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  Kara M. DelTufo Boston, Massachusetts
Kara concentrates her practice in the areas of employment law, commercial litigation and education law. Kara represents a wide-range of clients, from local colleges and universities to small businesses to Fortune 500 companies. She handles disability, gender, age and race discrimination cases before Massachusetts' state and federal courts, as well as the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination and the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. In addition to experience in employment and education matters, Kara has experience in contract, intellectual property, and non-competition disputes. She has advised clients on matters ranging from employment policies for Fortune 500 companies to student handbooks and education policies for colleges and universities. Practice Areas Employment Commercial Litigation Education Published Works Massachusetts Court Rules Parents of Student Can Proceed With Claims Against University Administrators for Daughter's Suicide, Holland & Knight Education Newsletter, Vol. 6, Issue 2, October 2005. Resisting "Utmost Resistance": Using Rape Trauma Syndrome to Combat Underlying Rape Myths Influencing Acquaintance Rape Trials, 22 B. C. Third World L. J. 419 (2002) Prior Experience Prior to joining Sullivan Weinstein & McQuay, Kara was an associate with the Boston office of Holland & Knight LLP, where her practice focused on employment and education law matters for local colleges and universities and complex commercial litigation. While in law school, Kara clerked in the United States Attorney's Office, District of Massachusetts. Education Boston College Law School, J.D., 2003 Boston College Third World Law Journal: Senior Articles Editor (2002-2003); Staff Writer (2001-2002) Boston Medical Center Domestic Violence Advocacy Project: Patient Advocate (2000-2001) New York University, B.A., magna cum laude, 1999 Professional and Community Affiliations Kara is admitted to practice in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and before the United States District Court in the District of Massachusetts. Kara is a Board Member of the Women's Bar Association of Massachusetts and co-chair of the Women's Bar Association's New Lawyers Committee. She is also a member of the Boston Bar Association. Kara is a former member (2006-2007) of the Board of Directors of D.A.L.L.S., Inc., a non-profit organization dedicated to providing disadvantaged and culturally diverse women and their children transitioning from homelessness, domestic violence, substance abuse, and incarceration with access to educational and training programs. |
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