Ann Hetherwick Cahill, Attorney

Ann Hetherwick ("Hether") Cahill is a graduate of Skidmore College (B.A., philosophy/government, 2000) and Suffolk University Law School (J.D., 2006). While at Suffolk, she was a member of the Suffolk Transnational Law Review, received the Best Brief Award in her Legal Practice Skills Course, and served as a student prosecutor at the East Boston District Attorney's Office. Prior to and during law school, she worked as a litigation legal assistant at the law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP.

Following law school, she served as law clerk to the Hon. Joseph A. Trainor of the Massachusetts Appeals Court. Since joining Sally & Fitch LLP, Hether has worked on all areas of complex civil litigation. Her recent cases have included bank fraud, personal injury and probate.

In 2009, Law & Politics recognized Hether as a Rising Star in the Massachusetts Super Lawyer list published in Boston Magazine.  The Rising Star award is limited to 2.5% of lawyers in Massachusetts under the age of 40 who have been practicing for less than 10 years.

Her publications include:

• Employment Law -- Combining Non-Consecutive Periods of Employment to Qualify as an 'Eligible Employee' under the Federal Family Medical Leave Act, Rucker v. Lee Holding Co., 471 F.3d 6 (1st Cir. 2006)", Massachusetts Law Review, v.91, No. 4, p. 182 (Jan. 2009),
• "Constitutional Law-Spies Barred from Enforcing Espionage Agreements with the United States-Tenet v. Doe, 125 S. Ct. 1230 (2005)," Suffolk Transnational Law Review, Volume XXIX (Summer 2006)
• "Admissibility of Hearsay Statements to Police: Davis v. Washington and Hammon v. Indiana," Boston Bar Journal, 50-DEC B.B.J.1(November/December 2006).

Hether is admitted to the bars of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. She is a member of the Boston and Massachusetts Bar Associations.