JENNIFER A. YELEN is a founding partner of Shilepsky O'Connell Hartley Casey Michon Yelen Robb LLP in Boston. A trial lawyer for fifteen years, she concentrates her practice in employment, commercial law, and litigation. Ms. Yelen represents a broad range of executives and professionals in and out of court and has been responsible for the resolution of multimillion-dollar disputes for highly compensated financial services professionals and security law whistleblowers. On the corporate side, Ms. Yelen represents an international machine vision manufacturer and a nationwide federal government supplier in all types of employment-related litigation. Named by Boston magazine as a "Rising Star" and a "Super Lawyer" in the field of employment litigation, she has also represented high-profile individuals in the broadcast media and female professionals facing family-related discrimination. Not only a practitioner, Ms. Yelen has contributed to the Boston Bar Journal and MCLE publications. She has lectured at MCLE and is a member of the MCLE Board of Trustees. Prior to cofounding Shilepsky O'Connell, Ms. Yelen was a trial partner at Perkins, Smith & Cohen. Before that, she practiced for seven years with cofounding partner James O'Connell, Jr., at the law firm of Murphy & O'Connell. Ms. Yelen is admitted to practice law before the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. She also has trial experience in the federal courts of New York, Virginia, Georgia, and Michigan. Ms. Yelen received a B.A. in psychology from the State University of New York at Binghamton and received her J.D. from Northeastern University School of Law. She is a member of the Boston, Massachusetts, and Women's Bar Associations. (October 2009)