Merrimack Lawyers

Peter W. Bennett is a Nashua Attorney practicing law at the law firm of Winer & Bennett, LLP, located in Nashua, New Hampshire. Peter Bennett has nearly 40 years of experience, specializing in the practice area of business law. Peter advises clients in matters of contract disputes, company policies and procedures, mergers and acquisitions, and more. Call Winer & Bennett, LLP today for a consultation with Peter Bennett.

Attorney Robert M. Moore practices in the areas of bankruptcy, debt settlement/negotiation, family law, estate planning, probate and corporate formation. Attorney Moore is a graduate of the University of New Hampshire in Durham, New Hampshire as well as Western New England University School of Law where he earned his law degree. Attorney Moore is admitted to practice in the State of New Hampshire, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire, the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Hampshire as well...

Attorney Deleault has successfully defended at trial, and through motion practice, many kinds of insurance and litigation related disputes. These have included all aspects of insurance law, including insurance coverage, bad faith litigation and complex insurance defense litigation. He has successfully tried to conclusion many cases throughout New Hampshire and Massachusetts. Attorney Deleault litigated complex insurance matters with a large, national insurance company for 14 years before serving as an in-house insurance coverage attorney for a national insurance carrier, where he provided insurance coverage analysis and advice for many different types and forms of insurance policies all over the country. Attorney...

The largest concentration of my professional time is spent advising clients and parties on complex litigation and ADR as an attorney advocate/counselor and as a neutral certified as both a mediator and an arbitrator by the New Hampshire Office of Mediation and Arbitration. My professional focus has increasingly been on personal injury risk exposure and claims analysis as well as continuing my litigation practice in both the state and federal court systems. A growing percentage of my professional time is now spent guiding sophisticated clients through prelitigation counseling, assisting them in analyzing risk exposure and claims valuation. In my over thirty years...

Welts, White & Fontaine, P.C., 29 Factory Street/P.O. Box 507, Nashua, NH 03061-0507
Telephone: (603) 883-0797; Fax: (603) 883-8925; E-Mail: gthompson@lawyersnh.com; Website: www.lawyersnh.com

Education: University of NH (BA Economics 1979); Suffolk University Law School (JD 1987); Boston University School of Law (LLM Banking 1991)

Professional Licenses: Admitted to the Bar of NH (1990); Admitted to the Bar of MA (1987); Admitted to U.S. Federal District Courts – NH (1990) and MA (2013)

Work History: Welts, White & Fontaine, P.C. (1991 – Present); Private Practice (1989-1991); Weymouth Savings Bank, Weymouth, MA (1979-1989)

Professional Affiliations: NH...

Personal injury attorney Robert Stephen delivers successful results for clients in New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Maine by fighting tirelessly on their behalf until they receive the compensation and justice they deserve! In 1993, Attorney Stephen began his career clerking for the Hon. Martin J. Loughlin of the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire. From there, Attorney Stephen practiced insurance litigation for Bouchard and Mallory, PA in Manchester, NH. In 2004, Attorney Stephen opened Stephen Law Group, PLLC providing services to injured clients throughout New Hampshire and Massachusetts and now to those aggrieved in...

Attorney Ward is the founder and managing partner of Ward Law Group, PLLC and his areas of concentration are Personal Injury, Workers’ Compensation, and Social Security Disability claims. Prior to founding Ward Law Group, PLLC, he was the managing partner of a Personal Injury and insurance defense firm. Seeking to limit his practice to represent only injury victims, Ward Law Group, PLLC was formed to concentrate exclusively on helping injured parties receive the compensation they deserve. Attorney Ward is currently a member of the New Hampshire Bar Association, the New Hampshire Bar Association’s Legal Committee, New Hampshire Association for Justice, the...

The managing partner at Granite Law Group. Joseph Russo focuses his practice exclusively on medical malpractice, wrongful death, and catastrophic injury cases. His main office is located in Nashua, New Hampshire, and he provides representation to clients throughout the state. Some of his representative results have include: $5.5 million for a pedestrian who was hit by a truck, $1.8 million wrongful death case, $1.7 million medical malpractice surgical error case, $1.03 million motor vehicle collision, $800,000 medical malpractice wrongful death case, $500,000 products liability case, $475,000 medical malpractice misdiagnosis case, and a $400,000 medical malpractice emergency room collapse verdict. Mr. Russo's successful...

My firm principally represents creditors and small businesses in complex litigation cases in bankruptcy and federal courts. We regularly and expertly handle the following legal issues: • Sub-Chapter V of chapter 11 (SBRA-Small Business Reorganization Act) • COVID-19 a/k/a Coronavirus Stimulus Funding • Business Debt restructuring • Plan Formulation, Confirmation & Disclosures Statements & Balloting • Cash Collateral Motions & Budgets and Reconciliations • Valuation and Evidentiary Hearings • Proof of Claim filing and defense • Dischargeability Actions (creditor and debtor) • Preference Actions (creditor and debtor) • Priority and Administrative Debt • Motions for Relief • Equitable Subordination • Debt re-characterization • Commercial Lease Disputes • Labor Law • Corporate Entity Formation • Chapter 7, 11,...

Prior Workers' Compensation Hearings Officer at the Department of Labor. A founding partner of Patch & FitzGerald, Attorney FitzGerald concentrates in New Hampshire workers’ compensation and personal injury law. Attorney FitzGerald is a frequently requested speaker at continuing legal education seminars for attorneys, major regional employers, the New Hampshire Department of Labor and the Compensation Appeals Board. Prior to entering private practice, Attorney FitzGerald was a Workers’ Compensation Hearings Officer at the New Hampshire Department of Labor. He also served on the staff of the New Hampshire Emergency Management Agency for one year He is a graduate of George Washington University...

Neil is a dedicated, experienced, and compassionate trial attorney for the injured. Call Neil today at 603-856-8441 for a free consultation. He represents those injured as a result of a car accident, truck accident, boat accident, dog bite, animal attack, slip and fall, medical malpractice. Nicholson Law Firm pursues claims when wrongful death occurs and in cases where injuries occur.

Neil leverages his experience to service his clients and applies a substantial skill set to interview witnesses, investigate, analyze facts, and develop appropriate strategies to achieve results and provide straightforward legal guidance. Neil believes that community commitments foster a productive and...

Joshua Burnett is an attorney licensed in Massachusetts. He concentrates his practice in the areas of bankruptcy and commercial litigation.   In addition to representing consumer and business clients in Chapter 7, Chapter 13, and Chapter 11 bankruptcy cases, he regularly assists both debtor and creditor clients in adversary proceedings and contested matters in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, including non-dischargeability actions, preference and recovery actions, automatic stay, and claim-related matters.   As a litigator, Mr. Burnett represents both plaintiff and defendant clients in state and federal court in variety of civil matters, including busienss and partnership disputes, contract disputes, real estate and mortgage disputes,...

Attorney Smith is the Senior Associate Attorney at Ward Law Group, PLLC and concentrates his practice on the area of Workers’ Compensation law. He previously worked as an associate attorney at Paul English Law, a general practice law firm in Manchester, NH. After practicing both Family and Workers’ Compensation law, he now seeks to focus on advocating and representing injured employees. Attorney Smith graduated from the University of New Hampshire in 2009, receiving a dual bachelor’s degree in Justice Studies and English/Journalism. He then went on to law school at the University of New Hampshire School of Law and graduated with...

Ron Abramson began his career with the New Hampshire Public Defender Program before establishing himself as one of the State's preeminent immigration lawyers. In a career spanning 25+ years, Ron has handled a multitude of immigration, criminal defense, civil litigation, and international legal matters. Ron has also served as an international trade consultant, and as a law professor in the U.S. and abroad. As a naturalized United States citizen, Ron's passion and main professional focus is immigration law. He has successfully obtained all manner of business and family-based visas, has taught at national training programs, and has litigated a number of...

A life-long New Englander, Theresa was born and raised in Massachusetts and has lived in New Hampshire for the past 23 years. Attorney Spearing graduated from Rivier College in Nashua, New Hampshire in History and Political Science. After graduating from Rivier Theresa attended Law School at the University of New Hampshire School of Law, formally known as Franklin Pierce Law Center in Concord, New Hampshire. While at UNH School of Law, Attorney Spearing received her Juris Doctor and a Master's in Intellectual Property Law in Copyright and Trademark Law. Theresa focuses her practice in the areas of Family Law, Estate...

Here’s how I can help you. First: I can understand your needs. Second: I will do my best to solve your problems. As to the first: Over the past 30 years, as I have sought to care for my family in a world that seems indifferent to our needs, I have been forced to learn a lesson that everybody should apprehend before death grasps him: God sends rain on the just and on the unjust. Or, in the words of the narrator of The Princess Bride, “life isn’t fair. It’s just fairer than death, that’s all.” In spite of my repeated efforts to be...

Attorney Colantuono has over forty years of experience and concentrates in the areas of Personal Injury, Civil Litigation, Workers’ Compensation, Criminal Defense, DUI/DWIs, and Estate Planning law. Prior to joining Ward Law Group, he was an Attorney at a well-known Concord law firm for 10 years. While Attorney Colantuono specializes in many fields, his primary focus is in the area of Personal Injury matters. He is a member of the New Hampshire Bar Association and the New Hampshire Association for Justice. A member of the Bar Association since 1976, he has served on the Ethics Committee and the Unauthorized Practice of...

Heather represents injured individuals in a wide array of personal injury cases, including motor vehicle accidents, bicycle accidents, uninsured and underinsured motor vehicle accidents, wrongful death, workers’ compensation, medical malpractice, and vaccine injury cases. Heather understands the multitude of issues facing injured clients, whether the injury occurred from someone else’s negligence, from a vaccine, or at work. She approaches each case with compassion and diligence. Your problem is her problem. Heather has extensive experience fighting for her clients in New Hampshire’s state and federal trial courts, the New Hampshire Department of Labor, and the New Hampshire Supreme Court. She is admitted...

Attorney Burnham graduated in the top of her class at Western New England College School of Law in 2001. While in law school, Attorney Burnham received several academic awards and was a member, and later a Note Editor, of the Western New England Law Review, a journal dedicated to academic excellence and writing achievement. Stephanie K. Burnham opened her own law firm upon being sworn into the practice of law in 2001. Attorney Burnham has focused her practice on the following primary areas: Wills, Trusts and Estates; Probate Assistance; Small Business and Contracts; Real Estate; Bankruptcy; Debt Collection and Debt...

Attorney Patrick Arnold focuses his practice on civil litigation, criminal defense and business law. He served on the Board of Mayor & Aldermen (city council) for Manchester -- New Hampshire's largest city - from 2009 until 2014, during which time he served as a member of numerous committees, and was founding chairman of the Committee on Jobs & Economic Development. In 2014, he was unanimously confirmed to the city's Conduct Board, which interprets the city's code of ethics and investigates allegations of misconduct by public officials. Attorney Arnold previously served as a Director of the Manchester Development Corporation, and as...

Thomas Kiley is the senior partner and founder of Kiley Law Group, LLC. He dedicates his work to finding justice for those who have been seriously injured or have suffered through the wrongful death of a loved one.

John B. Kenison, Jr. has been a practicing attorney for over 27 years. His primary area of practice is personal injury. He also offers his service as a professional mediator and arbitrator. He has worked in large insurance defense firms and since 1993 has been focusing on helping injured people.

Attorney Kenison was born and raised in New Hampshire and graduated from the University of New Hampshire. He obtained his law degree from Case Western Reserve University School of Law in Cleveland, Ohio. Before establishing his own law firm, John worked in several large firms always with a focus on personal...

Shawn J. Tennis is an associate attorney at Ward Law Group, PLLC and his areas of concentration are Personal Injury, Workers’ Compensation and Civil Litigation. Prior to working for Ward Law Group, PLLC, he worked for an Injury Law Firm in Massachusetts and New Hampshire. Shawn is passionate about representing clients who have been injured due to the actions of others and is eager to share his talents with future clients. Shawn attended Mt. Washington College earning his bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice and went on to graduate Cum Laude from Massachusetts School of Law. He is admitted to practice law...

Attorney Mark Stevens is admitted to practice in all New Hampshire and Massachusetts courts. He is devoted entirely to criminal trials and appeals, with a concentration in defending clients accused of DWI, Aggravated DWI-DUI, OUI or any other type of criminal charges. Mark Stevens has 16 years experience in DWI trials and related administrative license suspension hearings, appeals, and post-conviction proceedings. His office is located in Salem, NH but can be reached 24/7 by phone @ 603.893.0074 The initial case evaluation and consultation are always free and can be done in person or by phone. Call now to schedule your...

I am an Attorney, Mediator, Guardian ad Litem, and Collaborative Law Practitioner, with more than 40 years' experience in the courtroom trying cases. I represent my clients with skill, commitment and courage. Although I believe my clients are often better served through other methods of dispute resolution, rather than through litigation, I will fight for my clients. I remain on the cutting edge of technology, which gives me a decided advantage over yesterday’s practitioners. I charge rates for my services which are competitive with any other firm and issue detailed accounting of my fees. My office has recently been...

Attorney Schea’s areas of concentration are Family Law, Personal Injury, Workers’ Compensation and Estate planning. Prior to working for Ward Law Group, PLLC, she was an associate attorney at a family practice law firm in Bedford, NH. While Attorney Schea specializes in many fields, she seeks to primarily focus on making a difference in the area of family law. Attorney Schea graduated from the Florida Institute of Technology, receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree in Forensic Psychology. While working towards her psychology degree, Attorney Schea worked as an undergraduate research assistant gaining experience from searching through court archives, analyzing data, and...

In 2003, Attorney Keith F. Diaz embarked on his legal journey by assuming the role of a prosecutor, immersing himself in criminal litigation within the courts of Rockingham County. He prosecuted individuals spanning a spectrum of criminal offenses, encompassing everything from DUI charges to assaults, drug crimes to cases involving sex offenders. This early exposure served as the bedrock for his experience in the courtroom. In 2005, Attorney Keith F. Diaz embraced an expansive evolution in his legal practice, extending his scope to encompass civil litigation. This pivotal step enabled him to navigate a diverse...

Attorney Tyner has been successfully representing clients from the Merrimack Valley area since 1983. His practice focuses on Personal Injury Law, Workers' Compensation, Social Security Disability, and Accidental Disability Retirement. Attorney Tyner earned his B.A. cum laude from Tufts University and received his law degree from Boston University School of Law, where he was a Joseph J. Tauro Scholar and Farr Estate Planning Competition winner. Attorney Tyner was employed for 17 years with the Macaronis Law Firm of Lowell, one of the Merrimack Valley's largest and most successful personal injury law firms. In 2004, he joined the Law Offices...

Jim chairs the firm’s Family Law Practice Group, which has substantial experience in complex divorce litigation. He also has wide-ranging litigation experience including trials, mediation, aribitration and appellate practice involving banks, large corporations and small businesses. He has practiced with the firm since 1992. In addition to family law, Jim is a certified NH mediator and provides mediation services throughout New Hampshire.

With the founding of Kiley Law Group, Tom Jr. joined his father, attorney Tom Kiley Sr., as a partner in the firm. Demonstrating the same enthusiasm and commitment to the law as his father and his grandfather, Daniel P. Kiley, Jr., Tom has already established his own record, including six- and seven-figure results on behalf of his clients.

Crediting his father with teaching him that everyone deserves a fighting chance, Tom Jr. has devoted the majority of his practice to doing everything within his power to ensure that big insurance companies play by the same rules that the rest of us...

Vin began his law career in 1967 as a staff attorney at the Attorney General's office in New Hampshire. From there, he entered private practice where he focused on plaintiffs' personal injury matters, including products liability, medical malpractice, workers' compensation, social security disability, and veterans' disability claims, as well as employment and labor matters. Vin has litigated in excess of 100 jury, 2,000 non-jury trials and numerous Supreme Court appeals.

Vin handled numerous administrative hearings including those before the Health Care Certificate of Need Board, New Hampshire Public Employees Labor Relations Board, Department of Labor, Administrative Law Judges, various administrative, professional,...