Attorney Karen Aframe Elected Section Chair for New Hampshire Bar Association

Portland, ME and Manchester, NH (June 7, 2012)- Karen S. Aframe, leader of Bernstein Shur’s Manchester, New Hampshire Labor and Employment Practice, was recently elected labor and employment section chair for the New Hampshire Bar Association.

The New Hampshire Bar Association was founded in 1873 to serve its members and the public. It currently works to connect and educate attorneys while serving as a unified voice for the New Hampshire legal community. The labor and employment section is one of 21 industry specific sections designed to improve knowledge and skills at the practice group level. The section chair is responsible for organizing programming and chairing all section meetings.

The labor and employment section has been chaired by some of New Hampshire’s leading employment attorneys, including a Supreme Court justice, general counsels of unions and in-house counsel for several state employment regulatory agencies.

Aframe is a frequent speaker on employment issues related to sexual harassment and discrimination, internal investigation, performance management and social media in the workplace; she also provides management training on employment topics. Her expertise includes corporate clients, non-profit organizations, financial institutions, health care providers and social-service providers. Aframe received her JD from Northeastern University and is a member of the American Bar Association.

About Bernstein Shur

Widely regarded as one of New England’s most entrepreneurial law firms, Bernstein Shur is a multi-service firm with more than 100 attorneys in offices in ME and New Hampshire. Founded in 1915, the firm provides practical and innovative counsel in the areas of business law, litigation, and municipal law to clients throughout the region and around the world. Bernstein Shur is ME’s exclusive member of Lex Mundi, the world’s leading association of independent law firms. More information is available at www.bernsteinshur.com.