Pierce Atwood LLP

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Law Firm in Concord, New Hampshire
 
Address
114 North Main Street
Concord, New Hampshire 03301
(Merrimack Co.)
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Contact Information
Phone: 603-223-0360  
Fax: 603-223-0312
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http://www.pierceatwood.com
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Pierce Atwood LLP practices in the following areas of law:
Administrative, Antitrust and Trade Regulation, Aquaculture, Banking, Bankruptcy and Reorganization, Bids and Bidding, Biotechnology, Business Planning, Charitable Organizations, Civil and Complex Litigation, Commercial, Construction, Consumer Credit, Contracts, Copyright, Corporate, Creditors' Rights, Discrimination, Education, Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation, Employee Retirement Services, Energy, Environmental and Natural Resources, ERISA, Estate Planning, Foreclosures, Franchising, Health Care, Hydropower, Immigration, Insurance, Intellectual Property, Labor and Employment, Land Use & Zoning, Legislative, Lender Liability, Lobbying, Mergers and Acquisitions, Municipal and Corporate Finance, Patent, Personal Injury, Probate, Products Liability, Public Utilities, Railroads, Real Estate, Resort and Hospitality, Secured Lending, Securities, State and Federal Taxation and Trust, Surety, Technology, Telecommunications, Trade Regulation, Trademark, Trust and Estate Administration, Utilities Litigation, Utility Privatization, Utility Reorganizations, White Collar Defense, Wills and Trusts, Trial and Appellate Practice in all Courts.
Firm Profile:
Pierce Atwood LLP is a leading New England commercial law firm, recognized nationally and internationally in selected areas of expertise. Its non-metro location enhances the value of its services to clients, who range from regional and local enterprises, utilities, financiers, middle-market companies and entrepreneurs to Fortune 500 companies, multinational corporations, and foreign governments. Among the firm's 125 attorneys are a past President of the American College of Trial Lawyers, a former Independent Counsel, two Special Masters serving by appointment of the U.S. Supreme Court, two former Chief Justices of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court, and four fellows of the American College of Trial Lawyers. The firm's international practice spans 50 countries worldwide.
Firm Size: 125

Other Office Locations of Pierce Atwood LLP
Portland, Maine, U.S.A. (Main Office)
Washington, District of Columbia, U.S.A.
Augusta, Maine, U.S.A.
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
Portsmouth, New Hampshire, U.S.A.
PARTNERS
George Dana Bisbee (Partner) born Waterville, Maine, August 14, 1952; admitted to bar, 1981, New Hampshire. Education: Dartmouth College (A.B., magna cum laude, 1974); Georgetown University (J.D., 1981). Law Fellow, Instructor and Co-Director of Legal Research and Writing and Oral Advocacy, Georgetown University Law Center. Assistant Commissioner and Acting Commissioner, New Hamsphire Department of Environmental Services (DES). Co-Chair: State-EPA Information Management Workgroup; EPA/State Stakeholder Forum on Public Information Policies, 1999. Past Member, New Hampshire Attorney General Office. State Deputy Attorney General, New Hampshire. Member and Chief, Environmental Protection Bureau. Member, New Hampshire Legislative Ethics Committee and the Governor's Task Force on Rulemaking Reform. Member: New Hampshire Bar Association (Member, Legislation Committee and Committee on Cooperation with the courts). (Also at Portsmouth, New Hampshire Office). Practice Areas: Environmental.
Wilfred L. Sanders, Jr. (Partner) born Marlboro, Massachusetts, November 20, 1935; admitted to bar, 1962, New Hampshire; 1985, Massachusetts; U.S. District Court, District of New Hampshire; U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts; U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit.. Education: University of New Hampshire (B.A., 1959); Boston College (J.D., 1962). Lecturer, University of New Hampshire, 1968-1985. Faculty Advisor, Trial Advocacy Program Harvard Law School, 1983-1989. Chairman, Board of Directors and Founder, Seabrook Bank and Trust Company, 1972-1991. Secretary, Constitutional Convention, 1965. Trustee, Legal Advisor and Vice-Chairman of Board of Trustees, University System of New Hampshire, 1979-1986. Chairman, Greater Piscataqua Community Foundation, 1994-1996. Member, Seacoast Science Center Advisory Committee. Former Trustee and Treasurer, United States Skiing Foundation. Director, American Judicature Society (Member, Judicial Conduct Committee; Co-Chair, Task Force for Renewal of Judicial Conduct Procedure). Vice Chairman, Greater Portsmouth Charitable Foundation, and from 1979-1986. Member, Committee On Judicial Conduct. Member: Rockingham County and New Hampshire Bar Associations. (Also at Portsmouth, New Hampshire Office). Reported Cases: Hodgins v. Hodgins, 132 N.H. 166 (1989); Bradley Real Estate Trust v. Taylor, 128 N.H. 441 (1986); Cloutier v. Town of Epping, 714 F.2d 1184 (1st Cir. 1983); Cloutier v. Town of Epping, 547 F.Supp. 1232 (D.N.H. 1982) Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Corporate.
COUNSEL
Margaret Wood Hassan (Counsel) born 1958; admitted to bar, 1985, Massachusetts; 1997, New Hampshire. Education: Brown University (B.A., 1980); Northeastern University (J.D., 1985). Former Associate General Counsel, Brigham and Women's Hospital. Member: New Hampshire Bar Association. Practice Areas: Education Law; Labor and Employment; Health Care Litigation.
Other Office Addresses: Links to Other Offices
Portland, Maine Office: One Monument Square. Telephone: 207-791-1100. Fax: 207-791-1350.
Augusta, Maine Office: 77 Winthrop Street. Telephone: 207-622-6311. Fax: 207-623-9367.
Portsmouth, New Hampshire Office: Pease International Tradesport, 1 New Hampshire Avenue, Suite 350. Telephone: 603-433-6300. Fax: 603-433-6372.
Boston, Massachusetts Office: 160 Federal Street, 10th Floor. Telephone: 857-277-6900. Fax: 617-426-2321.
Washinton, D.C. Office: 1875 I Street, NW, 5th Floor. Telephone: 202-429-2090. Fax: 202-429-2093.
Maintains an office in more than one location.


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