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| | Address | | 8 Centre Street | | Concord, New Hampshire 03301 | | (Merrimack Co.) | | | |
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(Main Office)
| McSwiney, Semple, Hankin-Birke & Wood, P.C. practices in the following areas of law:
Administrative Law, Estate Planning, Elder Law, Real Estate, Condominium, Zoning, Taxation, Personal Injury, Products Liability, Probate, Trusts, Corporate, Commercial Litigation, Slip and Fall, Auto Accidents, Divorce, Education Law, Wills and Trials and Appeals in all State and Federal Courts and Agencies. | | Year Established: 1973 | Firm Profile:
McSwiney, Semple, Hankin-Birke & Wood, P.C. was established in 1973 as a general practice firm and remains so today, with offices in Concord and New London, New Hampshire. Areas of practice include: litigation/trial work, family law, banking, corporate/business law, estate planning, including trusts and wills, elder law - including Medicaid planning, probate, real estate, education, state and federal taxation. The firm's clients include banks, emerging technology and computer software companies, small businesses and individuals with a wide range of legal needs. The firm's litigation division practices in Federal and State Courts as well as before Administrative Agencies. Trial practice includes commercial litigation, family law, probate law and plaintiff's personal injury litigation. With two attorneys with Masters of Law in Taxation, the firm provides tax advice on estate planning, including revocable, irrevocable, insurance, generation skipping and crummey trusts and business issues including choice of entity, sale or acquisition of an entity and compliance and litigation involving state and federal tax laws. The firm's real estate division represents individuals and businesses in their development, purchase and sale of residential and commercial properties, preparing title opinions, reviewing all purchase documents and acts as a title insurance agent with respect to those purchasers/banks that wish to obtain title insurance. The firm also represents land developers before local planning and zoning boards. | | Firm Size: 6 | Reference:
TD Banknorth. | Rate Information:
Fixed Hourly Rates
Fixed Fees Available
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Other Office Locations of McSwiney, Semple, Hankin-Birke & Wood, P.C.
New London, New Hampshire, U.S.A.
| | F. Graham McSwiney (Director) born Concord, New Hampshire, October 7, 1942; admitted to bar, 1969, New Hampshire. Education: Stanford University (A.B., 1966); Boston University (J.D., cum laude, 1969; LL.M., Taxation, 1983). Junior Editor, 1967-1968 and Senior Editor, 1968-1969, Boston University Law Review. Law Clerk, U.S. District Court for District of New Hampshire, 1969-1970. Special Justice: New London District Court, 1977-1981; Justice of New London District Court 1981—. President, New Hampshire District and Municipal Court Judges Association 1989-1991. Member, New Hampshire Judicial Council, 1989-1992 and 2004—. Director: New London Trust Company, 1991-1999; Charter Trust Company, 1999—. President of the Board, New London Hospital. Moderator and Deacon, First Baptist Church of New London. Chair, Kearsarge Domestic Violence Coalition. Member: Merrimack County, New Hampshire (Member, Tax Section) and American (Member, Judicial Administration Committee, 1982—; Member, Sections on: Real Property, Probate and Trust; Taxation Law) Bar Associations. (Resident, New London Office). Practice Areas: Probate; Estate Planning; Taxation; Corporate Law. Email: F. Graham McSwiney | | Paul C. Semple (Director) born Bridgeport, Connecticut, September 25, 1944; admitted to bar, 1969, Connecticut; 1970, District of Columbia; 1972, New Hampshire. Education: Dartmouth College (A.B., 1966); University of Connecticut (J.D., 1969); Boston University (LL.M., Taxation, 1983). Public Defender: District of Columbia, 1969-1972; New Hampshire, 1972-1975. Adjunct Professor of Law, Franklin Pierce Law School, 1976-1980. Chairman, Board of Trustees, Concord Hospital and Capital Region Health Care Corporation, 1993-1995. Chairman, New Hampshire Public Defender, 1985—. Member: Merrimack County, Connecticut, New Hampshire (Member, Board of Governors, 1983-1985) and American (Member, Sections on: Real Property, Probate, Trust Law; Corporation, Banking and Business Law) Bar Associations; Bar Association of the District of Columbia; New Hampshire Trial Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Civil Litigation; Estate Planning; Real Estate. Email: Paul C. Semple | | Susan Hankin-Birke (Director) born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, February 11, 1959; admitted to bar, 1986, New Hampshire and U.S. District Court, District of New Hampshire. Education: Plymouth State College (B.A., magna cum laude, 1983); Franklin Pierce Law Center (J.D., 1986). Phi Kappa Phi. Commissioner, Waterville Estates Village District, 1981-1983. Member: New Hampshire and American Bar Associations; Association of Trial Lawyers of America; New Hampshire Trial Lawyers Association. (Resident, New London Office). Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Real Estate Development; Conveyancing; Family Law. Email: Susan Hankin-Birke | | Michael L. Wood (Director) born Strafford, Vermont, October 31, 1962; admitted to bar, 1992, New Hampshire, U.S. District Court, District of New Hampshire and U.S. Tax Court. Education: St. Mary's College of Maryland (B.A., cum laude, 1986); Suffolk University Law School (J.D., 1992). Tax Moot Court, Suffolk University Law School, 1991. Adjunct Professor of Law, Estate Planning and Wealth Transmission, Franklin Pierce Law Center, 1999—. Elected Office, Weare School Board, Weare, New Hampshire, 2000-2004. Member, Board of Directors: New London Barn Playhouse; Kearsarge Asset Network; New London Historical Society. President and Director of the Board, Charlene A. Wood Family Charitable Foundation. Member: New Hampshire Bar Association (Member, Tax Section). (Resident, New London Office). Practice Areas: Elder Law; Estate Planning; Probate Law; Taxation Law; Corporate Law; Education Law. Email: Michael L. Wood | Other Office Addresses: Links to Other Offices
New London, New Hampshire Office: 280, Main Street, Box 2450, 03257. Telephone: 603-526-6955. Telecopier: 603-526-6485. Email: mlw@msbwnl.com.
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