Mary Ellen Donnelly

Mary Ellen devotes her practice to the representation of management exclusively in all aspects of labor relations, employment law, and related litigation. She litigates in state and federal courts throughout the country.

She represents management before arbitration tribunals and administrative agencies on the state and federal level, including the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the New York State Division of Human Rights. She litigates cases before the National Labor Relations Board and has served as spokesperson for management during labor negotiations. Mary Ellen represents employers in higher education, health care, manufacturing, financial services, retail and nonprofit institutions.

In addition to litigation, Mary Ellen frequently counsels clients on a full range of state and federal labor and employment law issues, including hiring and termination, discrimination complaints, sexual harassment, collective bargaining, development and administration of human resource policies and wage and hour compliance. She has lectured on numerous employment law topics, including Title VII, Title IX, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the FLSA, Section 296 of the New York State Executive Law and various aspects of employment discrimination. Mary Ellen has provided training to executives, supervisors and employees on labor and employment law issues.

Prior to joining Bond, Mary Ellen was a partner at Putney, Twombly, Hall & Hirson LLP where she was chair of the firm’s labor and employment practice.