Soyoung Yoon
Counsel
Soyoung Yoon is a highly experienced employment and education lawyer, and advises employers and educational institutions —including startups, small businesses, large organizations, independent schools, colleges, universities, for profit, and for not-for-profit — regarding employment and education laws.
She focuses her employment practice on counseling clients on federal and state employment laws, employee handbooks, background checks, employee classification under the FLSA, wage and hour compliance, FMLA compliance, leaves of absence, accommodations under the ADA, hiring, employment applications, offer letters, employment agreements, non-competition agreements, non-solicitation agreements, non-disclosure agreements, employee performance, employment terminations, and severance agreements.
Soyoung advises educational institutions on a range of education law issues including admissions applications, enrollment agreements, social media policies, medication administration policies, trip compliance, mandated reporting, student records and privacy, Title IX compliance, and religious exemption.
Prior to joining Pierce Atwood, Soyoung was an associate in a small firm specializing in employment and education law. While in law school, Soyoung served as a judicial intern at the Massachusetts Appeals Court, assisting the Honorable Cynthia J. Cohen and the Honorable Fernande R. V. Duffly (currently retired from the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court). Before becoming a lawyer, Soyoung worked as an educator for children with autism and developmental disabilities.
- Member, Boston Bar Association
- Co-author, Maine and New Hampshire sections on Employment in North America for Lexology “Getting the Deal Done” (2022-2023)
- Co-author, "DOJ/FTC Guidance Details Antitrust Pitfalls for Businesses," New England In-House, March 1, 2017
- Author, "Vermont Latest in Continued Expansion of Sick Leave Laws," New England In-House, August 16, 2016
- Co-author, "Labor Department Takes Aim at Potential ‘Joint’ Employers," New England In-House, June 2, 2016
- Co-author, "Avoiding FMLA Estoppels Claims by Employees," Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, November 5, 2015; New England In-House, November 23, 2015
- Co-author, "Religious Attire, Grooming Subject of New EEOC Workplace Guidance," Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, May 30, 2014; Idaho Business Review, June 23, 2014