The Firm focuses on the following practice areas:
Banking
Representation of Borrowers and Lenders in obtaining and providing a broad range of personal and commercial lending facilities
Civil Litigation
The firm represents clients in a full range of civil litigation and in all courts in New Hampshire and Massachusetts, including:
- Business and Commercial
- Personal injury and wrongful death
- Environmental
- Real estate, construction, land use, development
- Tax abatements and exemptions
- Employment, including sexual harassment and abuse
- Probate
- Products liability
- Intellectual property
- OSHA
- MSHA
Firm member Richard B. Couser is one of eleven attorneys listed as "Best Lawyers in New Hampshire" for business or commercial litigation, and one of twenty-nine attorneys listed as "Best Lawyers in New Hampshire" for personal injury litigation by two independent rating services.
Commercial, Business and Corporate
The firm represents clients in a full range of commercial, business and corporate, including:
- Creation of Entities
- Purchase and Sale of Businesses
- Day-to-Day Operational Issues
- Multiple Entity Planning
- Mergers
- Contracts
- Financing
- Employment Agreements
- Employee Handbooks
- Related Litigation
Domestic Relations
The firm representation of Parties in all aspects of Domestic Relations, including:
- Separation
- Divorce and Pre-Nuptial Agreements
Living and Estate Planning
The firm represents clients in a full range of living and estate planning, including:
- Trusts and Wills
- Salary/Income Continuation
- Planning for Business Operations
- Business Succession Planning
- Asset Protection Planning, College Planning
- Disability Planning, Retirement Planning
- Long Term Care Consideration, Advanced Directives
- Probate, Guardianship
- Related Litigation
Real Estate
The firm represents clients in a full range of real estate including:
- Land Use Planning
- Purchase and Sale Agreements
- Commercial and Residential Real Estate Closings
- Development Approvals, Construction Law
- Coordination of Project Financing, Title Insurance
- Condominium Law, Subdivisions
- Zoning, Planning and Land Use, Leases
- Tax Abatement Applications
- Hazardous Waste and Environmental Matters
- Eminent Domain, Related Litigation
Firm member Raymond P. D'Amante is one of twelve New Hampshire attorneys listed as "America's Leading Business Lawyers " for real estate, by Chambers and Parnters Legal Publishers for 2005 and one of eighteen New Hampshire attorneys listed as "Best Lawyers in America - 2006 " for real estate by Woodward White publications.
Religious and Nonprofit Organizations
The firm counsels churches and other religious and nonprofit organizations on a full range of issues of concern to them, including:
- Incorporation
- Employment
- Taxation
- Real estate
- Risk management, including prevention of sexual abuse of minors
- Contracts
Firm member Richard B. Couser is the author of Ministry and the American Legal System, a 400 page hardcover guide for pastors and lay leaders of churches and religious organizations that has been described as "the best church law text in print." Ministry and the American Legal System received the "Book of the Year" award from Your Church magazine in 1994.
