusetts, 1985
U.S. District Court District of Massachusetts, 1986
U.S. Court of Appeals 1st Circuit, 1987
Education:
Suffolk University Law School, Boston, Massachusetts, 1985
J.D.
Law Review: Suffolk University Law Review, 1983 - 1984


Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts, 1982
A.B., Bachelor of Arts


Published Works:
Why Design Firms Need Sexual Harassment Training Programs, BSCESNews, October, 2005


Limiting Exposure for Donated Services, BSCESNews, February, 2002


Email as Evidence, ACES/Insights, December, 2001


Infrastructure Funding and the FY2002 Budget, BSCESNews, September, 2001


The Hiring Process: Avoiding Employment Claims, ACEC/Insights, June, 2001


Fifty State Construction Lien and Bond, Aspen Law and Business, 2d edition, 2000


Mediation and Arbritration of Claims Against Design Professionals, ACEC/Insights, August/September, 2000


Project Websites and Their Legal Implications, World Architecture, January, 2000


Classes/Seminars Taught:
Employee Handbook Best Practices, Society for Design Administration, 2008


Update on Wage and Hour Laws and Independent Contractors, Boston Society of Architects HR Wizards Committee, 2008


Preventing Employment and Malpractice Claims, American Institute of Architects, Central MA Chapter, 2008


Managing the Risk of Electronic Communications, Boston Architectural College, 2008


Government Affairs, Society of Women Engineers Conference, 2008


Professional Practice and Contracts, Boston Architectural College, 2007


Managing the Risk of Electronic Communications, Build Boston Conference, 2007


Professional Practice, Licensed Site Professionals Annual Conference, 2007


Managing the Risk of Electronic Communications, Associated General Contractors, 2007


Reducing Exposure to Liability, Massachusetts Association of Land Surveyors and Civil Engineers Convention, 2006


Why Gender Diversity Does Matter: Helping Your Firm Compete for Excellence, Engineers Week, 2006


Risk Management, Central Massachusetts Chapter of the American Institute of Architects, 2006


What Design Firms Need to Know About Exempt and Non-Exempt Employees and Independent Contractors, Build Boston Conference, 2005


Professional Practice, Massachusetts Association of Land Surveyors and Civil Engineers Convention, 2005


Professional Associations and Memberships:
ACEC/Insights, 2002 - 2004
Board of Editors


Associated General Contractors of America, 2007 - Present
Member


Boston Society of Architects, 2005 - Present
Member, Human Resources Committee


BSCES/News, 2003 - 2007
Legal Editor


Design Build Institute of America, New England Chapter, 2007 - Present
President


Design Build Institute of America, New England Chapter, 2003 - 2006
Vice-President


Massachusetts Association of Land Surveyors and Civil Engineers, 2005 - Present
Member


Society of Design Administration, 2008 - Present
member


Women's Transportation Seminar, 2005 - Present
Member


Past Employment Positions:
Bowditch & Dewey, LLP, Partner, 2005 - 2007


Donovan Hatem LLP, Partner, 2001 - 2005


Burns & Levinson, LLP, Partner, 1997 - 2001


Birth Information:
Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America
Back to top

265 Franklin Street Boston, MA 02110-3113 Phone: (617) 951-1400 Fax: (617) 951-1354 E-Mail Us

Keegan Werlin LLP is the Massachusetts representative to the State Capital Global Law Firm Group. The State Capital Global Law Firm Group consists of one law firm located in provincial and other capitals around the globe. The primary purpose of the Group is to provide an organized and efficient system and a central source for the collection and dissemination of information and techniques about the practice of law in their common areas of practice.