Erik J. Winton's Jackson Lewis Attorney Profile

Erik J. Winton

Position:	Partner
Office:	Boston Office
Address:	75 Park Plaza 4th Floor Boston, MA 02116
Phone:	(617) 367-0025
Fax:	(617) 367-2155
Areas of Practice Litigation and e-Discovery Litigation Avoidance Trade Secrets, Non-Competes and Workplace Technology

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Admitted to Practice

States
Connecticut	(1996)
Massachusetts	(1995)

U.S. Courts of Appeals
1st Circuit Court of Appeals	(2002)

U.S. District Courts
Massachusetts - D. Mass.	(2001)
Connecticut - D. Conn.	(1999)

Education

Law	Yeshiva University Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law J.D., 1995
Undergraduate	Brandeis University B.A., 1991

Published Works

Articles
"Non-Competition Agreements: How to Stop Sales People From Leaving With Your Customers" The Lumber Co-Operator (February/March 2001) [Co-Author]

Biography

Erik J. Winton is a Partner in the Boston office of Jackson Lewis. As a member of the firm’s Trade Secret, Non-Compete and Workplace Technology Practice Group, Mr. Winton regularly provides valuable counsel to clients in New England and across the country regarding restrictive covenant issues. Specifically, Mr. Winton’s practice focuses on restrictive covenant drafting, counseling, litigation avoidance and litigation.

Mr. Winton has extensive experience as a litigator, including successful first chair jury trial experience. He represents employers in federal and state courts and administrative agencies in matters involving discrimination claims based on race, sex, sexual preference, national origin, and disability; retaliation, whistle blowing, wage/hour claims and Department of Labor complaints; allegations of wrongful discharge and breach of contract under the common law; and claims for tortuous injury, such as defamation, infliction of emotional distress and interference with advantageous relations. Mr. Winton has prevailed on the vast majority of dispositive motions filed on his clients’ behalf, including several reported cases.

Mr. Winton’s practice emphasizes advising employers regarding how to comply with the full range of federal and state labor and employment laws. This includes advising clients on issues relating to disability and leave management, reductions in force, wage and hour laws and workplace safety. Mr. Winton also drafts and negotiates executive employment and severance agreements on behalf of both employers and executives.

Mr. Winton speaks frequently regarding employment law issues. He joined the firm in 2000 after 5 years as a litigator at Fitzhugh & Associates (now Fitzhugh & Mariani, LLP), a litigation boutique with offices in Boston and Hartford, Connecticut. He received his Bachelors in Philosophy from Brandeis University in 1991. In 1995, he received his J.D. from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law at Yeshiva University, where he was on the Staff of the Cardozo Arts & Entertainment Law Journal.