Attorney —

Sasha Gillin

Partner

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Sasha Gillin

Partner

(617) 742-0208 x 258

Sasha is a partner at the firm and represents unions, employee benefit funds, and individual workers. 

Sasha’s employee benefits practice focuses on the representation of Taft-Hartley funds in ERISA litigation, including actions to recover delinquent employer contributions and for withdrawal liability. Sasha’s clients include both local and national multi-employer benefit funds in the building and construction trades. She practices in both federal and state court, and she is experienced with state-law remedies such as mechanic’s liens and bond claims. Sasha also represents funds, unions, and individual employees in bankruptcy proceedings. 

Sasha represents unions in litigation, administrative proceedings, and arbitration. She practices before the National Labor Relations Board and state agencies such as the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination. She advises unions on matters of collective bargaining, organizing, contract disputes, internal governance, and campaign finance issues.

Sasha represents individual workers in discrimination, civil rights, and wage and hour matters, and has represented individual union members in workplace injury and occupational safety litigation. She has also advocated for worker protections and advancements in the legal profession, including the creation of the nursing program in the federal courts in Massachusetts. 

Sasha is a member of the AFL-CIO’s Union Lawyer’s Alliance, the American Bar Association, the Massachusetts Employment Lawyer’s Association, and the Boston Bar Association. She is active in union caucus of the ABA’s Employee Benefits Committee and is a contributing editor to the ABA’s Employee Benefits treatise. She presents regularly at conferences and panels for the ABA and the ULA. 

Sasha has been a partner at the firm since 2022. Prior to becoming a partner, Sasha worked as an associate at the firm and was the President of the Organization of Workplace Lawyers (OWL), the first union of associate attorneys in the country. Sasha is a graduate of Suffolk University Law School where she graduated with honors and an award for excellence in labor and employment law. Sasha first joined Segal Roitman as a paralegal and worked full-time in this role through law school. Sasha worked on union organizing campaigns after college. She has been named a Massachusetts Super Lawyers Rising Star.

Sasha is an avid gardener and enjoys spending as much time as possible outdoors. She lives on the North Shore with her husband, children, and two rescue dogs. 

Practice Areas:
Employee Benefits
Unions 
Individuals

Bar Admissions:
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
U.S. District Court, Massachusetts
U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit
U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Massachusetts
U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel, Massachusetts

Professional Associations:
AFL-CIO Union Lawyers Alliance
American Bar Association, Labor & Employment Section
Massachusetts Employment Lawyers Association
Boston Bar Association