• Business Litigation
• Energy, Environmental, Utilities and Telecommunications Litigation
• Environmental Toxic Tort Defense Litigation
• General Civil Litigation
• Personal Injury Litigation
• Medical Malpractice
• Labor & Employment Law Litigation
• Insurance Litigation

New Hampshire, U.S. District Court for New Hampshire, First Circuit Court of Appeals; U.S. District Court for Vermont, Second Circuit Court of Appeals; President, New Hampshire Bar Association (1995 – 1996); American College of Trial Lawyers, Fellow, elected in 1990, (prior State Chair); Member of Board of Regents (2006-2010); Fellow, American Bar Foundation; Fellow, New Hampshire Bar Foundation, Elected Member, American Law Institute, American Association of Justice, New Hampshire Association of Justice.

• Member, First Circuit Court of Appeals, Committee on Rules (2011-2014)

• American Bar Association, Member
• New Hampshire Board of Bar Examiners, Vice Chair
• New Hampshire Association of Justice, Member
• New Hampshire Association Federal Practice Section, Member
• National Center for State Courts, Lawyers Committee Member

• Best Lawyers in America (Appellate Practice, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Personal Injury Litigation, Plaintiffs), 1993 – present

• Dartmouth College/Town of Hanover Planning Board – Successful in overturning Board’s decision, which denied its proposal to construct multimillion dollar sports facility.
• Brown et al v. Saint Gobain Performance Plastics Corporation et al. (USDC-NH Civil Action No. 1:16-CV-00242-JL) – Claims by landowners making claim for alleged PFOA groundwater contamination in southern New Hampshire communities.  Hundreds of properties potentially included in the claims.
• Pitroff et al v. USA, City of Portsmouth, et al (USDC-NH Civil Action No. 1:16-CV-522-PB) – Represented City of Portsmouth in defense of citizens suit to enjoin and stop a major renovation of municipal waste water treatment facility.
• William Sullivan, et al. v. KeySpan EnergyCorp., et al. (New York Supreme Court Index No. 12-36398 and Court of Appeals Case No. 2018-0433) – Environmental claim by more than 80 homeowners in Bay Shore, New York, who allege injury to property resulting from alleged contamination emanating from the former site of a manufactured gas plant.  Our utility client brought motion to dismiss claims based on statute of limitations.  Trial court decision dismissed 80 of 81 plaintiffs on that basis.  On appeal by plaintiffs to New York Appellate Division, the appellate court affirmed the dismissals except for one additional plaintiff.
• Trustees of Dartmouth College v. Town of Hanover (New Hampshire Supreme Court Case No. 2017-0595) – Appeal to New Hampshire Supreme Court concerning the decision of the Hanover Planning Board to deny Dartmouth College a permit for a new athletic facility.
• Estate of Michael van der Kieft v. Skovron Mechanical, et al (Hillsborough County Superior Court – Southern District Case No. 226-2018-CV-00049) – Wrongful death suit against HVAC companies in the death of a resident in condominium complex by carbon monoxide poisoning from an improperly installed and serviced gas boiler system.
• BJ’s Wholesale Club, Inc. v. City of Nashua et, al. – Representation of Costco Wholesale Corporation and a developer in defending against a planning board decision appeal by competitor BJs for a new Costco retail store.
• Boyle v. City of Portsmouth et, al.  – Appeal to the New Hampshire Supreme Court of a $3,500,000 verdict plaintiff obtained against the City.  Represented the City in the appeal resulting in reversal of the verdict and remand for new trial of damages.