Tani E. Sapirstein received her B.A. from Brown University and her J.D. from Case Western Reserve University. She has had extensive experience in state and federal courts as well as before administrative agencies. Prior to starting her own practice in 1990, she was in-house corporate counsel for Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, First National Supermarkets, Inc. and Friendly Ice Cream Corporation. She has served on continuing legal education panels on advising small businesses on labor and employment law and the basics of employment discrimination. Ms. Sapirstein also serves as a legal consultant and correspondent for WGGB TV-40, the Springfield, Massachusetts ABC television station and as host of the weekly "Lawyer Line" segment on the 12:00 news. Ms. Sapirstein is a member of the American Bar Association, Massachusetts Bar Association, Hampden County Bar Association, Massachusetts Association of Trial Lawyers and National Employment Lawyers Association.

A member of the state bar of New York and the state and federal bars of Massachusetts and Connecticut, Ms. Sapirstein concentrates her practice in employment and business law.

Education: Brown University (A.B., 1978); Case Western Reserve University (J.D., 1982).

Participant:

• Panels on Employment Law Basics and Advising Small Businesses, MCLE 1993;
• Residential Real Estate Basics, 1995, Hanging your own Shingle,
• Annual Employment Law Conference, Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003.
• Sexual Harassment, May 1997;
• Employment and Labor Law, Lorman Business Center, Inc., August 1997;
• Labonte v. Hutchins & Wheeler; Bain v. Springfield - Their Impact on Damage Awards in 151B Cases, Massachusetts Bar Association, June 1997;
• Plaintiff's Attorney on Workplace Harassment: Insider's View of Employee Complaints, June 1997
• Recent Developments in Labor Law, Women's Bar Association, October 1997;
• Trying Employment Cases in Superior Court, Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, November 1999;
• Presenting Your First MCAD Case, Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, June 1999;
• Employment and Labor Law Basics, Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, November 1999;
• Hanging Your Own Shingle;
• Legal Pitfalls in Hiring & Firing, Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, March 1997;
• Chair, Ten Mistakes Employment Lawyers Make, 1996.

Moderator:

• 1999 Annual Meeting Program, American Bar Association Labor and Employment Law Section, Atlanta, Georgia, August 1999;

Legal News Consultant, WGGB TV-40 1993 - Present.

Member:

• Massachusetts Advisory Committee, U.S. Civil Rights Commission.
• Hearing Officer, Board of Bar Overseers.
• Hampden County, Massachusetts (Member, Section on Labor and Employment Law; Vice Chair, 1992-1993) and American Bar Associations;
• Women's Bar Association;
• International Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists;
• National Employment Lawyers Association;
• Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education Employment Law Curriculum Committee

Reported Cases:

• Johnson v. Plastic Packaging, Inc., 892 F. Supp. 25 (D. Mass. 1995)
• Desrosiers v. Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company, 885 F. Supp. 308 (D. Mass. 1995)
• Bain v. City of Springfield, 424 Mass. 758, 678 N.E.2d 155
• Bennett v. City of Holyoke, 230 F. Supp. 2d 207 (D. Mass. 2002)
• Bennett v. City of Holyoke, - F.3d - (1st Cir. 2004)