Gregory Tumolo is a partner in the Providence office of Lewis Brisbois and Co-Chair of the firm’s Employment Advice & Counseling Practice. Gregory’s practice is focused on representing and counseling employer and employee clients in a wide array of labor and employment law matters.

Gregory has substantial experience providing employers with the creative and cost-effective compliance solutions that they need to grow their businesses and effectively manage risk. He drafts, reviews, and disseminates the documents that they need to recruit and retain a diverse and talented workforce; build a workplace free of unlawful discrimination and harassment; and comply with their obligations under local, state, and federal law. He regularly assists clients with issues arising under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), and state anti-discrimination and wage and hour laws. He also provides education and training to executives, managers, and HR professionals on a wide variety of employment law topics.

Gregory also has several years of direct and substantial experience litigating discrimination, harassment, retaliation, wage and hour, and whistle-blower claims. He has successfully defended employers in cases before the before state courts and administrative agencies in Massachusetts and Rhode Island, including the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination (MCAD), the Rhode Island Commission for Human Rights, and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).

For his employee clients, Gregory negotiates the terms of employment agreements and proposed severance packages, assist with career transitions that involve non-competition and restrictive covenants, and aggressively represents their interests in cases involving discrimination, harassment, retaliation, and unpaid wages.

Publications

Pro Bono & Philanthropy

Professional Presentations

• Co-presenter, "HR Roundtable: Reasonable Suspicion Training for Managers and Supervisors," Northern Rhode Island Chamber of Commerce HR Roundtable, April 2023
• Co-facilitated Rhode Island HR Roundtable for Employers Association of the NorthEast (EANE) (monthly since September 2018)
• Co-facilitated quarterly Chief Human Resource Officer (CHRO) Roundtable with Employers Association of the NorthEast (EANE) (quarterly since 2019)
• Co-presenter, reasonable suspicion training for managers and supervisors at Rhode Island SHRM’s Employment Law Summit (October 2022)
• Co-presenter, webinar “Preparing for Pay Equity” on Rhode Island’s new pay equity law for Rhode Island Society of CPAs and Rhode Island Manufacturers Association (October 2022)
• Co-panelist, discussion on Rhode Island’s new pay equity law hosted by Rhode Island SHRM (June 2022)
• Moderator, a virtual discussion on workplace conflict resolution for Rhode Island SHRM (March 2022)
• Co-presenter, “Preparing for Pay Equity” on Rhode Island’s new pay equity law for Employers Association of the NorthEast Rhode Island Employment Law Conference (November 2021)
• Moderator, Rhode Island SHRM’s 2021 Fall Legislative Conference (September 2021)
• Moderator, virtual session on ADA reasonable accommodation issues in the age of COVID-19 for Rhode Island SHRM (January 2021)
• Presenter, “Getting Back to Business: A Rhode Island Employer’s Guide to Reopening Responsibly” for Employers Association of NorthEast (EANE) Rhode Island Employment Law Conference (November 2020)
• Moderator, Rhode Island SHRM’s 2020 Fall Legislative Conference (September 2020)
• Presenter, “The Dos and Don’ts of HR Documentation: A Deeper Dive” for Employers Association of NorthEast (EANE) Rhode Island Employment Law Conference (November 2019)
• Moderator, Rhode Island SHRM’s 2019 Fall Legislative Breakfast (September 2019)
• Co-presenter, “In the Weeds: The Changing Legal Landscape of Medical and Recreational Marijuana Users in the Workplace” for Employers Association of the NorthEast (EANE) (February 2019)
• Co-presenter, “Firing Without Fear: How to Conduct Employee Terminations with Confidence” for Employers Association of the NorthEast (EANE) Rhode Island Employment Law Conference (November 2018)
• Testified as subject matter expert before Wage and Hour Division of United States Department of Labor on proposed FLSA overtime rule changes (September 2018)
• Testified as subject matter expert before House Special Legislative Commission to Study Unlawful Sexual Harassment in the Workplace (April 2018)

Admissions

• State Bar Admissions
  • Massachusetts
  • Rhode Island
• State Supreme Courts
  • Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
  • Rhode Island Supreme Court
• United States District Courts
  • United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts
  • United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island

Associations

• Rhode Island SHRM - Director of Legislative Affairs
• Employers Association of the NorthEast - Member of Board of Directors
• Youth Pride, Inc. - Secretary

Awards & Honors

Rising Star - Labor and Employment Law, Super Lawyers (2014, 2018, 2021)

Education

Suffolk University Law School

Juris Doctor, 2008

Bryant University

Bachelor of Science in Business Management, magna cum laude, 2005

Representative Matters

Public hearing victory in M.C.A.D., et al. v. Commonwealth Waste Transportation, Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly (April 2015)