Sheryl M. Bourbeau

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Areas of Practice

As a Senior Associate with Gallagher & Cavanaugh, Sheryl M. Bourbeau has extensive experience representing diverse clients in complex tort, business, and employment litigation matters. Her practice includes products liability, medical malpractice, construction, employment, motor vehicle, premises, environmental, and commercial cases.

Personal/Professional Experience

Ms. Bourbeau was born in Lynn, Massachusetts.  Before joining Gallagher & Cavanaugh, Ms. Bourbeau was a sole practitioner in Danvers, Massachusetts for several years and an associate at Sarrouf, Tarricone & Flemming in Boston, Massachusetts.

Honors and Awards

Ms. Bourbeau received the Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys New Lawyer Award in 1996.

Publications/Presentations

Lecturer/Panel Member:  Medical Records for the Paralegal, Northern Essex Community College, Paralegal Program, 4/5/06;  Paralegal Litigation Skills, 6/23/04;  How to Read Medical Records for the Paralegal, MCLE, 11/16/00;  Medical Malpractice (Part I): Selecting and Preparing the Successful Case, 4/13/00;  Evidence for the Litigation Paralegal in Massachusetts, 2/24/99;  Suffolk University Law School Health Law Society, Forum on Careers in Health Care Law, 4/3/96; Editor: Section Review, Massachusetts Bar Association, Civil Litigation Section, 2001-2004; Author: ATLA Student Trial Advocacy Competition Fact Pattern, 1998, 1999, and 2000; Editor and contributor: MATA Legal Notes, New Lawyers News Pages, 1994-1996.

Bar and Court Admissions

Ms. Bourbeau was admitted to practice in Massachusetts in 1993.  She is also admitted to practice in the U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts. 

Education

J.D., Suffolk University Law School, Boston, MA, 1993 (cum laude)
B.A., University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, 1983

Activities

Ms. Bourbeau is a member of the Massachusetts Bar Association, where she served on the Civil Litigation Section Council and as Section Review Editor from 2001 to 2004, and the Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys, where she has held several committee positions, including the Publications Committee, Public Education Committee, and Women’s Caucus. She is also a member of the Essex County and Greater Lowell Bar Associations. In addition, Ms. Bourbeau serves on the Board of Directors of the Lowell Community Health Center and the Legal Advisory Board of the Northern Essex Community College Paralegal Program.