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Barbara S. Hamelburg
Partner
Boston
As an experienced litigator, Barbara Hamelburg focuses on the resolution of complex disputes involving health care, employment, medical devices, malpractice, and directors' and officers' liability, and general liability. Her litigation experience includes jury and bench trials involving a variety of business, health care and employment matters, including successful handling of several multi-million dollar products liability and commercial matters.
Barbara's clients have included one of the largest healthcare providers in the United States, which operates mental health and acute care hospitals, surgical centers, and counseling centers. She has also represented an international pharmaceutical company, and an international airport company in litigation.
Before joining Foley Hoag, Barbara chaired the health law department of another major national firm, where she also served as chair of the Strategic Planning Committee and headed the Women's Initiative. She was also litigation partner and pro bono coordinator at another Boston area firm. Prior to practicing law, Barbara worked as an Acquisitions Editor for several major publishing companies, most recently Houghton Mifflin Company of Boston.
Bars and Court Admissions
U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts
U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit
Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts
Representative Experience
The following is a brief summary of Barbara's experience and accomplishments:
Represented major publishing company regarding education issues, including distance learning
Has served as Massachusetts counsel for all cases involving a national defendant in toxic tort litigation
professional / civic involvement
American Bar Association, Litigation and Employment Committees, Member
Boston Bar Association, Health Care and Employment Committees
American Health Lawyers Association, Member
National Association of College and University Attorneys, Member
Massachusetts Bar Association, Civil Litigation Section, Member
Children's Hospital, Board of Overseers
Crittenton Women's Union, Vice Chair, Board of Trustees
The Commonwealth Institute, Advisory Board
The Boston Club, Secretary and Director
SPEECHES AND CONFERENCES
Moderator, The Commonwealth Institute Panel Discussion on Health Care Reform and Business Leaders: Advancing Opportunities in Massachusetts, Boston, 2007
Speaker, Foley Hoag Employment Seminar, Retaliation, 2007
Speaker, Foley Hoag Employment Seminar, Non-Compete Agreements, 2005
Participant, HIPAA Presentation, George Washington University Hospital, February 2001
Speaker, Women Leaders Conference, Boston, March 2000
Presented, Employment Seminar for Massachusetts Technology Development Corporation, 2000
Speaker, MCLE Seminar on Toxic Torts, 1999
Speaker, MBA Panel on Trial Techniques, 1996
Speaker, MCLE Seminar on Personal Injury Cases, 1996
Speaker, MCLE Sophisticated Trial Techniques Seminar, 1994
Speaker, MCLE Seminar on the Law of Scientific and Technical Evidence for Trial Lawyers, 1994
Presented paper on professional practice under Massachusetts law for EDIC Risk Management Seminar, 1993
Speaker, Clean Air Act Conference of Massachusetts Office of Environmental Affairs, October 1992
Speaker in support of Clean Air Act on behalf of Massachusetts Lung Association in State House, 1991.
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