Jennifer Janeira Nagle

Ms. Nagle is a commercial litigator with a demonstrated focus on working with clients to build dispute resolution strategies that balance advocacy and pragmatism. Ms. Nagle has considerable experience across industries and legal practice areas, including in the areas of commercial contracts, employment and quasi-employment relationships, restrictive covenants, trade secrets, trademarks and other intellectual property rights, and federal and state consumer protection laws. Ms. Nagle has extensively practiced in Federal and state courts throughout the United States, as well as in various mediation and arbitration settings (including before international arbitral tribunals).

Ms. Nagle also has substantial expertise in class action defense having personally defended businesses, including financial services institutions, in dozens of state and federal class action lawsuits brought under federal consumer protection statutes such as the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act, as well as under common law theories of liability and various state unfair and deceptive acts and practices laws. Ms. Nagle regularly continues to represent and advise businesses to develop and implement effective class action strategies.

As a complement to Ms. Nagle’s significant experience managing employment related disputes, Ms. Nagle also regularly advises clients in the area of restrictive covenants, including as to compliance with state laws, assessment of hiring and separation risks, and strategic analysis related to enforcement of restrictive covenants through dispute resolution or resort to litigation.

Ms. Nagle is an active member of the firm’s global Women in the Profession Committee, chairperson of the Boston office’s chapter of the committee, and co-chair of a committee taskforce directed at promoting women in the legal workplace.