Stephanie is an experienced litigator, focusing on business and commercial litigation matters, including catastrophic injury, employment, general liability, education, products liability, construction, and premises liability matters. Stephanie also has experience in defending health care providers and institutions in professional liability matters. She represents clients from pre-suit through trial and has extensive courtroom experience defending claims across Massachusetts, Maine, and New Hampshire state and federal courts. She also has additional experience providing risk transfer and tender advice to clients and advising regarding risk mitigation strategies.
With over a decade of experience, Stephanie was most recently a partner with a national litigation firm where she defended catastrophic and large-scale complex commercial and general liability claims. Before that, she was in-house claims counsel and director of claims for a Boston-based construction contracting company, where she was the chief coverage specialist on all Builder’s Risk, General Liability, Worker’s Compensation, and Completed Operations claims.
Stephanie earned her bachelor’s degree from Saint Mary’s College of Maryland and her law degree from the New England School of Law and is a graduate of the International Association of Defense Counsel Trial Academy. She regularly speaks at industry events across the country, discussing hot topics within her practice areas. She also enjoys mentoring new associates and organizing pro bono efforts. She was an adjunct professor at New England Law Boston from 2011–2019, where she enjoyed teaching first-year law students legal research and writing.