Dove A. E. Burns focuses her practice on labor and employment and commercial litigation.

Ms. Burns’ broad depth of experience includes defending clients in a variety of areas including class actions, complex wage and hour matters, discrimination and harassment claims, trade secrets, crypto/blockchain, sexual misconduct, fiduciary claims, and restrictive covenant disputes.

She is an accomplished trial attorney with experience defending corporate clients from Fortune 500 companies to individual executives. Ms. Burns also routinely represents professional service providers, multibillion-dollar international restaurant chains, hospitals, municipalities, housing authorities, nonprofits, higher education institutions, and boards of directors in a variety of high-exposure matters.

She defends clients against alleged violations of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA), Title VII, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), False Claims Act and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA). She frequently represents employers before various state and federal agencies including the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), New York State Division of Human Rights, Connecticut Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities and the U.S. Departments of Labor and Health. She also handles claims under Employment Practices Liability Insurance (EPLI) and Directors and Officers (D&O) and Errors and Omissions (E&O) policies.

With over two decades of experience in the insurance industry, Seth Brickman serves as Managing Director at Business Risk Partners, where he has been an integral part of the team for nearly 17 years. Since first joining the company in 2007, Seth has held multiple leadership roles, including Product Manager for Management Liability, driving innovation and growth in specialized insurance products. Their career spans positions with The Hanover Insurance Group, Chubb Insurance, and D.F. Dwyer & Associates, providing a deep foundation in specialty and professional liability underwriting. Active in industry organizations, Seth has contributed significantly to the Professional Liability Underwriting Society, including leadership roles with the Hartford Chapter and as Chapter Development Liaison. Based in the Hartford, Connecticut area, Seth combines technical expertise, strategic vision, and a passion for advancing the insurance profession.  Seth’s true passion however is raising his two children and being with his family.

Mercedes Colwin is a partner in the New York office of Gordon & Rees. She handles a wide variety of litigation, including employment law, commercial litigation, class actions, products liability, professional liability, wage and hour class actions, civil rights violations and criminal law.

Ms. Colwin has successfully tried 48 cases to verdict in various jurisdictions throughout the country. Ms. Colwin regularly defends corporate executives from Fortune 500 companies accused of wrongdoing including claims of sexual misconduct. Prior to private practice, Ms. Colwin served as an Administrative Law Judge for the New York State Division of Human Rights.

During her nine years of service, while a partner at a major regional New York law firm, she presided over three thousand cases brought under the federal and state discrimination laws.