Heather M.
Bonnett’s practice areas include personal injury,
crime victim’s advocacy, and Dram Shop litigation as
well as product liability, medical negligence and a wide
variety of general liability cases involving personal
injuries and wrongful death.
Attorney
Bonnett graduated from Rhodes College in 1996 with a
B.A. in English and Creative Writing. In 2004, she
received her J.D., cum laude from Vermont Law
School where she was elected Editor-in-Chief of the
Vermont Law Review; served as an invited member of
the VLS Moot Court Advisory Board; and was selected as a
Dean’s Fellow where she taught legal research and
writing to incoming 1L students.
Ms. Bonnett
is a member in good standing in both the state and
federals courts in Massachusetts and Rhode
Island. She is currently a member of the following
law-related organizations and committees:
-
American
Bar Association
- American
Association for Justice
- Rhode
Island Bar Association
-
Environmental and Energy Law Committee
- Ethics &
Professionalism Committee
- Rhode
Island Association for Justice
-
Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys
-
Massachusetts Gay and Lesbian Bar Association
- Rhode
Island Lawyers for Equality and Diversity
Outside of the legal field,
Attorney Bonnett is presently serving as Co-Chair of
SouthCoast Equality, a project of the Community
Foundation of Southeast Massachusetts. She is an active
member of the Coalition for Buzzards Bay and the Vermont
Law School Alumni Association.
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