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Brian J. Bouchard

Brian J. Bouchard

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Portsmouth

Labor & EmploymentBusiness LitigationConstruction Litigation
ABOUT BRIAN J. BOUCHARD

Brian is a seasoned litigator and counselor with a proven track record of success in labor and employment, real estate, and construction law. His deep understanding of business operations and client-focused approach allow him to provide practical, results-oriented solutions to complex legal challenges. In the labor & employment field particularly, Brian counsels and represents companies through all manner of complexities, from claims involving discrimination, retaliation, and wage and hour v...

KEY CASES
  • Substantial experience in litigating employment discrimination, retaliation, and wage and hour cases at the agency and court levels

  • Regularly advises companies on employee mobility and executive employment

  • Prevailed on Summary Judgment for a Fortune 500 company in a case involving the Americans with Disabilities Act

  • Successfully represented an energy company in a mineral and property rights dispute

  • Worked with an outdoor guiding company to save it hundreds of thousands of dollars in back wages by renegotiating its government contracts

  • Extricated a client from a failed business acquisition and resulting litigation

  • As a pro bono attorney, obtained a favorable judgment for indigent clients in a bench trial

  • Frequent lecturer on discrimination, wage and hour, and government contractor issues

EDUCATION
  • J.D., magna cum laude, University of New Hampshire School of Law
  • B.A., magna cum laude, Stonehill College
ADMISSIONS, MEMBERSHIPS & CERTIFICATIONS
  • State of New Hampshire
  • State of Massachusetts
  • State of Maine
  • New Hampshire Bar Association
AWARDS
  • Best Lawyers in America® Ones to Watch, Commercial Litigation, Labor and Employment Law - Management, Litigation - Construction, Litigation - Labor and Employment
  • Rising Star by New England Super Lawyers®, Business Litigation
  • Daniel Webster Scholar Honors Program
  • Managing Editor of IDEA: The Intellectual Property Law Review, University of New Hampshire School of Law
  • Bankruptcy Institute Medal of Excellence
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PUBLICATIONS
INDUSTRY & CIVIC INVOLVEMENT
  • Legislative Director, Seacoast Human Resources Association Board of Directors
  • Board Member, Brew NH
  • Chair, Leadership Seacoast Board of Directors