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Patrick J. Boyd

Founding Partner

Patrick J. Boyd founded The Boyd Law Group, PLLC in 2005 and is an experienced labor and employment law attorney. He has represented individual executives including many industry captains, CEOs, Fortune 100 companies and small businesses in precedent setting and often high-profile labor, employment and education law matters.

He has counseled clients on the full range of workplace law issues, including claims of wrongful discharge, harassment, wage and hour violations (including class actions) and claim of discrimination under federal, state and local laws. He has represented many executives with whistleblower and securities related actions, and in complex executive severance negotiations

Patrick also has significant experience with handling traditional labor relations matters including collective bargaining, grievance arbitrations and matters before the National Labor Relations Board.

Mr. Boyd is frequently featured in the press and prominent publications. He has appeared on television including on ABC and Fox News and been quoted or featured in The New York Post, Forbes, The New York Times and The New York Law Journal. In addition, Patrick has been selected as a SuperLawyer for ten years in a row and BLG was listed in the New York Law Journal for one of the largest employment law settlements in New York state for 2016.

Patrick Boyd is an active Board member for several local organizations, and is an avid guitar player. He lives in Westchester with his wife, three children, three dogs and one cat.

Affiliations

  • Member of Executive Committee Board of Advisors of the Center for Labor and Employment Law at St. John’s University, School of Law
  • Member of the Executive Committee for the class of 1995 at Dartmouth College
  • The Association of the Bar of the City of New York
  • The National Employment Lawyers Association
  • The New York Section of the National Employment Lawyers Association
  • The Dartmouth Lawyers Association

Bar Admissions

  • New York

Federal Court Admissions

  • Southern District of New York
  • Eastern District of New York
  • Western District of New York
  • Northern District of New York
  • District of Connecticut

Education

  • St. John's University School of Law, J.D. (2000)
    • Law school curriculum focused on labor and employment law, and faculty research assistant for Labor and Employment Law Professor David L. Gregory.
    • Current and long standing Executive member of the St. John’s Labor Relations and Employment Law Society
  • Dartmouth College, B.A. (1995)
    • Dual major in Literature and Government.
    • Current Member of the Executive Committee for the Dartmouth College class of 1995.
Employment

Publications & Speaking Engagements

  • Patrick Boyd presented on “Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964” at 50 Symposium at St. John’s Law School (April 2014).
  • William Li served as a panelist for a St. John’s University seminar for law students relating to labor and employment law careers (September 2011)
  • Co-author of the article “Prudish or Prudent” contemplation of the sexual harassment and paramour exception and U.S. and U.K. law presented at conference “Worlds of Work: Employment Dispute Resolution Systems Across the Globe” (Cambridge, July 2011)
  • Patrick Boyd and William Li presented “Prudish or Prudent” relating to sexual harassment and the paramour exception under U.S. and U.K. law. Presentation given at conference “Worlds of Work: Employment Dispute Resolution Systems Across the Globe” (Cambridge, July 2011)
  • Patrick Boyd served as chair for a presentation entitled “Watch Out! A Guide To Ethical Practices in Start-ups & Smaller Firms” hosted by the Association of the Bar of the City of New York (October 2008)
  • Patrick Boyd served as a moderator for a presentation entitled “Growing Your Practice” hosted by the Association of the Bar of the City of New York (October 2007)
  • Patrick Boyd served as a chair for a presentation entitled “Watch Out! A Guide To Ethical Practices in Start-ups & Smaller Firms” hosted by the Association of the Bar of the City of New York (May 2007)
  • Co-author of article “Revelations of Retaliation” analyzing the Supreme Court’s decision in Burlington Northern v. White, GC New York (November 2006)
  • Patrick Boyd spoke on employment law issues at the conference “The Transatlantic Perspectives on Labor and Employment Law” co-sponsored by St. John’s University School of Law and the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (London, July 2006)
  • Patrick Boyd served as a chair for a presentation entitled “Ethical Challenges Facing Small Firm Practitioners” hosted by the Association of the Bar of the City of New York (April 2006)
  • Patrick Boyd was a moderator for a presentation entitled “Employment Litigation Under Title VII: Racial Slurs in the Workplace” hosted by the Association of the Bar of the City of New York (December 2005)
  • Patrick Boyd was a panelist at the 7th Annual Management Lawyers Colloquium hosted by St. John’s University School of Law (2002)
  • Author of article “Tipping the Balance of Power: Electronic Monitoring in the Workplace”, St. John’s Journal of Legal Commentary (2000)
  • Research editor for conference “Transatlantic Perspectives on Labor and Employment Law”, University College Dublin Law School (July 2000)
  • Primary research editor for “The Colloquium on the Welfare Workforce”, featured in St. John’s Law Review (2000)
  • Faculty research assistant for article “The First Amendment and the Labor Relations of Religiously-Affiliated Employers”, Boston University Public Interest Law Journal (1999)
  • Faculty research assistant to Professor David L. Gregory for treatise “Labor-Management Relations and the Law”, Foundation Press (1999)
Locations
  • Connecticut Office
    166 Cherry Street,
    Suite C – 2nd Floor
    New Canaan, CT 06840
  • New York Office
    250 Park Avenue, 7th Floor
    New York, NY 10177