Anne Josephson is a top-rated attorney practicing in the Boston, Massachusetts area. Ms. Josephson focuses her practice in employment law and litigation, representing both employers and employees. She also represents clients in a wide variety of litigation matters including civil rights, business, real estate, and health law. She has been named a “Superlawyer” (2004-2021), one of the Top Women Attorneys in Massachusetts by Boston Magazine (April 2013-2017), and as Best Lawyer’s “Lawyer of the Year” in the Boston Metropolitan Area for Employment Law-Individuals (2013, 2016, 2019), among a number of other honorable titles.
After graduating with a Bachelors of Arts in Sociology, Education, and American Studies from Smith College in 1973, Ms. Josephson earned a juris doctor degree at Boston College Law School in 1977. She was admitted to the practice of law in 1977. At Boston College, she was the Editor-in-Chief of the Boston College Industrial & Commercial Law Review, now known as the Boston College Law Review.
Ms. Josephson served as a law clerk to the Honorable Edward F. Hennessey, Chief Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts; Assistant Attorney General in the Government Bureau of the Department of the Attorney General for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts; and Associate and Junior Partner at Nutter, McClennen & Fish. In addition, Ms. Josephson was a Teaching Fellow and former Adjunct Professor in Advanced Written Advocacy at Boston College Law School. Since 1988, Ms. Josephson has served as a Partner in Civil Litigation and Employment at Kotin, Crabtree & Strong.
Ms. Josephson is a member of the Boston Bar Association, the Massachusetts Bar Association, the Women’s Bar Association. She is also a member of the Advisory Board of The Harmony Foundation, of the Advisory Board of Wide Horizons for Children, of the Legal Committee of the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts, and of the Governing Board of Law Clerks’ Society of the Supreme Judicial Court. She is also the Co-Founder of the Amicus Group.
Ms. Josephson frequently serves as a panelist in continuing legal education programs offered on current topics in employment law. She has also served as a facilitator in the City-Wide Dialogues on Racial and Ethnic Diversity.