Robert L. Quinan, Jr., Esq.

Rob Quinan was appointed as the Civil Service Commission's General Counsel in April 2021.  For nearly 25 years (1996-2021), Rob served as an Assistant Attorney General in the Government Bureau, where he represented state agencies in court proceedings at both the trial and appellate court level (in both state and federal courts).  From 2008 to 2021, Mr. Quinan served as Managing Attorney and then Deputy Chief of the Administrative Law Division.  Over his years in the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office, and before, Mr. Quinan developed an expertise in labor & employment law and the laws governing human services agencies.  Previously, he was employed as a management-level attorney at the Massachusetts Department of Children & Families and, before that, as an associate at the Boston firm of Bingham McCutchen LLP.  Attorney Quinan is a graduate of the Georgetown University Law Center and he also holds a master’s degree in international relations from Georgetown University.