Areas of Practice
Firm Management Positions
Associates Committee, Member
Honors and Awards
- Most Industrious Committee Award, Maryland State Bar Association Section of Young Lawyers, 2011
- Named one of Maryland's "20 in their Twenties" by The Daily Record, April 2011
Memberships and Affiliations
Treasurer and Past-Secretary, Board of Trustees, Bryant Woods Montessori Children’s House
Publications Subcommittee, Labor and Employment Section Technology Committee, American Bar Association
Co-Chair, Publications Committee, Young Lawyers Section, Maryland State Bar Association
Chair, Alumni Career Resources Group, University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law Recent Graduate Committee
Baltimore City Bar Association
Federal Bar Association
Education
J.D., University of Maryland School of Law, 2009, magna cum laude
- Executive Notes and Comments Editor, Maryland Law Review
- Order of the Coif
- William P. Cunningham Award Recipient
- Teaching Assistant, Legal Analysis, Writing & Research
- Writing Fellow, Legal Writing Center
- Research Assistant
B.S., University of Maryland University College, 2005, cum laude
- Phi Kappa Phi
Bar Admission(s)
- Maryland
Clerkship(s)
- U.S. Magistrate Judge Susan K. Gauvey, U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland
Heather R. Pruger
- T: (410) 332-8635
- F: (410) 332-8108
- EmailHPruger@saul.com vCard
Heather Pruger's practice consists of a broad range employment law, litigation and business matters.
Heather represents employers before federal and state tribunals in a wide variety of employment litigation matters involving claims of discrimination, harassment, wrongful discharge, wage and hour compliance, breach of contract, and non-competition and restrictive covenant violations. She also analyzes, drafts and counsels clients concerning restrictive covenants, employment agreements and employment policies.
Prior to joining Saul Ewing, Heather was a law clerk for U.S. Magistrate Judge Susan K. Gauvey in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland. Before working with Magistrate Judge Gauvey, Heather was a paralegal for nearly a decade in multiple firms in Maryland and the District of Columbia. Heather was a summer associate in the Firm's 2008 summer program.
Heather is a frequent writer on a variety of labor and employment and litigation matters, and is a regular contributor to the Maryland Daily Record's Generation J.D. blog. She is also co-editor of the Maryland State Bar Association Young Lawyers Section’s quarterly publication, The Advocate.
In addition to her admission to the Maryland Bar, Heather is admitted to the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.
News & Press Releases
Articles, Alerts & Newsletters
- May 2012
- April 2012Flash, ABA Section of Labor and Employment Law
- February 2012Flash, ABA Section of Labor and Employment Law
- Flash, ABA Section of Labor and Employment Law
- September 2011Flash, ABA Section of Labor and Employment Law
- June 1, 2011Federal Bar Association Maryland Chapter Newsletter
- March 2011
- Winter 2010The Advocate, Young Lawyers Section, Maryland State Bar Association
- November 9, 2010Generation J.D. blog, Maryland Daily Record
- Fall 2010The Advocate
- July 2010Maryland Bar Journal
Events
Tools & Books
- December 2011
- February 2011
