About Jonathan S. Sales
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Jonathan S. Sales is an attorney with over 34 years of experience serving clients throughout Massachusetts. Attorney Sales earned his J.D. from Northeastern University School of Law, holds a Doctoral Degree in Management from Pace University (where he received the Lubin School of Business Doctoral Award for Outstanding Doctoral Student of the Year), and an MBA with Honors from Suffolk University and a B.A. in Political Science from Bates College, where he graduated as a Dana Scholar.
In addition to his legal practice, Attorney Sales serves as a Professor of Management, teaching courses in Strategy, Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Negotiation, and Business Law at Roger Williams University. He formerly also taught at Clark University and Bentley University. Attorney Sales' scholarly work has been published in numerous prestigious law reviews, including the Marquette Law Review, Georgetown American Criminal Law Review, and Oregon Law Review.
Attorney Sales' legal experience includes, without limitation, appeals, litigation, compliance, administrative and regulatory law, and interdisciplinary legal analysis. This blend of litigation experience, advanced academic research, and environmental policy knowledge enables him to approach client matters with both practical, strategic insight and legal expertise.
Education
Pace University, Lubin School of Business, NYC, NY
- –Lubin School of Business Outstanding Student of the Year Award
Suffolk University, Sawyer Business School, Boston, MA
Northeastern University School of Law, Boston, MA
Bates College, Lewiston, ME
Bar Admissions
- Commonwealth of Massachusetts – Admitted 1991
- District of Massachusetts — Admitted 1992
- First Circuit — Admitted 1992
- Ninth Circuit — Admitted 1993
- Third Circuit — Admitted 2025
Professional Memberships
- Massachusetts Bar Association
Community Involvement
- Pro Bono Volunteer in Immigration Law
Publications
- The Effects of Firm Leadership Diversity on the Propensities of Entities to Engage in International Corrupt Business Practices (preparing to circulate for publication).
- Beyond Congruence: A Mathematical Framework, Based on Regulatory Focus Theory, of Angel Investors’ Risk-Reward Profiles and Strategic Investment Predispositions (preparing to circulate for publication).
- Is it Time for the Federal Regulation of the Tax Preparer Industry? New Insights from Legal and Empirical Developments, Marquette Law Review, 106(3) MARQ. L. REV. 543 (2023).
- Deconstructing the Statutory Landscape of Digital Harassment: An Evaluation of the Elements that Make an Effective Statute, [Georgetown] American Criminal Law Review, 57 AM. CRIM. L. REV. 1499-1567 (Spring 2021).
- All’s fair in love and war but nothing’s fair use on YouTube: How YouTube policies favor copyright owners and hinder legal fair use, 27 JOURNAL OF LAW, BUSINESS AND ETHICS 61 (2021).
- #IHateMyJob: Exploring the Limits of Employers’ Rights to Use Employment Policies to Regulate Employee Activity on Social Media, University of San Francisco Law Review, 52 U.S.F.L. REV. 229-274 (Winter 2018).
- Revenge Porn: The Name Doesn’t Do Nonconsensual Pornography Justice and the Remedies Don’t Offer Victims Enough Justice, Oregon Law Review, 98 OR. L. REV. 197-228 (2020).
- How the NLRB’s Decisions in Cases Involving Social Media Have Narrowed the Definition of Concerted Activity . . .. , 49(2) U. TOL. L. REV. 233-264 (Winter 2018).
- How Should McGraw-Hill Respond to Innovative Competitors that Threaten Its Market Dominance In the Digital Age?, 13 J. CRIT. INCIDENTS 31 (2020).
- Let’s Play: Fair Use or Copyright Infringement?, 12 J. CRIT. INCIDENTS 17, 42 (2019).
- Digital Diffusion and the Prospect of Disruptive Change in the U.S. Higher Education Textbook Industry, BUSINESS INNOVATION AND DISRUPTION IN PUBLISHING, MEDIA XXI, I: 113-146 (2013).
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