Overview
Health care facilities, academic institutions, and other employers value the hard work and sharp mind of labor and employment attorney Sherelle Wu. She focuses her work on employment discrimination, employee classification, wage and hour, noncompetition, and Title IX matters.
Sherelle has helped represent clients in discrimination matters in agency and court proceedings and counseled clients on OSHA compliance, vaccine mandates, and paid family medical leave issues. Clients also seek Sherelle’s assistance with drafting employment contracts and employee handbooks.
Before joining Epstein Becker Green, Sherelle was a Labor & Employment associate at a Massachusetts law firm. She previously interned in the Fair Labor Division of the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office, where she concentrated on wage and hour law violations, minimum wage, and family leave policies. Before beginning her legal studies, Sherelle was the Executive Assistant to the Chief of District Courts at the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office.
Sherelle is conversational in Mandarin Chinese.
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Focus Areas
Experience
- Successfully defended a health care provider in an unemployment benefit appeal brought by a former employee at the Department of Unemployment Assistance.
Credentials
Education
- Northeastern University School of Law (J.D., 2019)
- Rappaport Fellow in Law and Public Policy
- Northeast Regional Champion, Thomas Tang Moot Court Competition
- Co-Chair, Asian Pacific American Law Students Association
- Suffolk University (B.A., summa cum laude, 2014)
Bar Admissions
- Massachusetts
Court Admissions
- U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts
Professional & Community Involvement
- Asian American Lawyers Association of Massachusetts
- Massachusetts Bar Association
- Women’s Bar Association
Events
Insights
Insights
- BlogsRhode Island’s 2023 Legislative Session Ends with the Passage and Defeat of Significant Employment Proposals6 minute read
- PublicationsPersisting Challenges Five Years After #MeToo2 minute read
- BlogsAccurate Job Descriptions Remain Critical for ADA Compliance4 minute read
- BlogsFive Fast Facts on Boston’s Indoor Vaccine Mandate6 minute read
- PublicationsCan Higher Education Institutions Mandate COVID-19 Vaccines for Employees?
- PublicationsWhat Do Employees and Employers in Massachusetts Need to Know About the Paid Family and Medical Leave Act?