Hannah Wurgaft

Hanna Wurgaft is a partner at Brann & Isaacson. Her practice focuses on labor and employment law, education and municipal law, and litigation. Hanna provides advice to employers on day-to-day workplace issues and represents employers before the Maine Human Rights Commission, and in state and federal court. She is a skilled investigator and is often asked to conduct independent investigations for employers in the private and public sectors. Hanna also counsels school districts on student matters before the Dept. of Education and the Office of Civil Rights, and handles special education due process proceedings and complaint investigations. As a trained and certified Title IX investigator through ATIXA, Hanna frequently supervises and conducts Title IX investigations.

Hanna graduated from the University of Maine School of Law cum laude in 2019. While in law school, Hanna was a summer associate at Brann & Isaacson, a legal intern for L.L. Bean, and a Student Attorney in the Cumberland Legal Aid Clinic. Hanna graduated from Bowdoin College in 2014, where she was a co-captain of the softball team. In her spare time, Hanna enjoys exploring Maine’s woods and waters with her husband and their dog, Sprout.

Contact

Email: hwurgaft@brannlaw.com

Phone: 207.786.3566

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Practice Areas

Education

University of Maine School of Law
(J.D., cum laude)

Bowdoin College
(B.A. in Africana Studies, minor in Government and Legal Studies)

Bar Admissions
& Membership

Maine

U. S. District Court for the District of Maine

U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit and District of Columbia

Maine Bar Association

Young Lawyers Division, American Bar Association

Honors & Distinctions

Super Lawyers® Rising Star in the area of Employment and Labor (2021–2025)

Executive Editor, Maine Law Review (2018-2019)

Edward S. Godfrey Leadership Award, Immigration Law Award, the University of Maine School of Law

Professional & Community Affiliations

Board Member, Trinity Jubilee Center (February 2022–January 2024)


Maine Council of School Board Attorneys (Vice Chair, 2022-2023; Chair 2023-2024)


Board Member, Central Maine Human Resources Association (January 2022–present)

Co-Chair, Maine Law Symposium on Ensuring Equal Access to Justice in Maine’s Rural Communities (Colby College, 2019)

Presentations

LA Metro Chamber; “HR Impacts of the Changing Marijuana Landscape” (January 15, 2020) (with Peter Lowe)

Central Maine Human Resources Association; Employment Law Update (January 21, 2020) (with Peter Lowe)

Maine HR Convention (2020, 2023) (with Peter Lowe)

LA Metro Chamber; Legal Year in Review (January 2022)

CMHRA; AI Software and Discrimination in the Hiring Process (September 2024)

Maine School Management Conference (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)

Recent News

  • Immigration Enforcement

    • Client Alerts

    Since last week we have been fielding many client questions and requests about the increased…

  • Hanna Wurgaft Named Partner at Brann & Isaacson

    • Firm Updates

    Brann & Isaacson, a law firm with offices in both Lewiston and Portland, has announced that Hanna Wurgaft has…

  • Hanna Wurgaft Selected for Maine State Bar Association’s Leadership Academy 

    • Firm Updates

    Brann & Isaacson is pleased to share that associate Hanna Wurgaft has been selected for…