Andrea G. Chatfield
Of Counsel
Andrea provides effective advice and guidance to corporate clients on risk management issues in the workplace. This includes both day-to-day personnel decisions which can have a high degree of liability if not done carefully, and high level policy-making decisions, such as developing employee handbooks, employment agreements, and other organizational protocols. Andrea has successfully represented employers of all types and sizes before administrative agencies in discrimination and wage disputes, including claims under Title VII, the ADEA, the ADA, the Fair Labor Standards Act, and parallel state laws. In almost all cases involving discrimination and/or harassment claims, she has been able to get such claims dismissed at the early investigative stage. Andrea also serves as an outside investigator for employers who need to respond to highly sensitive internal complaints of discrimination and harassment. Andrea rounds out her practice by developing and conducting in-house trainings for businesses and other employers in such matters as preventing workplace harassment, and how to manage within the law.
Department
Corporate
Areas of Practice
- Discrimination/Harassment
- Wage and Hour
- Family and Medical Leave and Other Leave Laws
- Employee Handbooks and Other Workplace Policies
- RIF's, Severance Agreements, and Other Termination Issues
- Workplace Privacy Issues
- Non-Disclosure, Non-Competition and Other Restrictive Covenants
- Employment Agreements
- Whistleblower Protection
- Workplace Investigations
- Employment risk management
Representative Clients & Work
As a risk management attorney, Andrea has worked successfully with manufacturers, insurance companies, high tech companies, non-profits, construction businesses, churches, schools, medical professional groups, publicly traded companies, including a utility, and service businesses of all sizes.
Admissions
- New Hampshire
- Massachusetts
- U.S. District Court for New Hampshire
Professional & Association Memberships
Labor & Employment Sections of the New Hampshire Bar and the American Bar Association; Society of Human Resources Management; National Human Resources Association.
Recognition
- Chambers USA (2006), recognized as leading lawyer in employment law
- Martindale Hubbell BV Rating
Community Involvement
- Former Board of Directors member and Board President for the YWCA of Manchester.
- Board of Directors, Child Health Services of Manchester
Career
- Prior to joining McLane, Andrea was a partner in the law firm of Wiggin & Nourie, P.A., in Manchester, NH.
- J.D., magna cum laude, Syracuse University College of Law, 1988
- B.S., summa cum laude, Suffolk University, 1982
Recent Publications and Lectures
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