Attorney Jennifer Sawyer Joins Bernstein, Shur, Sawyer & Nelson

Attorney Jennifer D. Sawyer has joined the Litigation Department at the statewide law firm of Bernstein, Shur, Sawyer & Nelson, and will practice in the areas of education, employment, and labor law. She also serves as a consultant with Advanced Educational Solutions, a division of the firm.

Sawyer formerly served as a law clerk in the Boston University Office of the General Counsel and in the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights. She also worked as a Residence Director at the University of New Hampshire and as an Assistant Residence Director at Northeastern University. Sawyer is a member of the American Bar Association, the Maine State Bar Association, the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators, the American College Personnel Association, and the Association for Student Judicial Affairs.

A resident of Newmarket, N.H., Sawyer is a Cum Laude graduate from the Boston University School of Law. She received a master's degree in Higher Education Administration from Northeastern University in 1996, and received her bachelor's degree from the State University of New York College at Oswego in 1993.

Bernstein, Shur, Sawyer & Nelson is one of northern New England's largest law firms, with more than 65 attorneys in offices in Portland and Augusta. The firm provides legal services in all major subject areas, including corporate and commercial law, litigation and trials, municipal and governmental affairs, and tax and estate planning. Bernstein, Shur also has an active practice in health law, environmental law, technology and commerce, employment law, legislative law, intellectual property, public utilities and other regulated industries. For more information, visit the Bernstein, Shur web site at http://www.mainelaw.com.

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