Danielle Jurema Lederman

Danielle Jurema Lederman is an associate in the firm’s Employment & Labor Practice Area. She represents employers in all stages of mediation, arbitration, and litigation at the administrative, state, and federal levels. Danielle is an experienced trial attorney and has successfully litigated multiple employment matters through to summary judgment and trial.

She also counsels employers in a wide array of labor and employment matters including hiring, employee classification, workplace discrimination, sexual harassment, leave laws, wage and hour law, and termination helping clients to navigate the nuances of labor and employment law. Danielle prepares and reviews clients’ employee handbooks and regularly advises businesses on the constantly changing federal, state, and local guidance relating to the COVID-19 pandemic.

As part of her work at Bowditch, Danielle is co-editor of the firm’s The Case for Inclusion blog.

Before Bowditch

Prior to joining the firm, Danielle represented employers as an associate at a mid-sized Boston employment and labor law firm. She also previously worked at a small Newton-based law firm, where she gained extensive litigation experience, and as the director of legal services at a local non-profit, where she provided in-house counseling and legal services relating to workplace claims.

During law school, Danielle interned for a magistrate judge in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, the United States Attorney’s Office, a mid-sized civil litigation firm in Boston, and a large international financial institution.

Besides Work

Danielle is an avid soccer fan – especially when it comes time for the World Cup. She’s travelled to each World Cup held since 2006, and is anxiously awaiting the next one in 2022.