Smith Kane’s Darshana Indira Elected to the Women’s Bar Association of Massachusetts’ Board of Directors
Smith Kane, LLP announces that Darshana Indira was elected a 2026-27 member of the Women’s Bar Association (WBA) of Massachusetts’ Board of Directors. Indira joins an impressive team of women lawyers in an At-Large Director position. In this leadership role, Indira will help drive the WBA’s mission to bring together the women lawyers in the Commonwealth so that they may build important personal and professional relationships.
Indira is an accomplished employment and business lawyer who advises company owners, organizational leaders, and C-suite executives across a wide range of employment and commercial litigation matters. Her practice spans both transactional counseling and complex disputes, with particular experience in industries including pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, healthcare, and retail.
She provides strategic counsel to businesses navigating the complexities of employer-employee relationships. She regularly advises management and senior executives on executive compensation matters, employment agreements, restrictive covenants, and severance negotiations.
In addition to her employment law practice, Indira is a trusted advisor to startups and emerging companies in Massachusetts and across the country. She works closely with founders and leadership teams to form entities, draft foundational corporate documents, and establish employment frameworks that support long-term growth. As those businesses evolve, she continues to serve as a key legal resource, advising on disputes and litigation when they arise.
Indira is an active leader in the legal community. In addition to her position as a WBA board director, she is co-chair of the WBA’s Women of Color Committee. She also serves as co-chair of the Boston Bar Association’s Labor & Employment Section, and as vice chair of the Massachusetts Bar Association’s Business Law Section Council. In 2025, Indira was named an Excellence in the Law: Up & Coming Lawyer by Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly.
The WBA of Massachusetts promotes, enhances, and achieves the full and equal participation of women in the legal profession and in a just society. The WBA encourages professional interaction and exchange of ideas among its members through programs such as meetings, forums, monthly calendars, special publications, and programs. The WBA’s membership represents women across a full range of practice areas from law firms, as solo practitioners and also in-house counsel positions across the state. The WBA proudly provides excellent leadership opportunities, a networking forum for business development, continuing education at all levels and more.
About Smith Kane, LLP
Celebrating 30 years, Smith Kane, LLP has built a reputation for helping clients grow their businesses, manage risk, and resolve complex legal matters. Founded in 1996, the firm offers big-firm expertise paired with the strategic, responsive, and client-focused approach of a boutique practice. Smith Kane represents clients in business law and litigation, white collar criminal defense, government investigations, and employment law matters from its Boston office.
