Minji Kim

How Minji Helps Clients

Minji counsels and defends clients with respect to a wide range of labor and employment issues, including wrongful termination, single-plaintiff discrimination and retaliation, leave, wage and hour, and restrictive covenants. She also regularly defends claims before state and federal agencies, including the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and state and city Human Rights/Relations Commissions. Minji’s practice also includes diversity and inclusion strategy and compliance reviews, internal investigations, drafting employment agreements, and drafting policies and employee handbooks tailored to each employer’s industry and geographic needs. Minji also has experience in bringing and defending employment related tort claims such as defamation and tortious interference.   

Minji has been with the firm since she was a summer associate. Prior to joining the firm, Minji served as a Program Director managing a federal agency contract program. She also served as an Equity Fellow in Boston University School of Law’s Student Affairs office and completed legal externships with the Office of the General Counsel at the Executive Office of Human and Health Services of Massachusetts, the Massachusetts General Brigham Research Institute, and a boutique law firm. Minji also previously served as an editor for the American Journal of Law and Medicine and has authored multiple publications in the same.

What Clients Can Expect

Clients can expect enthusiastic and creative representation and counseling from Minji. She prides herself on her personable and collaborative approach to client interactions, which establishes the foundation for aggressive advocacy. She also prioritizes learning each client’s needs and priorities, ensuring her advice aligns with their overall company culture and business strategy.

Recognizing the emotional and operational stakes involved in employment issues, I treat each issue with the compassion and business consideration it deserves.

Outside the Office

Minji is a proud first-generation Korean American immigrant and a 2020 recipient of the Don H. Liu Scholarship. She has worked abroad in Korea and Spain and is professionally proficient in both languages. A retired competitive powerlifter, she continues to train recreationally and also enjoys painting and linocut printmaking outside of the office.

Proof Points

• Conducted an internal investigation into an anonymous report on behalf of a publicly-traded, Forbes 1000 into an anonymous report and presented findings and recommendations to company’s chief compliance officer.
• Secured dismissal of an employment discrimination and retaliation complaint following an investigatory conference before a state administrative agency.
• Successfully resolved a pre-litigation breach of contract claim with no settlement payout.
• Secured multiple favorable settlements in various employment discrimination and retaliation actions on behalf of Fortune 500 companies.
• Successfully settled a class action alleging multiple FLSA violations relating to tip-credits.
• Represented major university in a breach of contract, fraudulent inducement, and promissory estoppel claim.
• Drafted multiple multi-state employee handbooks tailored to each company’s culture and business risks.
• Successfully resolved a pre-litigation matter alleging $3 million of unpaid, earned commissions under wage payment laws with no settlement payout.