Morine Mitchell is an employment attorney dedicated to protecting employees and addressing systemic injustices. Prior to joining Lichten & Liss-Riordan, Morine clerked for the Honorable Kimberly Mueller of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California, the Honorable Melissa Long of the Rhode Island Supreme Court, and the Honorable Lara Montecalvo of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.

During her time at Boston University School of Law, Morine cultivated her expertise in various employment and labor issues. She represented clients as a student attorney in the Employment Rights Clinic where she focused on matters of discrimination and denials of unemployment benefits. She also externed in the Fair Labor Division of the Massachusetts Attorney General’s office; there she worked on cases of wage theft and misclassification of employees as independent contractors. She spent her summers serving as an intern to the Honorable Neile Eisner, an Administrative Law Judge at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and the Honorable O. Rogeriee Thompson of the U.S. Court of appeals for the First Circuit.

Education

Boston University Law School, J.D., 2020
Suffolk University, B.A., magna cum laude, 2016

Bar and Court Admissions

Member, State Bar of Massachusetts, 2021

Trevor Byrne is a civil rights and employment attorney who is passionate about vindicating workers’ rights. He represents employees facing a broad range of issues in the workplace, including independent contractor misclassification, wage theft, and discrimination.

Prior to and during law school, Trevor supported civil rights litigation at several prominent nonprofits and plaintiffs’ firms. He also helped clients defend against evictions, obtain post-conviction relief, and secure Social Security benefits through his work with the Stanford Community Law Clinic. After law school, Trevor clerked for the Honorable Carolyn Dineen King of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

Education

Stanford Law School, J.D., 2023
Harvard University, A.B., magna cum laude, 2018

Bar and Court Admissions

Member, State Bar of Massachusetts, 2023

Admitted to practice before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

Jack Bartholet is a passionate civil rights and labor attorney with a zeal for legal advocacy and a deep-rooted commitment to justice. He represents a diverse array of clients in state and federal courts and is involved in a number of complex class and collective actions on behalf of workers suing large, multinational corporations.

During law school, Jack externed for the Hon. Morgan Christen on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and wrote for OnLabor, a leading labor law blog. He also wrote an unpublished book on the history and meaning of the Ninth Amendment to the United States Constitution for academic credit. Jack spent his summers working for the Rhode Island Attorney General’s Office, where he worked closely with the Civil Rights Prosecution, Policy, and Criminal Appellate units to develop policies and advance cases safeguarding civil liberties, as well as for a respected social and economic justice-oriented firm, where he worked on substantial and complex appellate litigation and labor arbitrations.

Prior to law school, Jack taught English and U.S. History at a large, public high school in Massachusetts. There, he was deeply involved with his local teachers’ union and was elected to serve on the statewide Board of Directors for the Massachusetts Teachers’ Association. Prior to that, Jack served as the Executive President of the Maryland Higher Education Commission’s Student Advisory Council, Executive President of Johns Hopkins University’s student government, and editor-in-chief of the university’s student newspaper.

EDUCATION

Harvard Law School, J.D., cum laude, 2023
Johns Hopkins University, B.A. in Political Science, with honors, 2016

BAR AND COURT ADMISSIONS

Member, State Bar of Massachusetts, 2023

Admitted to practice before the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, U.S. Court of Appeals for the First and Second Circuits.

Bradley Manewith is a partner with Lichten & Liss-Riordan, P.C.  Brad has focused his career on representing workers w

ho have been mistreated by their employers. He has extensive experience litigating and negotiating wage and hour claims on behalf of classes of employees. Brad also regularly represents individuals with issues related to unpaid commissions and other compensation, the Family and Medical Leave Act, and workplace discrimination.

Brad has represented employees in wide variety of industries, including delivery drivers, restaurant workers, food manufacturers, and exotic dancers. He has obtained class certification and summary judgment on behalf of his clients, and he has been involved in multiple successful landmark appellate cases. Brad has recovered millions of dollars for the workers he has represented.

Brad is recognized by his peers and opponents as a highly knowledgeable and effective employment law litigator. He has been named a “Super Lawyer” for employment litigation by Illinois Super Lawyers since 2019, and was recognized as a “Rising Star”  from 2013 until 2018.  He has also been named “Leading Lawyer.”  Brad currently serves as a member of the Executive Board for the Illinois Chapter of the National Employment Lawyers Association.

Prior to joining Lichten & Liss-Riordan, P.C., Brad was a partner at a Chicago-based plaintiff employment law firm.

Education

University of Illinois, College of Law, J.D., cum laude
University of Illinois, B.A. in political science; B.A. in History

Bar and court admissions

Member, State Bar of Illinois, 2003
Member of the Trial Bar for the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, 2013

Admitted to practice before the Illinois Supreme Court, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, and U.S. District Courts for the Northern District of Illinois and the Central District of Illinois.