:: Raymond P. D'Amante
:: Bryan L. Pellerin
:: 2013 -
- Bryan Pellerin has been appointed Chairman of the Town of Hopkinton Economic Development Committee.
- The firm has been engaged to prepare Condominium documents
for RiverWalk, a 170 Suite Fractional Share Condominium with
restaurants, retail shops, a conference center and a health club and spa.
- Ray D'Amante has been appointed to the Finance Committee for the
New Hampshire Charitable Foundation. The Foundation is the 25th
largest private foundation in the United States with assets exceeding
$475 million.
:: 2012 -
animals to the children at the Concord Hospital Pediatric Ward for the
- The firm obtained approvals for three stores in Concord, New Hampshire,
all of which are now open:
- Men's Warehouse
(which received the 2012 award for the best Men's Warehouse store
in the North East region);
- Great Clips; and
- Sprint.
been recognized for the 2013 edition of The Best Lawyers in America.
- Attorney Ray D'Amante was named the 2012 Best Lawyers' Lawyer of the
Year in Land Use and Zoning for the Concord, NH area.
- Construction and permanent loan financing was closed by the firm for
the construction of a medical office building in Rochester, NH for
Frisbie Hospital practices.
- Attorney D'Amante lectured on "Perspectives on Due Diligence in Real Estate
Development: Seeking to Avoid Problems" to the International Municipal
Lawyers Association New England Regional Land Use Seminar.
- Ray D'Amante served as an expert witness in connection with a lawsuit alleging negligence by a surveyor in connection with a subdivision exceeding 100 lots. The lawsuit against the surveyor was dismissed after completion of the expert report.
- Dollar General Stores opened Stores in Tilton, Whitefield and Hillsboro, N.H., for which the firm obtained approvals in 2012.
- The firm concluded another year in its 33 year tradition of providing
pro bono legal services in our fields of practice to active duty
enlisted military personnel.
- The firm took over legal representation of Highfield Commons, a 273
unit single family home subdivision in Rochester, NH that features
geothermal heating and cooling, which has significantly reduced
heating and air conditioning costs for each home.
- Ray D'Amante has again been recognized as a Leading Lawyer in America by Chambers and Partners.
- The firm continues to represent homeowners in the Chichester/
Pembroke area in opposition to the Northern Pass 1,200 mega
watt transmission line easement through those communities and has
encouraged and provided input on the placement of the transmision
line in the existing PSNH easement in Concord, thereby preserving the
significant Hackett Hill and Garvin Hill areas and one of the most
significant views in Central, NH.
- The firm obtained approvals for Dollar General Stores in
Groveton/Northumberland and Jaffrey, New Hampshire.
The Groveton approvals were particularly significant because in 2008 the
firm, on a pro bono basis, created and obtained IRC Section 501(c)(3)
approval for GREAT - the Groveton Regional Economic Advisory Team -
formed to promote economic development in the Groveton region
after the closure of a major paper mill.
:: 2011 -
- The firm represented Casey Family Services to relocate its New Hampshire headquarters to a new 23,000 s.f. office facility in Concord, NH.
- The firm obtained site plan approvals for a new Batteries Plus Store in Manchester, NH, which has been recognized as the eighth best Batteries Plus Store in the
entire chain.
- The firm obtained reversal in the New Hampshire Supreme Court of
a trial court ruling ordering the firm's client, to construct a drainage
line across its completed and occupied commercial real estate development.
The New Hampshire Supreme Court ruled that the plaintiff did not have
a valid easement, thereby eliminating the possibility of the substantial
expense, disruption and inconvenience of complying with the
trial court's order.
been recognized for the 2012 edition of The Best Lawyers in America.
- The firm obtained a jury verdict in the amount of $1.5 million for a construction contractor in a major construction case against the State of New Hampshire.
- The firm was retained to create a new EB-5 Regional Center, under
the Immigrant Investor Pilot Program created by Section 610 of
Public Law 102-395, to stimulate the U.S. economy through job creation and
capital investment by alien investors.
- DEW Construction started construction of Phase 2 of the Medical Office
Building in Penacook Village, Concord, NH, for which the firm provided all
legal services. Construction of Phase 1 is nearing completion.
- Ray D'Amante has again been recognized as a Leading Lawyer in America by Chambers and Partners.
- A wrongful death case was settled by the firm for a payment of $2.2 million.
- Construction commenced for a 10,000 s.f. Dollar Tree Store on Loudon Road
in Concord, N.H. Project approvals, loan closing, construction contracts and
related work were obtained by Ray D’Amante for the property owner.
- The firm obtained approvals for a 8,900 s.f. retail complex adjacent to the
Steeplegate Mall in Concord, NH to include three nationally-branded stores.
- DEW Construction broke ground in the Village of Penacook, N.H. to construct
a 14,000 s.f. Medical Office Building (MOB) for Concord Hospital.
Ray D’Amante represented DEW in the acquisition of the MOB property
from the City of Concord, including the resolution of over 60 title issues
encountered during the title examination and related matters.
- Ray D’Amante became a member of the Concord Regional Advisory Board
of the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation. The Foundation is the 25th
largest private foundation in the United States with assets exceeding
$475 million.
- Ray D’Amante represented Intervenors before the Department of Energy
(DOE) Public Scoping Meetings in Pembroke and Plymouth, New Hampshire
in connection with the application of Northern Pass for a Presidential Permit
for the 1200 megawatt, $1.1 billion Transmission Line, followed by the
submission of written testimony to the DOE in Washington, D.C.
:: 2010 -
- Ray D’Amante successfully represented three separate clients, who,
as a result of that representation, were awarded Intervenor status by the
United States Department of Energy (DOE) in Washington, D.C., in
connection with the application of Northern Pass to the DOE for a
Presidential Permit to cross the Canadian/United States International
Boundary to construct a 1200 megawatt, $1.1 billion dollar electrical
Transmission Line in New Hampshire. The firm advocated locating the
Transmission Line in an existing PSNH easement in Concord, NH.
- Bryan Pellerin represented a Seller in a $1.7 million sale of self-storage real estate and business assets.
- Ray D'Amante recently participated in the Casey Family Services 2010
Financial Wellness Fair in Concord, NH, presenting a seminar on Estate
Planning.
- Ray D'Amante has again been recognized as a Leading Lawyer in America by Chambers and Partners.
- D’Amante Couser Pellerin & Associates, P.A. is pleased to announce
that Attorney Steven A. Solomon has joined the firm.
- Bryan Pellerin obtained Land Sales Full Disclosure Act Registration for an
85 lot subdivision in the Lakes Region.
- U.S. News and World Report has selected DCPA as one of the
"Best Law Firms" in the United States in the category of Land Use and
Zoning - First-Tier.
- A Development Agreement has been executed between the City of Concord
and DEW CONSTRUCTION of Williston, VT for the construction of a
medical office building for CONCORD HOSPITAL at the old tannery,
redevelopment, brownfields, site in the downtown area of Penacook.
Ray D'Amante provided legal services in connection with the negotiation
and drafting of the Development Agreement and the future
construction of the project.
- DCPA has been engaged to obtain development approvals for VISTA PARK,
a 150,000+/- s.f. retail development at Exit 5 on Interstate 93.
- The firm has been engaged by Mount Washington Union, LLC to obtain
approvals for an 80 +/- acre retail/business center at Exit 11 on Interstate 93.
- Ray D'Amante has been engaged to provide various legal services to construct
RIVERWALK at Loon Mountain in Lincoln, NH. RIVERWALK will be a
first-class, mixed-use resort development, including 170 suites,
restaurants, retail shops, a conference center, and a health club and spa,
with a ski lift to the base of South Mountain. The Project may include
Tax Increment Financing (TIF).
- Ray D'Amante provided legal services for the condominium conversion of SCANDIA HALL, which was constructed in 1862 as a school house. This project will preserve and restore this historically significant neighborhood property, which has been
abandoned since the early 1990's.
The firm represented LOWE'S in obtaining approvals for the project.
- DCPA engaged by CLEAN POWER DEVELOPMENT, LLC to provide legal
representation in connection with obtaining easements and other legal
work for its $110,000,000 BioMass Plant in Berlin, NH.
- Ray D’Amante has again been selected for recognition in the 2010 Super
Lawyers publication of the top attorneys in Real Estate and Construction in
the United States in the category of Land Use and Zoning.
- Bryan Pellerin elected as a member of the Hopkinton Board of Selectmen.
- Ray D’Amante again recognized as one of the Best Lawyers in America in Land
Use and Zoning Law and Real Estate Law by Woodward & White.
- Ray D’Amante and Bryan Pellerin complete training to obtain a Preferred
Professional designation from PENSCO Trust Co. for self-directed IRA
Investments in real estate, business, notes and mortgages.
- Both the firm and Ray D'Amante, individually have once again been
top ranked for real estate and land use and zoning law by
Chambers and Partners Legal Publishers for 2010. Chambers is an
independent, objective rating service whose recommendations are based
on interviews with clients and other attorneys.
:: 2009 -
- DCPA sponsors 2009 Scottish International Heavyweight Athletics at the
New Hampshire Highland Games. Dan Ford of the USA won the
D'Amante Cup.
- SIENA-BODWELL - a Joint Venture engages the firm to provide legal work
for a 127,000+ s.f. commercial/restaurant development
on Loudon Road in Concord, New Hampshire. The project includes a
Development Agreement with the City of Concord, the acquisition of surplus
state land, the partial discontinuance and relocation of a city street and
obtainaing all approvals and leases
- DCPA engaged to provide various legal and consulting services for a
100,000 s.f. Perishable Air-Cargo Terminal and a 200,000 s.f. General
Air Cargo Terminal together valued at $38,000,000 at the Portsmouth (NH)
International Airport at Pease on a 34 acre site.
- Ray D'Amante obtained approval from the Lebanon Planning Board for the
construction of three research and development buildings of 22,000 s.f.
each as the first phase of the development of a new office/research and
development park at the airport in Lebanon, NH - the UPPER VALLEY
TECHNOLOGY PARK.
:: 2008 -
- Ray D'Amante engaged to conduct due diligence and advise on the
feasibility of converting the former RIVERBEND MILL factory in Franklin,
NH to residential condominiums. The RIVERBEND MILL facility is the
initial project for the revitalization of downtown Franklin, NH and is a
part of the new Tax Increment Financing (TIF) District.
- DCPA sponsors 2008 Scottish International Heavyweight Athletics at the
New Hampshire Highland Games. Stefan Petursson of Iceland wins
the D'Amante Cup.
- DCPA assisted in the establishment of the Groveton Regional Economic
Action Team (GREAT) to provide leadership in economic development in the
region. DCPA services were provided pro bono for the regional business
community, including obtaining IRC § 501(c)(3) approval as a non-profit
entity.
- McDONALD’S opening, Loudon Road, Concord, NH. This project involved
the construction of a new McDonald's at the site of the 1,500th
McDonald's constructed in the USA. Ray Krok opened the original
Concord, NH restaurant at that location.
- WALGREENS ground breaking - Ray D'Amante revised the original layout to
eliminate all eight variances and special exceptions initially needed for
the original design. All ZBA hearings were eliminated. Ray also obtained the
Planning Board approvals.
- DCPA provided legal services in connection with the creation of the
SHINGLE SHANTY PRESERVE AND RESEARCH STATION in the
Adirondack Mountains in upstate New York. The work included the
acquisition by the Potter Family of 17,000 acres of former family land,
which was added to 11,000 acres still owned by the family to establish
contiguous holdings of 28,000 acres, including Brandreth Lake and
obtaining IRC § 501(c)(3) non-profit status for the entity.
SHINGLE SHANTY has dedicated the 17,000 acres to be used for
long term environmental studies. A Scientific Advisory Board has been
created to evaluate proposals for environmental research at the PRESERVE.
- Ray D'Amante engaged to conduct due diligence and advise on the
feasibility of acquiring and expanding the RIVERMILL office, commercial
and restaurant project in Lebanon, NH.
