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Heather M. Burns

Partner

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Heather represents aggrieved employees and injured victims in matters of employment discrimination, wrongful termination and medical malpractice. As an employment litigation attorney, she represents primarily plaintiffs in discrimination, sexual harassment, wrongful discharge, Family and Medical Leave Act, and other employment cases involving both federal and state law. Her medical malpractice practice involves representing plaintiffs in medical negligence cases in state and federal court.

She has successfully litigated employment cases in both the U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire, state superior courts and the New Hampshire Supreme Court. Heather also regularly represents employees before the New Hampshire Human Rights Commission, the New Hampshire Department of Employment Security, and the New Hampshire Department of Labor. 

Recent significant cases include:

  • Martineau v. City of Concord - Age discrimination under the federal Age Discrimination in Employment Act, U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire, 93-268-M
  • Boisvert v. Sears, Roebuck & Co. - Gender discrimination under Title VII, U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire, C-96-495-M
  • Madeja v. MPB Corporation d/b/a Split Ballbearing - Sexual harassment and retaliation, Sullivan County Superior Court, #00-C-0104
  • Cook v. Environmental Compliance Specialists, Inc. - Wrongful termination, Rockingham County Superior Court, 03-C-0290
  • Estate of Cheryl Sweeney v. Allard Nazarian Group, Inc. d/b/a Granite State Manufacturing - Wrongful termination, Hillsborough County Superior Court Northern District, 2002-C-843
  • Harvey and Carmen Bergeron v. Dartmouth Hitchcock Clinic - Medical negligence, Merrimack County Superior Court, 04-C-117

Selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® for labor and employment law, Heather is past chair of the Labor & Employment Section of the New Hampshire Bar Association, a member of both the national and New Hampshire chapters of the National Employment Lawyers Association, and immediate past president of the New Hampshire Association for Justice. She volunteers as a mediator for the Superior Court Rule 170 program and the New Hampshire Human Rights Commission mediation program. 

 

Serving New Hampshire's
Legal Needs Since 1908

 

Heather M. Burns

(603) 224-7791
(800) 640-7790
Fax (603) 224-0320

Practice Areas:
Employment
Medical Malpractice

Education:
Carnegie Mellon University
Franklin Pierce Law Center, JD

Address:
Upton & Hatfield LLC
10 Centre Street
PO Box 1090
Concord, NH 03302-1090