Frederick Sullivan

    • Management Labor Law

    • Management Employment Law

    • Public Sector Labor Relations

    • Equal Employment Opportunity Law

    • Personnel Training

    • Collective Bargaining

    • Labor Arbitration

    • Labor Relations

    • Labor Strikes

    • Unfair Labor Practices

    • Federal Employment Law

    • Wage and Hour Law

    • Personnel Policies

    • Public Sector Employment Law

    • Affirmative Action

    • Age Discrimination in Employment

    • Americans with Disabilities Act

    • Confidentiality Agreements

    • Covenants Not To Compete

    • Employee Discipline

    • Employer Rights

    • Employment Arbitration

    • Employment at Will

    • Employment Breach of Contract

    • Employment Civil Rights

    • Employment Claims

    • Employment Contracts

    • Employment Defense

    • Employment Discrimination

    • Employment Law

    • Employment Termination

    • Fair Employment Practices

    • Fair Labor Standards

    • Family and Medical Leave Act

    • Human Resources Law

    • Labor Law

    • National Labor Relations Act

    • Noncompetition and Non-Solicitation

    • Public Sector Collective Bargaining

    • Reductions in Force

    • Restrictive Covenants

    • Retaliatory Discharge

    • Sexual Harassment

    • Title VII Discrimination

    • Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act

    • Wage and Hour Class Actions

    • WARN Act

    • Whistleblower Litigation

    • Wrongful Termination Defense

  • B.S., Manhattan College, 1959
    J.D., Fordham University, 1965

  • Massachusetts
    New York
    U.S. District Court for the District for the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York
    U.S. Court of Appeals, 2nd Circuit

  • Books

    How to Calculate the Manufacturer's Costs in Collective Bargaining, AMACOM Publishers

    The Supervisor’s Advisor: Being Prepared for a Union Organizing Drive, (2015)

    The Supervisor's Advisor: What to Do About a Union Organizing Drive, Employee Relations, Inc.

    Massachusetts Nonprofit Organization, (Contributing-Author), Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education (published December, 1992)

    Law review publications

    Accepting Evolution in Workplace Justice: The Need for Congress to Mandate Arbitration, Western New England Law Review, Volume 26, Issue 2

    Training workshops

    Collective Bargaining Game for American Management Association's Collective Bargaining Course

    Supervisors' Workshop and Preventative Labor Relations for American Management Association

    The New Americans with Disabilities Act, for American Management Association (1992)

    Articles

    “Implementing Workforce Reduction in the 1990s – A practical Legal Guide” in Workforce Reductions (91-04.21), published by Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, Inc.

    “Sexual Harassment: The Supreme Court's Ruling,” Personnel

    “The Right of a College Administration to Speak Out During a Union Organizing Drive: How It Has Been Successfully Implemented,” The Journal of the College and University Personnel Association

    “Immigration Legislation: An Update,” Personnel

    “Calculating the Expense of COLA Clauses,” Management Review

    “Confronting Recession-Bred Litigation,” Supervisory Management.

    “Limiting Union Organizing Activity Through Supervisors,” Personnel.

    “Severing the Staff – Ensuring Survival or Seeking a Lawsuit?” in Nonprofits in Trouble (92-04.07) published by Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, Inc.

    “Union Organizing in the 1980s: Prelude to a Union Organizing Campaign,” Supervisory Management, June 1982

    “The Campaign for Employee Loyalty,” Supervisory Management, July 1982

    “Guideline to the Law of Union Organizing,” Supervisory Management, August 1982

    “Union Organizing in the 1980s: The Election,” Supervisory Management, September 1982

    “After the Union Wins,” Supervisory Management, October 1982

    “The Strike,” Supervisory Management, November 1982

Frederick L. Sullivan

Founding Partner

Frederick L. Sullivan is a founding partner of Sullivan, Hayes & Quinn, LLC, a management-side labor and employment firm having offices in Springfield, Massachusetts and Manhattan. Under his direction, the Firm has enjoyed a nationwide practice representing profit, governmental and not-for-profit employers in a number of different industries including the gaming industry. For more than 40 years, Attorney Sullivan has represented employers in vast range of labor and employment matters.  

He has been named for over thirty years to The Best Lawyers in America, having been chosen best in his field of by other lawyers; and repeatedly, he was selected Best Lawyers’ “Lawyer of the Year.” Fred was inducted into the American Management Association’s Management Wall of Fame based on his contributions to management in the field of labor relations. His professional accomplishments were also recognized by Boston Magazine which, based on a poll of other lawyers, named him as one of Massachusetts’ “Super Lawyers.” Moreover, he also maintains the highest AV pre-eminent rating from Martindale-Hubbell. He has been a Contributing Editor of the journal, Personnel; and as a member of the Labor and Employment Section of the Massachusetts Bar Association, he was chosen to serve as a representative to the Section Council. He authored several books and a number of articles on employment law and labor relations topics, including developing workshops and seminars on negotiations for the American Management Association. 

Fred was repeatedly named to the esteemed Irish Legal 100, a network of distinguished and accomplished men and women of Irish descent in the legal profession. This honored recognition is given to 100 lawyers of Irish ancestry by the Irish Voice Newspaper with the Award bestowed in person by Ireland’s Ambassador to the United States at a gathering held at the Ambassador’s residence in Washington, D.C.

Numerous management and industry groups have featured him as a speaker, including appearances on several occasions before the American Management Association’s national Annual Human Resource Conference, the Council on Education in Management, the Massachusetts Bar Association and the Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, Inc. He is admitted to the Bar of Massachusetts and to the Bar of New York State, as well as to the Federal Courts in New England and New York. He holds a J.D. Degree from Fordham University School of Law.

Attorney Sullivan has been a consistent and dedicated volunteer, serving local non-profit organizations in both unrecognized roles behind the scenes to positions on many charitable and non-profit Boards of Directors. His commitment to the local community through volunteer and financial support has become a hallmark of the Firm’s culture as all employees strive to emulate his personal character and professional accomplishments.