Biography

Richard Alfred is a partner in Seyfarth Shaw’s Boston office. For over 30 years, his practice has been devoted to labor and employment law. Mr. Alfred serves as chair of the firm's Boston Labor & Employment Department, and is the head of the firm’s national Wage & Hour Litigation Practice Group. His practice is focused on the defense of collective, class, and hybrid actions under the Fair Labor Standards Act and Massachusetts state wage and hour laws in federal and state courts.

Mr. Alfred also has extensive experience defending employment discrimination single, multi-plaintiff, and class actions brought under federal and state statutory laws; pattern or practice claims brought by the EEOC; and employment-related breach of contract and tort claims.  He regularly represents parties in non-competition, non-solicitation, and other restrictive covenant claims and defends corporations against allegations of competitor-related employee raiding claims.

Mr. Alfred has recently represented clients in a number of specific industries, including hospitality, financial and professional services, specialized staffing, retail, pharmaceutical, airline, manufacturing, trucking, home building, and technology.

Education

J.D., Harvard Law School (1978)
B.A., Harvard College, magna cum laude (1975)

Admissions

• Massachusetts
• New York

Courts

• U.S. Courts of Appeals for the First, Second and Fourth Circuits
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
• U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut
• U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts
• U.S. District Court for the Northern, Eastern, Southern and Western Districts of New York