Margaret Paget

Margaret Paget is an employment lawyer and a partner at Kurker Paget LLC, with strong, proven legal experience in litigation, workplace advice, and investigations. She represents clients in disputes involving discrimination, retaliation, employment contracts, wage claims, and employee-shareholder issues. Margaret has handled matters in state and federal courts, before administrative agencies, and in arbitration. Her work helps employers and institutions address legal risks, respond to serious workplace concerns, and move disputes toward fair, organized, and practical solutions. She is rated AV Preeminent for employment law and litigation.

Margaret earned her J.D. from Northeastern University School of Law. She also earned her B.A. from Oberlin College. These degrees helped prepare her for a career focused on legal analysis, advocacy, and clear guidance for clients facing complex workplace problems. Her legal education supports her ability to review facts, explain risks, and build strong strategies. She uses this foundation when advising employers, representing organizations, and guiding clients through disputes, investigations, and compliance issues in a careful, professional, client-focused way.

Margaret has built a law career focused on both solving disputes and preventing them when possible. She advises employers on personnel policies, workplace compliance, discipline, hiring, firing, wage and hour issues, and employment agreements. She also conducts and manages internal investigations into employee complaints. Her work with colleges and universities includes Title IX, sex discrimination, sexual assault reports, faculty employment, and tenure matters. She helps clients understand their duties, protect their organizations, and respond with care and sound judgment.

Margaret Paget has helped private businesses, nonprofit groups, schools, colleges, universities, and health care providers handle serious employment concerns and disputes. She has been recognized as a Massachusetts Super Lawyer and as one of the Top Women Attorneys in Massachusetts. Margaret has also written and spoken on employment law topics for legal and professional groups. Her practice supports clients through clear advice, strong representation, and careful investigation. Clients benefit from her steady judgment, practical planning, and deep employment law knowledge.

Law Office Affiliations

• Partner, Kurker Paget LLC
• Member, Massachusetts Bar Association
• Member, Boston Bar Association
• Member, DRI, Employment Law Committee
• Member, New England Human Resources Association (NEHRA)
• Member, Association of Workplace Investigators (AWI)

Licensed State

• Massachusetts

Education

• Northeastern University School of Law
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• Oberlin College
  Bachelor of Arts (BA)

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