| Alfred A. Gray, Jr.Partner |
| Mr. Gray concentrates his practice in employment law and healthcare services. His employment practice covers all aspects of employment law as well as labor law; represents management clients in litigation, federal and state administrative proceedings including MCAD, EEOC, OSHA, NLRB; arbitration, collective bargaining, dispute resolution, union avoidance, non-compete matters, employment agreements and handbooks, and general advice and consultation.
Mr. Gray’s healthcare services practice concentrates on human services related matters where he represents human service agencies such as residential providers for individuals with developmental disabilities, long term care facilities, assisted living homes, special education facilities, other non-profit organizations, consultants, licensed and unlicensed professionals, guardians, families and other individuals. He represents clients in regulatory matters, investigation proceedings, training, operational and administrative matters as well as litigation, mediation, consulting and advisory services.
Mr. Gray is Chair of the Bowditch & Dewey Diversity Committee. The goal of the Diversity Committee is to ensure that the Firm is fully committed to implementing an effective program to achieve Diversity in the areas of recruiting, community outreach and employee awareness. |
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Mr. Gray has served as the Deputy General Counsel for the Department of Mental Retardation. He was also a Senior Staff Attorney for the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination. |
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- Member, Governor’s Commission on Mental Retardation;
- Co-founder and Co-Chair, Department of Mental Retardation Northeast Region Medical Ethics Committee;
- Board of Directors, Baycove Human Services;
- Youth Basketball Coach, Town of North Reading;
- former Member of nationwide Steering Committee, Greenberg Traurig, LLP;
- former Committee Member and Chair, North Reading Housing Partnership Committee;
- former Member, American Training, Inc. Rights Committee.
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Various appearances on local television outlets discussing matters of public interest such as employee benefits with regard to same sex marriage.
We’re Expecting, a nationwide ABC television documentary following the lives of three couples expecting the birth of their first child, April 1993. |
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| 5/10/11 | B&D Attorney Al Gray participated in the Mass Senior Care Annual Abuse Prevention Seminar | | 4/7/09 | 2008-2009 Higher Education Roundtable Series Schedule |
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| 11/28/11 | Massachusetts Legislature Approves Bill Protecting Rights of Transgender Individuals | | 10/4/11 | Employee or Independent Contractor? High Stakes and More Complications | | 9/19/11 | Discrimination Against Unemployed Job-Seekers May Soon Be Illegal | | 9/13/11 | National Labor Relations Board Issues New Posting Requirement On Rights To Organize | | 7/8/11 | Connecticut Legislature Mandates Paid Sick Leave: Massachusetts Employers Should be Wary | | 5/24/11 | Final ADAAA Regulations Effective May 24th | | 5/7/01 | Approaching Arbitration to Avoid Litigation: How to do it, Mass High Tech, Volume 19, Issue 19, May 7-15, 2001. | | 8/6/00 | Liability in Parental Rage Cases, National Law Journal, Massachusetts Edition, August 6, 2000. |
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| 1/26/12 | Third Annual Federal and State Employment Law Update | | 10/20/11 | Breakfast @ Bowditch - An Interactive Conversation with MCAD Chairman Julian Tynes | | 6/9/11 | June 9 Breakfast @ Bowditch: Litigation Tools for Employers | | 2/9/11 | Breakfast @ Bowditch: Federal & State Employment Law Update Rescheduled! | | 12/16/09 | Al Gray to speak at Human Resources Council | | 5/15/09 | Breakfast @ Bowditch |
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| | B.A., 1979, Trinity College | | J.D., 1982, Western New England College of Law |
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