| Mr. Ziemba is building the firm's new government practice, serving businesses in need of governmental counsel in addition to public agencies and authorities with outside legal needs. He has a unique breadth and depth of experience in working with the state, where he has held top legal and managerial positions for sixteen years. He most recently served in the Governor's Cabinet as Cabinet Secretary / Director of the Department of Labor, the executive office responsible for the Commonwealth's labor relations, occupational safety, and workers' compensation agencies. Prior to his appointment as Director, he was Undersecretary / Acting Secretary of the Executive Office of Transportation and Acting Chairman of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. From 1991 until 2002, he developed a wide range of experience as Deputy Chief of Staff in the Governor’s Office, at the Department of Housing and Community Development and at the Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation, where he worked with the state's banking and utility regulation agencies. While in the Governor’s Office, John was responsible for the state’s transportation, public safety, consumer affairs, and labor and workforce agencies and authorities. |
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| 10/13/06 | Massachusetts Director of Labor John S. Ziemba Joins Firm |
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| 2/1/07 | A Glass Half Full: The State's New Expedited Permitting Law | | 3/1/07 | New Economic Development Tools Made Available | | 1/1/07 | Health care reform: Can we hurry carefully? | | 3/17/08 | Massachusetts Expedited Permitting Law a Work in Progress | | 3/1/07 | State Grant Program Helps Mass. Biotechs Compete |
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| | B.A., 1990, College of the Holy Cross | | J.D., 1998, Boston College |
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