Attorney Erica E. Flores recognized among Top Women of Law in Massachusetts
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. – Skoler, Abbott & Presser, P.C., a leading labor and employment law firm serving employers in the greater Springfield area, has announced that Attorney Erica E. Flores has been recognized as one of the 2021 Top Women of Law by Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly. She will be honored at an award ceremony recognizing the top 50 female legal professionals in Massachusetts on November 17 at the Boston Marriot Copley Place. The Top Women of Law program celebrates the outstanding achievements made by exceptional women in the legal profession. Each year, the publication honors women who have demonstrated great accomplishments in their field.
A resident of Westfield, Attorney Flores has been with Skoler Abbott since 2013 and was named a partner earlier this year. She defends employers in single-plaintiff and class action litigation involving claims of discrimination, harassment and retaliation, wage and hour violations, contract disputes and other employment issues. She also advises clients with respect to compliance challenges, personnel policies and day-to-day employment issues, and provides custom training programs and materials on a variety of important topics, including sexual harassment, paid and unpaid leave and ADA accommodations.
Attorney Flores has been an invited speaker at educational events sponsored by local chambers of commerce, the Employers Association of the Northeast, the CMEA Employers Association and other organizations, and has been published in BusinessWest, Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, and the Massachusetts Bar Association’s Massachusetts Law Review. She is also an editor of and contributor to the New England Employment Law Letter and volunteers her time as president of the board of directors of the Food Bank of Western Massachusetts. Attorney Flores received her law degree from the University of Pennsylvania Law School and her undergraduate degree from the University of Colorado at Boulder.
Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly was founded in 1972 and reports decisions issued by all the state and federal courts in Massachusetts as well as changes to court rules, verdict and settlement reports, bar-discipline notices and all other news vital to attorneys in the commonwealth. In addition to reporting all decisions issued by the Supreme Judicial Court, the Massachusetts Appeal Court and the First U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly also covers hundreds of rulings from state and federal trial courts in Massachusetts and state agencies.
About Skoler, Abbott & Presser
Founded in 1964, Skoler, Abbott & Presser is a boutique firm that exclusively practices labor and employment law and represents only the interests of management. The firm’s practice areas include all aspects of labor and employment law, including traditional labor law, contract negotiations, union avoidance, and arbitrations; employment litigation in state and federal courts and before administrative agencies; employment counseling, policy review and training; compliance with state and federal employment statutes and a wide range of other areas of the law related to the management of employees. The firm has offices in Springfield and Worcester, and also has an extensive practice in Connecticut. Further information about Skoler, Abbott & Presser can be found on its website, skoler-abbott.com.