Meet Charla Stevens, JD, Employment Law Consultant & Workplace Culture Expert

Charla B. Stevens, JD, is an employment law consultant and workplace culture expert who spent nearly four decades practicing law before founding her own consulting practice, offering workplace training, independent investigations, strategic HR consulting, and mediation and conflict resolution.

Charla graduated from Boston College Law School in 1984 and practiced law in New Hampshire and Massachusetts until her retirement from full-time legal work in 2021. She spent the last 21 years at McLane Middleton, a New England regional law firm, where she chaired the employment law practice group.

Stevens has established a consulting practice where she continues to offer services to businesses including workplace training, independent investigations, strategic human resources consulting, and mediation and conflict resolution.

During her years of practice, she was recognized as a top employment lawyer by Chambers and Partners, Best Lawyers, Martindale Hubbell, and Super Lawyers, among others. She is the recipient of several awards including the Marilla M. Ricker Achievement Award, the Granite State HR Hero Award, the Jack B. Middleton Pro Bono Services Award, the NH Business and Industry Association Above and Beyond Award, and the NH Business Review Business Excellence Award.

Charla has a long history of serving non-profits and professional organizations. She is the Chair of the Board of Solution Health, Vice-Chair of the Board of the NH Center for Nonprofits, and recently served as Chair of the Board of Granite United Way. She is a commissioner of the board of the New Hampshire Lawyers Assistance Program and sits on the Mental Health and Wellness Committee and the Audio Content Committee of the Section of Litigation of the American Bar Association. She is a Director at Large on the New Hampshire Board of Governors and is chair of its Special Committee on Attorney Wellness. Charla is a past director of the HR State Council of New Hampshire and has been active in several Human Resource organizations, including the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), SHRM Greater Nashua, and the Northeast Human Resource Association (NEHRA).