Alicia is the Chair of the Firm’s Employment & Labor Practice. She represents businesses and management in employment and labor litigation and compliance matters.
Alicia advises management at all stages of the employment relationship, regularly counseling senior management, human resource professionals, and business owners on employment laws, regulatory developments, and emerging workplace issues. Her expertise spans a broad range of employment matters, including wage and hour compliance and defense, employment discrimination and harassment, employee handbooks, management training, employee leaves of absence, employee use of artificial intelligence in the workplace, compensation systems, noncompetition enforcement and defense, and individual and group terminations. A recognized thought leader on the use of artificial intelligence in the workplace, Alicia has been interviewed on the topic in both 2023 and 2026. She is regularly retained by global, national, and local businesses to advise and train management and human resources teams on the legal and practical implications of AI in the workplace and the rapidly evolving regulatory landscape. Recent compliance matters she has handled include advising on multi-state employment law compliance related to remote and hybrid workforces, significantly reducing employment compliance exposure through the implementation of mandatory individual arbitration agreements, and converting independent contractors to employees.
Alicia defends employers in disputes before state and federal courts, the Rhode Island Commission for Human Rights, the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Attorney General audits, federal and state wage and hour agencies, state and federal discrimination agencies, and in mediation, arbitration, and other administrative proceedings. Representative matters include defending class action lawsuits alleging failure to provide meal breaks, overtime, and accurate timekeeping; resolving pre-litigation disputes involving alleged failures to contribute to state disability funds and provide PFML and TCI leave for remote employees working in their home states; and representing an employer in a Massachusetts Attorney General audit involving alleged failure to provide required night supervision for minor employees.
Prior to joining Partridge Snow & Hahn, Alicia served as a law clerk to the Honorable Francis J. Darigan, Jr. of the Providence County Superior Court.
