John S. Gannon

Specialization

• Employment counseling, policies, and practices
• Employment litigation before administrative agencies and in state and federal court

About John's Practice

John S. Gannon is a partner with Skoler, Abbott & Presser, P.C., and practices in the firm’s Springfield, Massachusetts, office. He joined the firm in 2011. John defends employers against discrimination, retaliation, harassment, wrongful termination, and related claims. In addition, he conducts comprehensive workforce wage and hour audits and reviews workplace policies for compliance with state and federal employment laws. Prior to joining the firm, he served as a judicial clerk to The Honorable David M. Borden and George D. Stoughton at the Connecticut Appellate Court. He is a graduate of Boston College, and received his Juris Doctor degree, cum laude, from Western New England Law School in 2009, where he was the Note Editor and a staff member of the Western New England Law Review. He was also a CALI award recipient for Criminal Law, Constitutional Law, Family Law, Child, Family and State and Conflict of Laws; as well as a recipient of the John M. P. O’Malley Scholarship. While in law school, he served as a judicial intern for the Honorable Vanessa L. Bryant at the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut. Prior to attending law school, John had a career in marketing and advertising.

John is a regular contributor to business publications and to the Massachusetts Employment Law Letter. He also is a frequent speaker on employment-related legal topics for a wide variety of associations and organizations.

Education

• Western New England College School of Law, J.D., cum laude, 2009
• Boston College, A.B., 2000

Major Publications & Speaking Engagements

• Contributing Author, Massachusetts Employment Law Letter
• Contributing Editor, New England Employment Law Letter
• Quoted, "Latest Congressional Action Putting Employer Pay Practices Under Scrutiny," HR Daily Advisor, April 3, 2019
• Author, "Massachusetts to see minimum wage, 'blue law' changes in January," Massachusetts Employment Law Letter, July 2018, and HR Daily Advisor, December 10, 2018
• Author, "Recent MCAD decisions address two sexual harassment claims," Massachusetts Employment Law Letter, January 2018, and HR Daily Advisor, February 28, 2018
• Quoted, "Need to root out FMLA abuse? Requesting recertification a valuable tool," HR Hero Line, May 5, 2017
• Quoted, "No spin here: O'Reilly case shows 'high performer' not worth harassment factor," HR Hero Line, April 28, 2017
• Author, "'You quit' + "No, I didn't' = jury trial," Massachusetts Employment Law Letter, July 2016, and HR.BLR.com, August 4, 2016
• Author, "Unexcused absences still a valid reason for termination," Massachusetts Employment Law Letter, March 2016, and HR.BLR.com, April 12, 2016
• Author, "Getting back at a departing employee," Massachusetts Employment Law Letter, January 2014, and Technology for HR, January 28, 2014
• Frequent speaker on employment-related legal topics for a wide variety of associations and organizations

Admitted to Practice

Connecticut; state and federal courts