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| | Address | | One Eagle Square, P.O. Box 3550 | | Concord, New Hampshire 03301-3550 | | (Merrimack Co.) | | | |
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(Main Office)
| Orr & Reno,
Professional Association practices in the following areas of law:
General Practice in all Courts. Alternative Dispute Resolution, Business, Domestic Relations, Educational, Religious and Non-Profit Organizations, Employment Law, Energy and Telecommunications, Estate Planning and Administration, Government Relations, Health Care, Immigration, Insurance, Intellectual Property and Technology, Litigation, Media and First Amendment, Real Estate. | | Year Established: 1946 | Firm Profile:
Orr & Reno, a dynamic firm of 30 lawyers plus technical specialists, offers its clients personalized and sophisticated representation in a wide array of practice areas. We are a full-service commercial law firm in Concord, New Hampshire's capital, with a longstanding tradition of providing our clients with sound and strategic solutions to their legal needs. Our attorneys maintain the highest standard of legal excellence and service. We are widely respected for being responsive, efficient, and enjoyable to work with. The firm is a member of Meritas, an affiliation of independent medium sized business, commercial real estate and commercial litigation law firms located in every state and over 200 cities throughout the world.With its roots in the nineteenth century, Orr & Reno was established in 1946 by Dudley Orr and Bob Reno and has been a leading New Hampshire law firm for sixty years. Dudley and Bob were visionaries who laid down the principles on which the modern firm still operates: excellent legal advice, outstanding client service and strong ties to our community. We are pleased that we trace some of our client relationships back to the firm's beginnings. | | Firm Size: 30 | Law Firm Affiliations:
MERITAS | Office Hours:
Monday: 08:00 AM - 05:30 PM
Tuesday: 08:00 AM - 05:30 PM
Wednesday: 08:00 AM - 05:30 PM
Thursday: 08:00 AM - 05:30 PM
Friday: 08:00 AM - 05:30 PM
| | William L. Chapman (Attorney) born Hackensack, NJ, May 4, 1942; admitted to bar, 1972, New Hampshire. Education: Williams College (B.A., 1964); University of Colorado (J.D., 1972). Member: New Hampshire (Member: Ethics Committee, 1988—; Committee on Continuing Education, 2006—); Supreme Court Committee on the Judiciary and the Media) and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Communications Law; Constitutional Law; Litigation; Medical Malpractice. Email: William L. Chapman | | George W. Roussos (Attorney) born New York, NY, June 29, 1948; admitted to bar, 1974, New Hampshire. Education: Dartmouth College (A.B., 1970); Georgetown University (J.D., 1973). Director and Past-President, NH Chapter, Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters. Member, Supreme Court Character and Fitness Committee, 1995—. Member: New Hampshire and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Governmental Relations; Administrative Law; Insurance Law; Corporate Law; Financial Services. Email: George W. Roussos | | Howard M. Moffett (Attorney) born New Orleans, LA, December 26, 1943; admitted to bar, 1975, New Hampshire. Education: Yale University (B.A., 1966); University of California at Berkeley (J.D., 1975). Member, California Law Review, 1973-1975. Member: New Hampshire and American Bar Associations. Languages: French. Practice Areas: Energy Law; Health Care; Intellectual Property. Email: Howard M. Moffett | | James E. Morris (Attorney) born Berlin, NH, April 19, 1948; admitted to bar, 1974, New Hampshire; 1979, California. Education: Harvard University (A.B., magna cum laude, 1970); Boston University (J.D., 1974). Law Clerk to Justice Laurence I. Duncan, New Hampshire Supreme Court, 1974-1975. Assistant Attorney General, New Hampshire, 1976-1980. Practice Areas: Real Estate Development and Finance; Zoning and Land Use; Title; Title Insurance; Eminent Domain. Email: James E. Morris | | John A. Malmberg (Attorney) born Columbus, OH, February 25, 1952; admitted to bar, 1979, Vermont and New Hampshire; 1984, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit. Education: Columbia (A.B., 1974); Bristol University, England; Cornell (J.D., cum laude, 1978). Associate and Editor, Cornell Law Review, 1976-1978. Law Clerk to Judge Albert W. Coffrin, U.S. District Court, Burlington, VT, 1978-1979. NH Assistant Attorney General, 1982-1985. Member: New Hampshire (Member: Rules of Evidence Committee, Founding Co-Chair, Health Law Section). Practice Areas: Health Care; Nonprofit and Charitable Organizations; Small Business Organizations. Email: John A. Malmberg | | Martha Van Oot (Attorney) born Midland, MI, November 13, 1951; admitted to bar, 1978, Massachusetts; 1980, New Hampshire, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Middlebury College (B.A., magna cum laude, 1975) Phi Beta Kappa; Northeastern University (J.D., 1978). Assistant Attorney General, State of New Hampshire, 1980-1983. Member: New Hampshire Board of Bar Examiners; Civil Justice Reform Act Advisory Group for the District of New Hampshire, 1992-1995; Chair, Professional Conduct Screening Committee, 2003-2005. American Arbitration Association's Roster of Neutrals, Commercial and Employment Panels, Boston Regional Office. Member: Merrimack County, Manchester (President, 1987-1988), New Hampshire (Former President), Massachusetts and American (Member, Litigation Section) Bar Associations.; Daniel Webster American Inns of Court (President, 1995-1996). Fellow: American College of Trial Lawyers; New Hampshire Bar Foundation. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Employment Law; Mediation; Professional Liability Defense. Email: Martha Van Oot | | Douglas L. Patch (Attorney) born Fitchburg, MA, January 21, 1953; admitted to bar, 1978, Massachusetts; 1980, New Hampshire. Education: University of Massachusetts (B.A., 1975); Boston College (J.D., 1978). Chairman, 1992-2001, NH Public Utilities Commission. Assistant Commissioner of Safety, 1986-1992. Assistant Attorney General, State of NH, 1982-1986. Chairman, Nuclear Decommissioning Financing Committee, 1992-2001. Vice Chairman, NH Site Evaluation Committee, 1992-2001. Member: New Hampshire Bar Association; Energy Bar Association. Practice Areas: Administrative Law; Legislative Practice; Energy; Telecommunications Law. Email: Douglas L. Patch | | James P. Bassett (Attorney) born Bridgeport, CT; admitted to bar, 1982, Massachusetts; 1983, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit; 1985, New Hampshire; 1999, U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit. Education: Dartmouth College (A.B., cum laude, 1978); University of Virginia (J.D., 1982). Law Clerk to Chief Judge Andrew A. Caffrey, U.S. District Court, Boston, MA, 1982-1983. Chair, Town of Canterbury Board of Selectman, 2006—. Member, Canterbury Conservation Committee, 2001-2007. Member: New Hampshire and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Complex Litigation; Media and First Amendment; Land Use Regulation. Email: James P. Bassett | | Emily Gray Rice (Attorney) born Boston, MA, October 11, 1955; admitted to bar, 1985, New Hampshire. Education: Boston University (B.A., cum laude, 1977; M.A., 1979); Northeastern University (J.D., 1984). Recipient, E. Donald Dufresne Award for Outstanding Professionalism, 2006. State of New Hampshire Department of Justice, 1984-1993. Member, New Hampshire Supreme Court Advisory Committee on Rules, 1997—. Chair, Advisory Committee on Rules, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit, 1998—. Mediation panels of the New Hampshire Superior Court, the U.S. District Court for New Hampshire, and the New Hampshire Commission for Human Rights. Past Chair and Fellow, New Hampshire Bar Foundation (Co-Chair, Legal Services Campaign). Member: Merrimack County, New Hampshire and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment Law; Professional Liability; Medical Malpractice; Legal Malpractice Defense; Mediation; Media Law; Appellate Practice; Administrative Law; Civil Litigation; Commercial Litigation. Email: Emily Gray Rice | | Steven L. Winer (Attorney) born Springfield, MA, April 6, 1955; admitted to bar, 1983, New York and Massachusetts; 1984, New Hampshire. Education: Dartmouth College (A.B., cum laude, 1977); University of Wisconsin (J.D., cum laude, 1982). Note and Comment Editor, Wisconsin Law Review, 1981-1982. Assistant Attorney General, New Hampshire, 1984-1988. Practice Areas: Employment Law; Business Law; Immigration. Email: Steven L. Winer | | Peter F. Burger (Attorney) born Ludlow, MA, July 1, 1960; admitted to bar, 1988, Massachusetts and New Hampshire. Education: Clark University (B.A., with high honors, 1982); Washington College of Law, American University (J.D., cum laude, 1986). Member: 1988, New Hampshire, Massachusetts and American (Member, Business Law Section) Bar Associations. Languages: German. Practice Areas: Mergers and Acquisitions; Commercial Real Estate; Transactions; Business and Succession Planning. Email: Peter F. Burger | | Lisa Snow Wade (Attorney) born Concord, NH, June 5, 1963; admitted to bar, 1988, New Hampshire; 1993, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit; 2005, Vermont. Education: Dartmouth College (A.B., magna cum laude, 1985); Boston College (J.D., magna cum laude, 1988). Order of the Coif. Note Editor, Boston College Law Review. Past President, Daniel Webster Chapter, American Inns of Court. Practice Areas: Health Law; Medical Malpractice Defense; Products Liability Law. Email: Lisa Snow Wade | | Jennifer A. Eber (Attorney) born White Plains, NY, April 16, 1966; admitted to bar, 1991, New Hampshire; 1992, Missouri; 2000, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit; 2005, Vermont. Education: Dartmouth College (A.B., cum laude, 1988); Boston College (J.D., 1991). Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Employment Law; Products Liability. Email: Jennifer A. Eber | | Jeffrey C. Spear (Attorney) born Syracuse, NY, June 27, 1967; admitted to bar, 1994, Oregon; 2001, New Hampshire. Education: Bowdoin College (B.A., magna cum laude, with high departmental honors in Philosophy, 1989); New York University (J.D.,1994). Staff Editor, Environmental Law Journal, 1992-1993. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Intellectual Property; Business Law; Appellate Practice. Email: Jeffrey C. Spear | | Connie B. Lane (Attorney) born Huntington, West VA, June 17, 1955; admitted to bar, 1980, Connecticut; 1987, New Hampshire. Education: University of Georgia (B.A., summa cum laude, 1977); University of Virginia (J.D., 1980) Phi Beta Kappa. Practice Areas: Small Business; Real Estate; Banking Law. Email: Connie B. Lane | | Todd C. Fahey (Attorney) born Manchester, NH, January 31, 1967; admitted to bar, 1994, New Hampshire and Maine. Education: Columbia College, Columbia University (A.B., English, 1989); University of Maine School of Law (J.D., 1993). Articles Editor, Territorial Sea Journal. Member, Town of Bow, Zoning Board of Adjustment, 2000—. Member: New Hampshire and Maine State Bar Associations. Languages: French. Practice Areas: Business Law; Small Business Law; Nonprofit and Charitable Organizations; Real Estate. Email: Todd C. Fahey | | Vera B. Buck (Attorney) born New York, NY; admitted to bar, 1982, New Hampshire. Education: New York University (B.A., 1972); Franklin Pierce Law Center (J.D., 1982); Boston University (LL.M., Taxation, 1983). Member: New Hampshire and American Bar Associations; New Hampshire Estate Planning Council. Languages: Italian. Practice Areas: Probate; Estate and Trust Administration; Estate and Trust Planning; Guardianships; Business Succession Planning. Email: Vera B. Buck | | James F. Laboe (Attorney) born Washington DC., March 20, 1969; admitted to bar, 2000, New Hampshire; 2001, District of Columbia; 2003, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third and District of Columbia Circuits. Education: University of Notre Dame (B.A., 1995); Franklin Pierce Law Center (J.D., 2000). Member: New Hampshire and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Complex Litigation; Commercial Litigation; OSHA Law; Products Liability; Medical Malpractice; Personal Injury. Email: James F. Laboe | | Robert S. Carey (Attorney) born New Haven, CT, April 21,1967; admitted to bar, 1994, Massachusetts; U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit; 1996, New Hampshire. Education: Trinity College (B.A., 1989); Suffolk University Law School (J.D., 1993). Member: Member: New Hampshire Bar Association; American Inns of Court (Daniel Webster Chapter). Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; White Collar Criminal Defense; General Civil Litigation. Email: Robert S. Carey | | John M. Zaremba (Attorney) born Red Bank, New Jersey; admitted to bar, 1999, District of Columbia; 2002, Massachusetts; 2006, New Hampshire. Education: University of Notre Dame (B.A., Economics, 1985); Rutgers University (M.B.A., Accountancy, 1987); University of Texas School of Law (J.D., with honors, 1996); Georgetown University Law Center (LL.M., Taxation, with distinction, 2000). Certified Public Accountant, New York, 1990. Member: District of Columbia, New Hampshire and American (Member, Sections on: Business Law; Taxation and Real Property; Trusts and Estates) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Business Law; Mergers and Acquisitions; Taxation; Private Equity. Email: John M. Zaremba | | Jessica E. Storey (Attorney) born Littleton, NH, 1973; admitted to bar, 2005, New Hampshire. Education: Princeton University (A.B., Philosophy and Linguistics, 1995); Boston University School of Law (J.D., 2005). Email: Jessica E. Storey | | Justin M. Boothby (Attorney) born Kirksville, MO, August 11, 1973; admitted to bar, 2006, New Hampshire. Education: Bowdoin College (A.B., with distinction, 1995); University of Maine School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2005). Email: Justin M. Boothby | | Heidi S. Cole (Attorney) born Madison, WI, 1974; admitted to bar, 2006, New Hampshire and Massachusetts. Education: Boston University (B.A., cum laude, International Relations, 1996); Suffolk University Law School (J.D., cum laude, 2006). Member: New Hampshire, Massachusetts Bar Associations. Email: Heidi S. Cole | | Jeremy Eggleton (Attorney) born October 8; admitted to bar, 2007, New Hampshire. Education: Tufts University (B.A., 1994); Boston College Law School (J.D., cum laude, 2007). | | Susan S. Geiger (Attorney) admitted to bar, 1980, New Hampshire; 1981, Massachusetts; 1989, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit. Education: Mount Holyoke College (B.A., Political Science, 1977); Suffolk University Law School (J.D., 1980). Administrative Law for Regulatory Agencies, National Judicial College, 1994. Member, Advisory Council of the New England Energy Alliance. Member, Board of Directors and Water Committee, National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners. Past President, New England Conference of Public Utilities Commissioners, Inc., 1998-1999. Member, New Hampshire Energy Facility Site Evaluation Committee. Public Utilities Commissioner, State of New Hampshire. Senior Assistant Attorney General and Chief of Staff, New Hampshire Department of Justice. Practice Areas: Utilities; Regulated Industries. Email: Susan S. Geiger | | Richard Y. Uchida (Attorney) born Mars, Pennsylvania, September 18, 1957; admitted to bar, 1984, New Hampshire. Education: Colby College (B.A., 1979); Franklin Pierce Law Center (J.D., 1984). Teaching Assistant in Contracts, Constitutional Law, 1982-1984 and Adjunct Professor, Professional Responsibility, 1987-1993, Franklin Pierce Law Center. Member: New Hampshire Bar Association (Chairman: Public Information Committee, 1985-1989; Ethics Committee, 1990— Long Range Planning, 1993—). Practice Areas: Business Law; Real Estate; Condominium Development; Land Acquisitions; Real Estate Acquisitions; Real Estate Workouts. | | OF COUNSEL | | Judith A. Fairclough (Of Counsel) born Mt. Kisco, NY, July 11, 1956; admitted to bar, 1983, New Hampshire. Education: Colby College (B.A., 1978); Suffolk University (J.D., cum laude, 1983). Staff Editor, Suffolk University Law Review, 1981-1983. Member: New Hampshire Bar Association. New Hampshire Certified Marital Mediator. Case Review Attorney. Practice Areas: Family Law. Email: Judith A. Fairclough | | LEGAL SUPPORT PERSONNEL | | Robin L.H. Vermette (Immigration Manager) born Schenectady, NY, August 24, 1953; Education: University of New Hampshire (B.A., cum laude, 1975). Areas of Responsibility: Employment-based immigration for physicians, dentists, occupational therapists and speech-language pathologists. Special Assistant/Immigration Specialist for U.S. Senator Warren B. Rudman (NH), 1980-1992. Member: NAFSA: Association of International Educators, 1993—. Email: Robin L.H. Vermette | | Bonnie B. Packard (Director, Governmental Relations) born Concord, NH; Education: Mitchell College, Statesville, North Carolina. Areas of Responsibility: Director of Governmental Relations, representing clients before the legislative and executive branches of the state government and regulatory agencies. Served seven terms in the New Hampshire House of Representatives on the Commerce Committee; Chairman of the Commerce Committee for two terms; Vice-Chairman of the House Economic Development Committee. Email: Bonnie B. Packard | | Paula L. Violo (Immigration Coordinator) born Albion, NY; Education: Plattsburgh State University (B.S., 1982); University of Buffalo (M.L.S., 1986). Areas of Responsibility: Immigration Law matters, particularly employment-based immigrant and non-immigrant professional visas, adjustment of status and other issues relating to the international movement of individuals. Inspector, U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Department, Niagara Falls, NY, 1983-1991. Email: Paula L. Violo |
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