Ropes & Gray LLP

Labor & Employment

Counsel

Jenny K. Cooper joined Ropes & Gray in 2015 as a counsel in the Labor & Employment group. She represents employers in complex employment litigation matters, including wage and hour class and collective actions, discrimination matters, whistleblower actions, and disputes concerning restrictive covenants and trade secrets issues.   She counsels clients on wage and hour compliance, workforce reductions, employee discipline and discharge, disability, accommodation and leave issues, restrictive covenants, employment agreements, and the various employment law issues that arise in corporate transactions. She has successfully litigated on behalf of her clients before state and federal courts as well as administrative agencies. 

More recently, Jenny has been advising clients on a range of labor and employment issues as they relate to the COVID-19 outbreak. 

Jenny also has significant experience conducting highly sensitive investigations for a wide variety of clients regarding allegations of harassment, discrimination, retaliation, employee theft, inappropriate use of company resources, assault, hazing, conflicts of interest, and inappropriate relationships.  She has counseled clients through remedial measures and other responses to investigative findings.

In Chambers USA, Jenny is listed as a leading labor and employment attorney in Massachusetts, described by clients as “worth her weight in gold,” and “very practical and very good on highly sensitive matters.”

Jenny is committed to pro bono service and, in addition to assisting many non-profits with employee relations issues, has advocated on behalf of women and children in domestic and international cases involving allegations of abuse and violence.

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JD, 2000; associate and executive editor; Journal of Race and Law BA, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1997