Jennifer A. Eber
Overview
AttorneyJennifer focuses on litigation related to insurance, complex commercial matters, employment, general civil matters, animal rights, professional liability defense, and product liability. She is a trial lawyer with experience in cases involving commercial disputes, wrongful discharge, sexual harassment, and insurance coverage.
Past Experience
Jennifer’s experience includes a successful plaintiff action with award of attorney’s fees, employment discrimination defense for small family businesses and national companies, defense of a class action suit against a national company accused of FACTA violations, and complex commercial litigation in state and federal court.
Notable cases
- Maiden v. City of Manchester, 2004 DNH 78 and 2004 DNH 126 (D.N.H. May 6, 2004 and August 26, 2004). Jennifer successfully represented a tattoo artist in her section 1983 claim that the City of Manchester’s ordinance limiting her ability to open a tattoo studio violated the First Amendment. She not only was successful in defeating the ordinance, but was awarded attorney’s fees under section 1988.
- Friedman Katz v. Lindt, 270 F.R.D. 150 (S.D.N.Y. 2010). Jennifer successfully worked with local counsel in New York to defeat a class certification in a FACTA case against Lindt.
- Wong v. Ekberg, 148 NH 369 (2002) – Jennifer successfully defended a lawyer in an appeal which upheld the trial court’s dismissal of the case based on the plaintiff’s failure to disclose necessary expert testimony.
- NH Boring v. Adirondack Environment Associates, 145 N.H. 397 (2000) – Jennifer successfully represented Adirondack Environmental Associates in an accord and satisfaction defense under the UCC.
Hobbies
Jennifer enjoys running, is involved with animal welfare issues and causes, and raises chickens.
Personal Qualities
Jennifer is dedicated to her clients and uses her years of legal experience to reach a resolution to disputes that fits each client’s needs, whether it is taking the case to trial or gaining leverage and attempting to reach a settlement.
Professional and Community Involvement
Professional Involvement
- Member, New Hampshire Bar Association, Labor and Employment Law Section
- Past Teen Court Diversion Program
- Animal Legal Defense Fund
- Leadership New Hampshire, Class of 2005
- Leadership Concord, Class of 1997- Past member of Steering Committee
Community Involvement
- Past Board of Directors, Concord Family YMCA
- Past Board of Directors, Concord-Merrimack County SPCA
Publications
- Beyond High School: A Guide to Your Rights and Responsibilities, Published by New Hampshire Bar Association.- 1/1/2011
- “New Hampshire Whistleblower Protection Act: So Much To Do, So Little Protection”, New Hampshire Bar Journal, Vol. 37, No. 2, June 1996. Jennifer A. Eber and Ellen M. Burger