Professional Affiliations

• CHIEF member (2022)
• Rhode Island Bar Association
• Rhode Island Women’s Bar Association
  • Emeritus Committee 2017-2019
  • Board of Directors 2007-2013
  • President 2011-2012

Boards

• Rhode Island Historical Society
  • Board of Trustees
• Meals on Wheels of Rhode Island
  • Board of Directors (2007 – 2014)
  • Chair, Personnel Committee (2007 – 2014)

Honors

• Benchmark Litigation, 2021 Labor & Employment Star
• Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America 2022 Edition in the area of Litigation: Labor & Employment
• PS&H Article Among Law360’s Most-Read Employment Law Expert Analysis of 2018, Law360, December 21, 2018
• Providence Business News  2015 Woman to Watch in the Professional Services Industry
• Named a “Rising Star” in Rhode Island Super Lawyers, 2009 – 2015
• Providence Business News 2010 40 Under Forty Honoree

Representative Publications

• 32-Hour Workweek Law? Not Much Support in R.I. Alicia Samolis was quoted in a Providence Business News article, May 26, 2023
• Massachusetts Employer Forced to Pay $24 Million for Failing to Accommodate an Executive’s Anxiety May 31, 2023
• Blitz for 6: Rhode Island TCI Benefits to Increase to a Maximum of Six Weeks Beginning January 1, 2023 November 22, 2022
• The NLRB is Back at it Again: New Proposal Broadens Definition of “Joint Employer” September 13, 2022
• Alicia J. Samolis was recently interviewed by RI Lawyers Weekly regarding a new First Circuit case August 16, 2022
• Rhode Island Employers can No Longer Discipline Employees for Out-of-Work Recreational Weed Use June 21, 2022
• Massachusetts Wage Update: SJC Overturns Years of Precedent and Finds That Employers Must Automatically Pay Triple Damages if Wages are Paid Even One Day Late April 8, 2022
• New Court Decision will Increase Employee Claims Brought in the First Circuit February 15, 2022
• Congress Moving Forward To Limit Employers’ Right to Arbitrate Sexual Harassment Claims – A Slippery Slope February 11, 2022
• Supreme Court Rescues Large Employers from the OSHA ETS Vaccine Mandate January 18, 2022
• OSHA Releases Rule for Private Employers November 4, 2021
• Federal COVID Action Plan Announced September 10, 2021
• Employer-Side Lawyers Parse Pay Equity Law (And Urge Action Sooner Rather Than Later) As seen in Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly, August 2, 2021
• Remote, Out-of-State Work Requires Tax, Corporate and Employment Law Compliance As seen in Providence Business News, July 2021
• EEOC Guidance Provides Small But Odd Change to Vaccine Practices in the Workplace As seen in Providence Business News, June 2021
• Massachusetts Mandatory Emergency Paid Sick Leave Starts Now June 7, 2021
• IRS FAQ Expands Free COBRA Entitlement May 28, 2021
• COVID-19 Is Going To Get Your Company Sued for Retaliation As seen in The Anchor, April 2021
• Employers Should Brace Themselves for the ARPA’s Burdensome Paid COBRA Mandate March 29, 2021
• New FFCRA Leave Starts April 1, 2021 March 23, 2021
• The End of Mandatory COVID-19 Related Leave (For Now) January 20, 2021
• Anticipating COVID Vaccine, Employers Ponder Best Course As seen in RI Lawyers Weekly, October 8, 2020
• Rhode Island Minimum Wage Increases to $11.50 Per Hour September 30, 2020
• New FFCRA Rule Published September 16, 2020 September 16, 2020
• COVID-19 Is Going to Get Your Company Sued for Wage Payment Mistakes As seen in The Anchor, September 2020
• Solving Staffing Nightmares Created By State Travel Restrictions August 25, 2020
• FFCRA Update – One Federal Court Strikes Down Portions of the DOL’s Final Rule Implementing The FFCRA August 11, 2020
• Answers To Your Employee’s Tricky Return-To-Work Questions As seen in Providence Business News, June 30, 2020
• Employers At Greater Risk Of Facing Collective FLSA Actions in Remote Forums Under New Ruling As seen in RI Lawyers Weekly, June 25, 2020
• Legal and Practical Issues Hinder Return to Work As seen in Providence Business News, May 2020
• New Rhode Island Regulations That Affect Businesses May 8, 2020
• Employee’s Disability Doesn’t Shield Her From Termination As seen in Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, April 30, 2020
• Coronavirus Raises Workplace Issues As seen in Providence Business News, March 6, 2020
• In #MeToo Era, Some Lawyers Fielding More ‘Reverse Discrimination’ Queries As seen in Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly, August 26, 2019
• Five Ways The New Rhode Island Noncompetition Agreement Act Could Impact Your Business August 14, 2019
• Alicia Samolis: Employment and Labor Law Three Things, July 26, 2019
• One Epic Year Later: Have You Implemented A Mandatory Arbitration Agreement Yet? May 17, 2019
• New Massachusetts Paid Leave of Absence Law Partridge Snow & Hahn Client Alert, April 11, 2019
• Employer Liability For Medical Marijuana Bias Is Growing As seen in Law360, March 22, 2019
• What You Need to Know About the New Mass. Noncompete Law As seen in Providence Business News, October 26, 2018
• Are You Ready To Steal Employees From Your Mass. Competitors As seen in Providence Business News, September 28, 2018
• Court of Appeals Upholds Termination of Airport Security Employee As seen in RI Lawyers Weekly, September 20, 2018
• U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Upholds Teacher’s Firing As seen in RI Lawyers Weekly, September 6, 2018
• Court of Appeals Reinstates Bias Suit Involving Claims of Retaliation As seen in RI Lawyers Weekly, August 23, 2018
• Governor Signs Into Law Game-Changing Massachusetts Legislation August 10, 2018
• Ex-Employee’s Claim For Promised Extra Pay Time-Barred As Seen in Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly, August 2, 2018
• Rhode Island Employers Take Note: Amend Your Paid Time Off Policy Now June 27, 2018
• Bias Claim Over Transfer Reinstated As Seen in Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly, June 2018
• RI Regs Keep Household Member Definition in Paid Sick Leave Law Published by Bloomberg Law, The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc. , June 8, 2018
• Worker’s drug testing suit preempted As seen in Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly , June 4, 2018
• An Epic Win for Employers Across the Nation: What Employers Should Do To Avail Themselves of the Benefits of the New U.S. Supreme Court Decision May 24, 2018
• Employee Arbitration Agreement Insights From Rhode Island As seen in Law360 , May 2, 2018
• It is Not an Early April Fools’ Joke: Give Your Employees the Required Massachusetts Pregnant Workers Fairness Act Notice TODAY March 30, 2018
• Why Your Company Will Be in Violation of the Massachusetts Equal Pay Law on July 1st – And How to Fix It March 28, 2018
• Proposed Rhode Island Sick Leave Regulations Fail to Provide Clarity and Will Increase Employer Headaches if Finalized March 14, 2018
• Avoiding The Pitfalls Of Pre-Employment Background Checks March 7, 2018
• Rhode Island Paid Sick Leave Law Lacks Clarity on Several Key Issues October 5, 2017
• Massachusetts Employers Take Notice: Evaluate and Comply Now or Risk Paying More Later August 22, 2017
• Accommodating Medical Marijuana Users: A National Trend? As seen in Law360, August 2, 2017
• Massachusetts Supreme Court Ruling will Lead to More Disappointments for Employers who Purchase EPLI Policies June 26, 2017
• Hairstylist’s Non-compete Agreement Deemed Unassignable Alicia Samolis was quoted in a Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly article, June 22, 2017
• Supreme Court Decision On Arbitration Clauses Could Significantly Reduce Employer Exposure to Class Claims March 16, 2017
• Looming Effective Dates for New OSHA Recordkeeping Rule: Is Your Company Ready for Public Shaming for Workplace Injuries and OSHA’s Unfettered Oversight of Retaliation Protections? November 1, 2016
• Department of Labor Issues Final Changes to the Overtime Law May 19, 2016
• How Gov’t Contractors Can Avoid Pay Transparency Mishaps May 4, 2016
• Your [Recently Updated] Handbook May Violate the Law As seen in the February 29, 2016 edition of the Providence Business News, February 29, 2016
• Outsmart the Pending Changes to the Overtime Law with Advance Planning November 2015
• RI Employers (Large and Small) Required to Accommodate Healthy Pregnant Workers and New Moms. No, FMLA Leave is Not Enough. August 2015
• U.S. Supreme Court Takes Up Major Challenge to Federal Health Reform November 10, 2014
• Health Reform News September 8, 2014
• Dueling Districts on Major Challenge to Federal Health Reform July 23, 2014
• When it Comes to Volunteers and Unpaid Interns There is No Such Thing As a Free Lunch June 18, 2014
• RI Increased Employee Absences (and Headaches) due to the 2014 Temporary Caregiver Leave Law January 8, 2014
• Bi-Weekly Pay in RI – Finally!! January 3, 2014
• Bi-Weekly Pay Update – One Step Closer!! December 13, 2013
• Bi-Weekly Pay – The Devil is in the Details December 3, 2013
• Not Everything in Health Reform is Delayed: Employers Must Send Notices to Employees by October 1 September 13, 2013
• Rhode Island Labor Law Changes Passed by Legislation July 11, 2013
• New Background Check Forms Required under the FCRA February 25. 2013

Representative Speaking Engagements

• Alicia Samolis Presented to Greater Providence Chamber of Commerce May 25, 2021
• Rhode Island Bar Association COVID-19 Employment Law CLE December 10, 2020
• PS&H Partner Alicia Samolis Speaks at Health Care Summit April 1, 2020
• Human Resource Law: The Ultimate Guide February 5, 2020
• Alicia Samolis To Be Panelist For RWU Law Santoro Business Law Lecture Series September 26, 2019
• PS&H Partner Alicia Samolis speaks at NBI Seminar on Problem Employees September 25, 2018
• Employment and Corporate Best Practices Workshop April 23, 2018
• Nonprofit Strategies to Address New Federal Overtime Regulations November 28, 2016
• Alicia Samolis Discussed Legal Implications of Employer Use of Criminal History in Connection with State Prisoner Reentry Program 09 May 2016

Recognitions

• Chambers USA 2023 Recognizes Partridge Snow & Hahn June 5, 2023
• PSH Attorneys Recognized in 2023 Edition of Best Lawyers in America August 18, 2022
• Partridge Snow & Hahn Named in Benchmark Litigation’s 2022 Rankings and Stars October 2021
• PS&H Partner Alicia Samolis Elected to the Rhode Island Historical Society Board of Trustees November 17, 2020
• Partridge Snow & Hahn Named in Benchmark Litigation’s 2021 Rankings and Stars November 2020
• Partridge Snow & Hahn Attorneys Recognized in Professional Excellence Law Issue In Rhode Island Monthly June 2020
• Benchmark Litigation Recognizes Michael Gamboli and Alicia Samolis As 2019 Labor & Employment Stars September 25, 2019
• PS&H Article Among Law360’s Most Read Expert Analysis As seen in Law360, March 29, 2019
• PS&H Article Among Law360’s Most-Read Employment Law Expert Analysis of 2018 Law360, December 21, 2018