About
Ruth O’Meara-Costello represents customers in crook defense, Title IX, and employment regulation subjects. Ruth is a committed and thoughtful advocate for her clients and has carried out full-size victories each inside and out of court docket.
Ruth’s commitment to character rights and to due system tell her paintings with college students and school going through disciplinary movement at their universities. Her revel in dealing with crook sexual assault cases complements her paintings representing accused college students, and permits her to provide complete legal illustration to the students and school individuals she represents. Ruth additionally assists students and faculty accused of other university disciplinary violations, such as plagiarism and educational dishonesty.
Ruth is recognized as a thought chief in Title IX law, and often writes approximately legal troubles in campus disciplinary court cases and provides her expertise to the click on these matters.
Ruth’s prison know-how and insight have ended in victories or reduced sanctions for her customers in criminal subjects. Ruth’s crook defense practice encompasses trials and appeals in each nation and federal court docket, and he or she has represented defendants on various charges
Ruth represents plaintiffs subjected to discrimination, retaliation, sexual harassment, unequal pay, or different violations of their administrative center rights in litigation inside the state and federal courts and before the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination (MCAD). She additionally frequently works with employees behind the scenes to help them handle hard conditions at work and preserve their employment or reap settlements without any litigation.
At Harvard Law School, Ruth turned into a member of the Harvard Legal Aid Bureau, in which she represented customers in home relations cases and earlier than the Department of Unemployment Assistance. In 2017 and 2018, Ruth was decided on to the Rising Stars listing with the aid of Super Lawyers.
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Location
Legal Issues
- Criminal Law
- Criminal Appeals, Drug Crimes, Expungement, Fraud, Gun Crimes, Internet Crimes, Sex Crimes, Theft, Violent Crimes
- Education Law
- Employment Law
- Employee Benefits, Employment Contracts, Employment Discrimination, ERISA, Overtime & Unpaid Wages, Sexual Harassment, Whistleblower, Wrongful Termination
Costs
Certificates
Languages
- English
Accepted Jurisdictions
Experience
- Of Counsel
Zalkind Duncan & Bernstein LLP
2007
Educations
Graduation year: 2006
Graduation year: 2002
