About Susan Bourque

Susan M. Bourque is the Managing Partner at Parker Scheer LLP, the first woman to hold this position in the firm's 26-year history. She joined the firm in 1999, with more than 23 years of experience in complex personal injury litigation including medical malpractice, motor vehicle negligence, defective premises, product liability, and nursing home abuse and neglect (a special focus area). She also serves as Director of the firm's Tort Litigation Practice Group.

Bourque is an elected member of the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA) and Past President of the Massachusetts ABOTA chapter (2019-2020). She has been named to Best Lawyers in America for Health Care Litigation and Medical Malpractice (Plaintiff) and to Massachusetts Super Lawyers annually since 2013.

Practice areas

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Massachusetts
American Board of Trial Advocates (Past President MA Chapter)

Awards & recognition

Best Lawyers in America - Medical Malpractice (Plaintiff)
Massachusetts Super Lawyers (2013-present)

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Proven verdicts and settlements from other Boston firms

Lubin & Meyer
Lubin & Meyer
$40 Million Verdict for Family of Boy Left with Cerebral Palsy After Five-Hour Delivery Delay
Swartz & Swartz
Swartz & Swartz
$18.4 million · Federal Jury Awards $18.4 Million After Lahey Clinic Doctors Cancel HIV Test, Allowing AIDS to Develop
Sugarman & Sugarman
Sugarman & Sugarman
$30.55 Million Verdict After Traveling Nurse Failed to Monitor Fetal Heart Rate at MGH
Sweeney Merrigan Personal Injury Lawyers
Sweeney Merrigan Personal Injury Lawyers
$450 million sought · $450 Million Wrongful Death Suit: Eversource Ignored Gas Leak for Three Years Before Fatal Maynard Explosion
Breakstone, White & Gluck
Breakstone, White & Gluck
$56 million · Middlesex Jury Awards $56 Million to Retiree Disabled When Amazon Delivery Van Crossed the Center Line

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.