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Responding to Off Duty and Online Conduct

Saturday, August 11, 2018 @10am

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Our Guest:

Bouchard-Torso-72-dpiBrian Bouchard
Employment Attorney
Sheehan Phinney

Responding to Off Duty and Online Conduct

Brian joined the firm in 2013 and is a member of the firm’s Litigation Group. Prior to joining the firm he was a judicial extern for the Honorable Jeffrey R. Howard at the First Circuit Court of Appeals and a judicial intern at Rockingham County Superior Court. Brian was a teaching assistant for Legal Writing I and II and Evidence and a research assistant for Professor Mitch Simon for “Limiting the Use of Expunged Offenses in Bar and Law School Admission Processes: A Case for Not Creating Unnecessary Problems”, published in the Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics, and Public Policy.

Education

B.A., magna cum laude, Stonehill College
J.D., magna cum laude, University of New Hampshire School of Law

Honors

Brian was the recipient of the Bankruptcy Institute Medal of Excellence and a member of the Daniel Webster Scholar Honors Program. While at the University of New Hampshire School of Law he was the Managing Editor of IDEA: The Intellectual Property Law Review.

Memberships and Admissions

Brian is a member of the New Hampshire Bar Association and is admitted to practice in New Hampshire and Massachusetts.

Legal Risk to Being a Manager

Saturday, August 4, 2018 @10am

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Our Guest:

Tawny AlvarezAlvarez_Tawny_03
Associate
Verrill Dana

Legal Risk to Being a Manager –

Verrill Dana is a full service law firm with more than 130 attorneys and a growing number of service-based practice groups. The firm has a regional presence in the Northeast, with offices from Maine to Washington, D.C., allowing us to serve clients with interests across the country and around the world. Through scalable staffing, careful communication and skillful project management, Verrill Dana helps individuals and businesses achieve their goals in a manner that suits their unique legal needs and preferred work methods.

We embrace the principles behind the Association of Corporate Counsel Value Challenge. We are committed to providing value-driven, quality legal services and practical solutions in a cost-effective manner. Our lawyers are not satisfied being only quality service providers. We strive to earn the status of trusted counsel, advocates and allies in our clients’ success.

Verrill Dana’s enduring commitment to quality client service is complemented by our commitment to community service. Verrill Dana believes that its role as a leading New England business carries a corresponding obligation to give back to the communities in which we live and work. This obligation is fulfilled through the personal service of our lawyers and staff in numerous community organizations, the firm’s prominent charitable giving program and the direct provision of pro bono legal services.

Drugs in the Workplace – Replay

Saturday, July 28, 2018 @10am

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Guest:

James P. Reidy
Shareholder
Sheehan Phinney

Drug Testing in the Era of Marijuana Legalization and the Opioid Crisis – 

Jim chairs the Sheehan Phinney’s labor and employment practice group. He practices in the areas of labor and employment law with an emphasis on assisting employers in effectively avoiding, or defending against, employment disputes. He represents management in organizations ranging from multi­national corporations, to closely ­held, family­-owned businesses, to not ­for­ profit entities and public sector employers. Since joining the Firm in 1989, Jim has expanded an already well­ established employment law practice group. This group is now recognized as one of the best labor and employment practices in Northern New England.

Hiring People with Criminal Backgrounds

Saturday, July 21, 2018 @10am

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Our Guest:

Arte Nathan
President & COO
Strategic Development Worldwide

SDW operates regionally and nationally and has extensive international experience. Our professional experience spans over 50 industries including high tech, industrial, financial and non-financial (including government).

We also have extensive expertise in the casino industry including Native American casinos and Tribal Council advisory services. The success of our corporate strategies has typically led our clients to maintain long-term relationships with us. Many leading business concepts have come from SDW.

We pride ourselves on our fresh thinking. Our evolving set of ideas and business models have profoundly changed the ways our clients think about competition and the meaning of their work.

We believe that no other consulting organization has concentrated as thoroughly on understanding business competition, requisite competencies and helping companies make the changes needed to succeed in increasingly competitive markets. As markets evolve, so does the way of conducting business. Key competitive factors never stop changing.