Katherine A. Hesse

Employment, Mediation
Crown Colony Plaza, 300 Crown Colony Drive, Suite 410, P.O. Box 9126
Quincy, Massachusetts 022699126


Employment

Admitted

1977, Massachusetts and U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts; 1978, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit; 1980, District of Columbia; 1983, U.S. Supreme Court

Law School

Boston University, J.D., 1976

Law School Graduation Year

1976

College

University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland; Smith College, B.A., 1971

Memberships

Boston (ADR, Labor and ERISA Committees), Massachusetts and American Bar Associations; Women's Bar Association; Industrial Relations Research Association; American Arbitration Association; International Society of Certified Employee Benefits Specialist, South Shore Chamber of Commerce.

Biographical

Recipient: Cushing Gavin Award for Excellence in Labor Relations and Patriots Trail; Girl Scouts Leading Women Award. Certified Employee Benefit Specialist. Board of Directors, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care; Board of Directors, St. Coletta's Board of Trustees, Massachusetts Bar Foundation; Senior Advisory Council, Massachusetts Healthcare Human Resources Association. Author: Chapter on the Massachusetts Public Employee Retirement System, A Judicial Guide to Labor and Employment Law, the Flaschner Institute for Judicial Education, 1991; Sexual Harassment in the Workplace, Lawyers Journal, 1996; Supreme Court Review, Benefits Quarterly, 1996; Trustees Role in the Investment of Plan Assets: The Prudent Fiduciary, International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans, 1995; Advising the Start Up Company on Basic Employment Issues and Pitfalls, Massachusetts Bar Association, 1995; Experimental Procedures: Avoiding Litigation, Managing Employee Health Benefits, Winter 1994; Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985: Temporary Extension of Coverage for Certain Employees and Family Members, Employee Benefits Symposium Proceedings, International Society of Certified Employee Benefit Specialties, 1987; Suspension of Pension Benefits, Annual Education Conference Proceedings, International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans, 1982—. Lecturer, Collective Bargaining in the Public Sector, Northeastern University, 1981-1985; Benefits Quarterly Legal Update Supreme Court Review, 1996; Lawyers Journal & Mass High Tech Sexual Harassment in the Workplace, 1996; Benefits Quarterly Legal Update Health Legislation, 1996; Benefits Quarterly Legal Update Supreme Court Review Preemption, 1997; Benefits Quarterly Legal Update - Focus on Collectively Bargained and Multiemployer Plans, 1998; Employee Benefit Issues The Multiemployer Perspective Volume Thirty-nine, 1998; Employee Benefit Plan Review - Interview Attorney Reviews Significant Employee Benefit Cases, 1998; Benefits Quarterly Legal Update -

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