Alexandra "Sasha" Thaler

Alexandra (Sasha) has nearly two decades of experience advising and defending employers across a variety of industries in matters impacting their workplaces - from compliance with an array of labor and employment regulations to alternative dispute resolution and employment litigation.

Sasha uses her extensive experience in labor and employment law to counsel clients on compliance with a wide array of federal and state laws and regulations, such as the FLSA, the FMLA, the ADA, Title VII, and the WARN Act, among others. She has represented clients in industries ranging from education, staffing, manufacturing, software, and hospitality.

Her practice includes creating and implementing workplace policies and procedures to address hiring practices, terminations, employee leaves of absence, disciplinary actions, wage and hour standards, discrimination and harassment, and employee disputes. She also regularly drafts employment-related contracts, including noncompetes, nonsolicits, confidentiality, and executive employment agreements.

When necessary, Sasha vigorously defends businesses in litigation and against state and federal agency actions, coordinating and executing a defense strategy, handling responses to agency investigations, and conducting internal investigations involving alleged discrimination, harassment, unprofessional conduct, and violations of wage and hour regulations.

In addition, Sasha acts as an independent investigator for institutions of higher education in both Title IX and workplace discrimination matters.

As a thought leader in the labor and employment legal space, Sasha is a sought-after presenter on topics related to the changing workplace regulatory landscape.

• Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America®, Litigation - Labor and Employment (2024-2025)
• Go-To Employment Lawyer, Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly (2023)
• Massachusetts Super Lawyers® (2021)
• Rising Star honoree, Massachusetts Super Lawyers^® (2016)

• Boston Bar Association
  • Labor & Employment Law Section Steering Committee Member
• Leadership Counsel on Legal Diversity
  • Fellows Program, 2023
• Phillips Exeter Academy
  • Alumni Network

On the weekends, you can find Sasha hiking a 14er, reading by the light of a campfire, attempting to follow her family down a mountain on skis while minimizing the number of broken bones, or sipping a beverage at the lodge if that fails.

• Quoted in "Texas Company, CEO Must Face Wage Claims in Massachusetts," Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, December 2023
• “Mass. Age Bias Ruling Holds Employer Liability Lessons,” Law360, August 2023
• Quoted in "Four-day work week wave may have crested," Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, March 2023
• Quoted in "NLRB Prompts Review of Severance Agreements," Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, March 2023
• Quoted in "Management-Side Attorneys Reflect on Wave of Pay Transparency Laws," Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, January 2023
• “GC Development Series: Taking Your In-house Career to the Next Level,” moderator, presented to Association of Corporate Counsel Northeast, May 2023
• “Artificial Intelligence in Hiring: A Double-Edged Sword,” Association of Corporate Counsel of Greater Philadelphia Newsletter, December 2022