Ms. Heald was born in Proctor, Vermont, on April 29, 1964. She was admitted to the New York Bar and U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York in 1990; the Vermont Bar, the Vermont Supreme Court, and the U.S. District Court for the District of Vermont in 1994. Ms. Heald has been an associate with the firm since 1994. Ms. Heald, as an R.N. with her B.S. in Professional Nursing, specializes in Medical Professional Liability and Health Law. She combines her education and training in both nursing and law to provide comprehensive services on complex medical and legal issues.

Areas of Practice

• Medical Professionals and Health Care Providers

Bar Admissions

• New York, 1990
• Vermont, 1994
• U.S. District Court Northern District of New York, 1990
• U.S. District Court District of Vermont, 1994

Education

• Franklin Pierce Law Center, Concord, New Hampshire, 1989
  J.D.
  
  
• University of Vermont, 1986
  B.S.
  Major: Professional Nursing
  
  

Representative Clients

• Clara Martin Center
• Caronia Corporation
• Continental Insurance Health Care
• Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center and its Affiliates
• The Doctor's Company
• Kaiser Permanente
• Lexington Insurance Company
• Medical Mutual Insurance Company of Maine
• Mental Health Risk Retention Group
• ProMutual Group
• PHICO Insurance Company
• Rutland Area Community Services
• Scottsdale Insurance Company
• Washington County Mental Health Services, Inc.
• Wausau Insurance Companies

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Defense Research Institute
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• New York Bar Association
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• Vermont Bar Association
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• American Bar Association
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Past Employment Positions

• Elliott Hospital, Lakeshore, Private M.D.'s Offices, Per Diem R.N. in Salem and Manchester, New Hampshire
• McSwiney, Jones, Semple & Douglass, Concord, NH, Law Clerk
• Thaler & Thaler, Ithaca, New York, Associate, 1989 - 1992
• Plymouth Rock Assurance Corporation (PRAC), Boston, Massachusetts, In-house Counsel, 1992 - 1994

Birth Information

• April 29, 1964, Proctor, Vermont, United States of America