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Meet Our Legal Team

Our attorneys have a wide variety of experiences, including large law firm and public service experience, and experience working with small businesses. We have helped hundreds of people and small businesses navigate employment law problems, resolve employment and business disputes, and make sure their families are protected with wills, trusts, and other important estate planning documents.

We make time every day to meet briefly and discuss our open matters, to ensure that all of our collective experience and knowledge can be called upon to help get our clients the best results possible. So while your matter may be assigned to any one of our lawyers, you can rest assured that you will benefit from the wisdom and input of all of our team.

Our Attorneys

Emily Smith-Lee

Emily is the founder of slnlaw LLC, and has been practicing law for 20 years. Prior to going out on her own in 2009, she was a partner at the international law firm McDermott, Will & Emery. Emily focuses her practice on business and employment law, helping small businesses and individual employees resolve disputes, enforce their legal rights, and manage risk proactively. Emily has been named to the Massachusetts Super Lawyers list for each of the last five years, and wrote the book "Rules of the Road-What You Need to Know About Employment Laws in Massachusetts." She was also recently honored as one of Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly's 2018 Lawyers of the Year, for her work in achieving a precedent-setting victory at the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court that significantly broadened the rights of consumers injured by generic pharmaceutical products.

Jenna Ordway

Jenna is a 2013 cum laude graduate of the Quinnipiac University School of Law, with a Tax Law Concentration, and earned her LLM in taxation from the Boston University School of Law in 2015. Jenna leads the slnlaw estate planning practice, and wrote the book "The Road to Peace of Mind- What You Need to Know About Estate Planning." Jenna is also a member of the firm's business and employment law practice, and has helped clients with classification as independent contractors, breach of employment contracts, employment discrimination, and more. Jenna was named a Rising Start in 2019 by Massachusetts Super Lawyers.
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Rebecca Rogers

Rebecca is a 2007 graduate of Boston College Law School. She joined us in 2012, after working as an intellectual property litigation attorney for Fish & Richardson in Boston, Massachusetts, and clerking for the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. Rebecca concentrates in business and employment law. At slnlaw, Rebecca has handled business and employment litigation, drafted and argued successful appeals in the Massachusetts courts, and represented both individuals and business owners in claims involving employment discrimination, overtime compensation and other wage and hour issues, and business disputes.

Elijah ("Eli") Bresley

Eli is a 2014 graduate of Seton Hall University School of Law. He joined us in 2021, after working for a boutique employment law firm and then the Labor and Employment department of a large Boston firm. At slnlaw, Elijah handles employment law and business matters for individuals and small businesses, including matters involving employment discrimination, non compete agreements, wage and hour disputes and disputes over employee classification as independent contractors.

Stowell ("Stowe") Simonton

Stowe is a 2021 graduate of Suffolk University Law School, who joined slnlaw in January, 2022. While law school. Stowe worked for the Burger Law Group and Rodman Employment Law, and clerked for a judge at the Salem District Court. He was also a Trustee Merit Scholar, an editor for the Journal of High Technology Law at Suffolk, and also participated as a teaching fellow for the Marshal-Brennan Constitutional Literacy Project, teaching constitutional law to juniors and seniors at Fenway High School. At slnlaw, Stowe handles employment law and business matters for individuals and small businesses, including matters involving employment discrimination, non compete agreements, wage and hour disputes and disputes over employee classification as independent contractors, and unemployment appeals.

Our Support Team

Our support team is a critical part of slnlaw's success, your client experience, and the results we can obtain for you.

Intake and Initial Consultation

Elissa Miller: Elissa is our senior consultant, and is responsible for meeting with all prospective clients at the initial consultation to help determine their options and how we can help them. Elissa also helps facilitate communication between new clients and the attorney assigned to their case, to make sure there is a smooth transition of information, and the attorney has everything he or she needs to best serve you.

Dorothy Amendola: Dorothy joined us as a second consultant in 2021. Based in Western Massachusetts, she also meets with prospective clients at the initial consultation to help determine their options and how we can help them, and helps facilitate communication between new clients and the attorney assigned to their case, to make sure there is a smooth transition of information, and the attorney has everything he or she needs to best serve you.

Legal Support

Nicole Burch: Nicole is our intake specialist and receptionist. She may be the first person you speak with when you call our firm, and she will be the one to set up your initial consultation, greet you when you arrive, and help make sure the consultation process goes smoothly.

Michelle Cabral: Michelle is our senior paralegal, and has over twenty years experience at law firms large and small. Michelle supports our attorneys with critical aspects of case management like discovery, document management, and case tracking.

Aletheia Ordway: Aletheia is our second paralegal. Aletheia plays a key role in staying in touch with clients throughout their matter, and providing administrative support to the attorneys so they can focus on the key legal problems they need to solve for you.

We are all here to help you- if you are not sure who on our team to reach out to with a question, just give us a call and we will help you figure it out.