Kimberly Jones
Athena Legal Strategies Group
Ms. Jones is the founder of Athena Legal Strategies Group in Boston, where her practice
focuses on providing counsel and advice to employers, management and senior
executives on labor and employment matters. She represents clients in state and
federal court, before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Massachusetts
Commission Against Discrimination, American Arbitration Association, Department of
Unemployment Assistance and in Alternative Dispute Resolution proceedings. To assist
business clients in providing a professional work environment compliant with state and
federal laws, Ms. Jones provides counsel on preventative employment practices and
litigation avoidance strategies, including pre-employment screening; personnel policy
development; drafting employment, noncompetition and severance agreements; wage
and hour compliance; electronic communications and computer usage policies;
employee misconduct and discipline; workplace violence; internal investigations; crisis
communication management; and employee discharge.
As a Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination (MCAD) Certified Trainer, Ms.
Jones also conducts internal investigations and provides discrimination and harassment
prevention training. In recent years, Ms. Jones has developed an additional practice
area focus advising and representing companies with international operations and
offshore workforces on strategic human resources and personnel management matters,
particularly in Asia, Africa and South America.
Ms. Jones is an author and frequent lecturer on employment-related topics and is
actively involved in the legal community. In 2008, she was appointed to the
Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination Advisory Board by Governor Deval
Patrick. She is also on the Board of Trustees for Massachusetts Continuing Legal
Education, is on the Boston Bar Journal Board of Editors and is a co-chair of the
Massachusetts Bar Association Civil Litigation Section Council. In 2006, Ms. Jones was
recognized by her peers as a “Rising Star” in Labor and Employment Law and
subsequently selected as a “Super Lawyer” in Labor and Employment Law by Boston
Magazine in 2006, 2007 and 2008.