Beth A. Deragon

Associate

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Beth A. Deragon advises our business clients on a variety of employment issues from hiring, discipline, termination, anti-discrimination, harassment, wage and hour compliance, employment agreements, independent contractor agreements, leaves of absence, work place privacy, non-competition agreements, reductions-in-force, and separation agreements to immigration matters. Counseling also includes representing clients in NH Department of Labor audits and in unemployment compensation claims.

Beth defends businesses in employment litigation and appears before the NH Commission for Human Rights, NH Department of Labor, NH Employment Security, NH Superior Courts, US District Court, and the US Immigration Court, Boston. Her practice also includes representation of professionals charged with misconduct.

An active member of the NH Bar Association, she is co-chair of the Gender Equality Committee, vice-chair of the International section and co-secretary of the Labor and Employment Law section. She is also a member of the Daniel Webster-Batchelder American Inn of Court, SHRM – Society for Human Resource Management, DRI – The Voice of the Defense Bar and the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA).

Beth speaks fluent Russian and is a member of the NH/Vologda Russia Committee, Russian American Rule of Law Consortium (RAROLC) that sponsors exchanges between the Russian and American legal communities.

Before joining the firm, Beth represented employees in the Concord NH firm of Upton & Hatfield, LLP. Beth is a graduate of Franklin Pierce Law Center. She received her master of arts degree with honors from the University of Birmingham, UK and her bachelor’s degree from the University of New Hampshire.

Recent articles by Beth A. Deragon:

New COBRA Premium Subsidy Requires Quick Employer Action
March 2009