Barbara S. Hamelburg
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
publications
- Co-author, article on Non-Compete Agreements, “Women’s Business” (2005)
- Author, article on Compliance Standards for Physicians (August 2000)
- Co-author, A New Standard For The State Of The Art Defense In Massachusetts, MCLE (March 1999)
- Co-author, Supreme Court Overturns Asbestos Class Action Settlement, ENVIRONMENT NEWS SERVICES (ENS) (June 1999)
- Law Of Scientific And Technical Advice, SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE FOR TRIAL LAWYER -MCLE (November 1994); revised and reprinted in THE BEST OF MCLE JOURNAL (May 1995)