Biography

Ms. Kappelman is a partner in Seyfarth Shaw’s Boston office practicing in the area of labor and employment litigation, including issues arising under ADEA, Title VII, ERISA, ADA, and all other state and governmental laws affecting employers. She has successfully litigated many trials to verdict, negotiated hundreds of cases to settlement, briefed and argued appeals to the First, Second and Third Circuits and state appellate courts. Ms. Kappelman handles complex discrimination litigation including class action gender discrimination, race discrimination and gender equity cases, as well as EEOC pattern and practice charges. Ms. Kappelman also counsels companies on various employment issues including executive compensation agreements, protecting confidential business information, severance agreements and progressive discipline of employees.

Ms. Kappelman leads the firm's national service group for retail industry clients. She was previously an attorney in the corporate litigation department of International Business Machines Corporation where she counseled in-house staff and supervised litigation in the areas of employment discrimination and commercial litigation.

Education

J.D., Georgetown University, (1988)
A.B., Brown University (1985)

Admissions

• Connecticut
• Massachusetts
• New York

Courts

• United States Supreme Court
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the First, Second and Third Circuits
• U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado
• U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut
• U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts
• U.S. District Court for the Eastern, Northern, Southern and Western Districts of New York