Holly B. Haines

Holly B. Haines is an attorney at Abramson, Brown & Dugan in Manchester, New Hampshire whose practice focuses on medical malpractice and plaintiffs’ personal injury. Haines represents patients and families injured by negligent medical care and handles complex plaintiff-side civil litigation. The practice includes medical malpractice, serious personal injury, claims involving delayed or missed diagnosis, cardiac and surgical care, and other healthcare-related negligence. Haines helps patients, injured individuals, and families investigate medical negligence and pursue compensation through carefully prepared civil claims.

Haines earned a law degree from the University of New Hampshire School of Law, formerly Franklin Pierce Law Center. Her legal education was followed by judicial clerkships with the New Hampshire Supreme Court and Superior Court, providing early experience with appellate and trial-court decision making. This background supports careful legal analysis, clear communication, and practical judgment in matters involving medical malpractice and plaintiffs’ personal injury.

Haines has experience representing medical-malpractice plaintiffs in matters involving breast cancer, cardiac and cardiothoracic care, opioid-treatment providers, and other complex medical issues. Haines has joined Abramson, Brown & Dugan after three years of judicial clerkship work and has continued to focus on plaintiff medical-negligence litigation. Across these matters, the work requires careful preparation and attention to the legal, factual, and practical issues that affect the client’s position.

Holly B. Haines brings judicial-clerkship experience and a focused medical-malpractice practice to injured patients and families. She has held leadership roles in trial-lawyer and women’s bar organizations and has served in professional and community capacities. The practice combines careful medical-negligence analysis with substantial plaintiff-side litigation experience. This approach helps clients understand available options, evaluate risk, and move important matters forward with informed legal guidance.

Law Office Affiliations

• Attorney, Abramson, Brown & Dugan
• Chair and Editorial Board New Hampshire Bar Journal and Gender Equality Committee, New Hampshire Bar Association (2006-2010)
• Member, Massachusetts Bar Association
• Board of Governors, American Association for Justice
• Board of Governors, New Hampshire Association for Justice
• Immediate Past President, New Hampshire Women’s Bar Association (2012-2014)
• Fellow, American Bar Foundation
• Fellow and Former Chair, “Fostering Legal Independence” initiative, New Hampshire Bar Foundation
• Member, Manchester Bar Association
• Member, American Bar Association – Tort, Trial and Insurance Practice Section
• Member, New Hampshire Supreme Court Society
• Member, Trial Lawyers for Public Justice
• Member, American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics (ASLME)

Licensed State

• New Hampshire
• Massachusetts

Education

• University of New Hampshire School of Law
  Law Degree

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