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Shaheen & Gordon Hires Shelby Anderson For Workers' Compensation Team

Shelby Anderson, a Vermont Law graduate, will work from the firm's Dover office in New Hampshire.

Shelby Anderson
Shelby Anderson (Shaheen & Gordon)

DOVER, NH — Shaheen & Gordon, P.A. has hired attorney Shelby Anderson to join the firm’s Workers’ Compensation Group, where she will work out of the firm’s Dover office, according to the announcement.

The firm said Anderson is a recent graduate of Vermont Law. According to the announcement, she gained legal experience drafting memoranda and supporting litigation as a legal extern and volunteer for multiple environmentally focused organizations. Before entering the legal field, the firm said, Anderson founded and ran her own farm.

Shaheen & Gordon tied that background to her new practice area, saying the combination of legal and business experience helps guide her workers’ compensation work. The announcement did not provide a start date or additional details about her caseload.

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“We’re excited to have Shelby join us,” Jared O’Connor, the chairman of the Workers’ Compensation Group at Shaheen & Gordon, said. “Our group is growing along with our firm and the needs of the state of New Hampshire. Shelby’s passion for helping working people is the common thread that ties our team together, and we’re eager to add her skills to the mix.”

Shaheen & Gordon said it was founded in New Hampshire in 1981 on the belief that clients come first. According to the firm, it has grown into a regional law firm with more than 70 attorneys and offers a wide range of legal services.

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