Current Employment Position(s)

Director

Lawyer Overview

Linda is a director with over twenty years of experience litigating cases in state and federal agencies and courts, and in representing the interests of management in all aspects of labor and employment law. In addition to serving as the firm's lead employment lawyer and chair of its Employment Law Practice Group, Linda is also chair of the firm's Education Law Group. She represents the interests of many private elementary and high schools, colleges, and the largest independent academy in the United States. Linda is especially well known for developing and presenting training programs in workplaces and schools on topics such as Managing Within the Law, Harassment Prevention, and Conducting a Workplace Investigation. She is recognized as a leading labor and employment lawyer, and provides ongoing risk management services to numerous businesses and schools throughout the state and in New England. Linda is also a trained and experienced mediator with extensive experience in alternative dispute resolution.

Areas of Practice

• Employment & School Litigation & Trial Practice
• Employment & School Risk Management Services
• Discrimination and Harassment Investigation Services

Representative Cases

• Lambrou v. Sturm Ruger , (New Hampshire Supreme Cou 1992)

West Practice Categories

Employment Law -- Employee, Employment Law -- Employer, Education Law, Litigation & Appeals, Insurance Law, Discrimination, Law Enforcement Agencies

Bar Admissions

• New Hampshire, 1984
• U.S. District Court District of New Hampshire, 1984
• U.S. Court of Appeals 1st Circuit

Professional Associations and Memberships

• New Hampshire Business and Industry Association (Member, Committee on Human Resources)
• Association of Trial Lawyers of America (Member)
• Rivier College Paralegal Advisory Board, 1979 - 1993 (Member)
• Nashua Bar Association, 1988 - 1990 (Treasurer)
• Nashua Bar Association, 1985 - Present (Member)
• Nashua Bar Association, 1985 - 1988 (Chairman)
• Nashua Bar Association (Member, Law Related Education Advisory Board)
• Nashua Bar Association, 1988 - 1989 (Member, Legal Assistance Board)
• Nashua Bar Association, 1988 - 1990 (Member, Committee on Finance)
• Nashua Bar Association, 1994 - Present (Chair)
• Nashua Bar Association (Member, Committee on Manchester 2000 Education Reform)
• Nashua Bar Association, 1989 - 1990 (Member, Committee on Delivery of Legal Services to the Poor)
• New Hampshire Bar Association (Member, Section of Employment Law and Family Law)
• American Bar Association (Member)
• New Hampshire Trial Lawyers Association (Member)
• New Hampshire Bar Foundation, 1988 - 1990 (Member, Board of Directors)

Honors and Awards

• The Best Lawyers in America
• Chambers & Partners America's Leading Lawyers for Business

Classes and Seminars

• Speaker, Employment Law Issues
• Lecturer, Paralegal Studies, Rivier College, Nashua, New Hampshire, 1985

Education

• Boston University School of Law, Boston, Massachusetts, 1984
  J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence
• Rivier College, Nashua, New Hampshire, 1981
  B.S., Bachelor of Science
  Honors: magna cum laude

Address

City Hall Plaza
900 Elm Street
Manchester, NH 03101

Phones

(603) 628-1267

Faxes

(603) 625-5650

Emails

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Websites

http://www.mclane.com