PORTSMOUTH, N.H., (April 28, 2008)— Jackson Lewis LLP, one of the country’s leading workplace law firms, announced today that it has opened a New Hampshire office in the Portsmouth area, marking its thirty-fifth office in the United States.
Debra Weiss Ford, who was a partner at Devine, Millimet & Branch, will join Jackson Lewis as a partner and Resident Manager of the New Hampshire office. She is an AV rated attorney and has over 25 years of experience counseling and representing employers in litigation matters before the state and federal courts and administrative agencies in New Hampshire, Massachusetts and throughout New England. Ms. Ford also represents employers before the New Hampshire Commission for Human Rights, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and both state and federal Departments of Labor. She has tried over 100 jury and non-jury cases in state and federal courts, and appears frequently in all courts, federal, state, and administrative, throughout the State of New Hampshire.
Ms. Ford has served on the faculty of the National Institute of Trial Advocacy (NITA) since 2004 and she holds the following distinctions:
New England Super Lawyers 2007, Employment and Labor Top 50 Women in New England Top Employment Lawyers in New Hampshire (Chambers USA, 2004-2007) Woodward & White’s Best Lawyers In America©2007, Labor and Employment Law. Elected Fellow by The College of Labor & Employment Lawyers (August 2006) Member National Association of College and University Attorneys Federal Court Advisory Committee appointeeJoining Ms. Ford as an associate in the Portsmouth office is Nancy Oliver who specializes in labor and employment relations and appellate litigation. Ms. Oliver has extensive experience counseling employers on state and federal labor and employment laws, including wage and hour, disciplinary action and documentation, termination, sexual harassment, and discrimination.
Patrick L. Vaccaro, firm-wide Managing Partner of Jackson Lewis said, “Opening an office in New Hampshire makes us more accessible to clients throughout New Hampshire, Maine and Vermont, and with our Boston office, gives Jackson Lewis even stronger traction throughout Northern New England.”
Andrew Pickett, Managing Partner of Jackson Lewis’s Boston office, said that the firm has already received significant positive feedback from existing and potential clients about Deb Ford and the depth of her labor and employment law expertise. “Clients recognize that having a leading workplace law practitioner like Deb Ford heading up our New Hampshire office will be a real benefit both to them and to Jackson Lewis. We are excited and honored that Deb agreed that Jackson Lewis was the right place for her to build upon her already significant workplace law practice.”
About Jackson Lewis LLPFounded in 1958, Jackson Lewis LLP is dedicated to representing management exclusively in workplace law. With offices in 35 cities and more than 470 attorneys, Jackson Lewis has developed a concentrated expertise in over 17 specialized practice areas of the law. Additional information about Jackson Lewis LLP can be found at www.jacksonlewis.com.
For more information, please contactLara Minch-Klass, Jackson Lewis T: (212) 545-4031 E: klassl@jacksonlewis.com
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