Overview
A pragmatic advisor and litigator, Carolyn Boucek helps employers prevent and address claims of employment discrimination and noncompliance with other federal and state employment laws and regulations.
Carolyn counsels employers on legal compliance and assists them in developing and implementing creative litigation strategies in matters involving allegations of wage and hour violations, breach of employment contracts; non-compete, non-solicit, and confidentiality violations; and disability, pregnancy, racial, and gender discrimination. When litigation arises, she meticulously represents clients in state and federal courts and arbitral tribunals.
Before joining Epstein Becker Green, Carolyn was an attorney in the Pittsburgh office of a national law firm, where she handled labor, employment, and commercial litigation matters. Prior to that, she was a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Christy Criswell Wiegand of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania. While in law school, she served an internship in the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Civil Division, in Pittsburgh.
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Focus Areas
Experience
- Defended a regional home care company against allegations of employment discrimination, including obtaining dismissal of claims of disability discrimination under Rule 12(b)(6).
- Assisted in mediating employment discrimination cases involving allegations of disability discrimination, pregnancy discrimination, racial discrimination, and gender discrimination.
- Represented commercial building contractors in connection with wage and hour lawsuits under the Pennsylvania Minimum Wage Act involving claims connected to employee's travel time to and from the secured construction site.
- Counseled numerous private practices in the medical and dental fields on negotiating employment contracts and non-compete agreements and properly complying with subpoenas.
- Defended a major film production company against allegations of age discrimination and racketeering, obtaining dismissal on the briefing.
Credentials
Education
- University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public and International Affairs (M.P.P.M., 2024)
- Cornell University Law School (J.D., 2017)
- Managing Editor, Journal of Law and Public Policy
- CALI Excellence for the Future Award Co-Recipient: Constitutional Law of the European Union
- CALI Excellence for the Future Award Co-Recipient: International Criminal Law
- University of Pittsburgh (B.A., summa cum laude, 2014)
Bar Admissions
- Illinois
- Ohio
- Pennsylvania
Court Admissions
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania
- U.S. District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania
- U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois
- U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania
Professional & Community Involvement
- Allegheny County Bar Association, Federal Court Section Council Member
- Bohemian Lawyers Association of Chicago
Events
Past Events
- July 9 and 10, 2024
- Allegheny County Bar Association: Maximizing Your Success in the Western District of PA's Early Mediation Program
- NBI Webinar: How to Lift Automatic Stays
Insights
Insights
- PublicationsLegal Challenges to the FTC’s Non-Compete Ban2 minute read
- BlogsTexas Court Shoots Down FTC Noncompete Ban Nationwide6 minute read
- BlogsFlorida Court Joins Texas Court in Granting Preliminary Injunction Against FTC’s Final Rule Banning Noncompetes, but ...5 minute read
- PublicationsExpert Q&A on Legal Challenges to the FTC's Non-Compete Ban4 minute read
- BlogsTeeing-Up a Circuit Split on the FTC’s Noncompete Rule: Pennsylvania Judge Diametrically Opposes Earlier Decision by ...10 minute read
- PublicationsFederal Court Grants Temporary Stay of FTC Noncompete Rule but Limits Scope (for Now) to Named Parties12 minute read
- BlogsChallenging the FTC’s Noncompete Rule: Epstein Becker Green Submits Amicus Brief on Behalf of 11 National Trade ...7 minute read
- BlogsBicycles, Trains, and Automobiles: Illinois to Require Employers to Offer Pre-Tax Transportation Fringe Benefits ...5 minute read
- BlogsIllinois Requires Comparable Pay for Temporary Workers3 minute read
- PublicationsIllinois Legislative Update: Big Changes for Employers26 minute read
- Publications
Are Pennsylvania State Courts Committed to the Common Interest Privilege? Westlaw Today
- Publications
Conducting Strategic Discovery, Lawyers Journal
- Publications
The "Colorado River" Abstention: A Potential Overlooked Forum-Selection Tool, The Legal Intelligencer
- Publications
Courts Clash Over Application of the Discovery Rule to Breach of Contract Claims, The Legal Intelligencer
- Publications
The Devil in the Details: Using Abandoned Claims as a Sword and a Shield, Lawyers Journal
- Publications
New Clarity on Expert Testimony in Pa. State Courts, Law360