What We Do

Every web site or advertisement I’ve ever seen for a lawyer
shows him standing in front of his library with a book.

Here’s our obligatory picture.

Actually books are but a small part of a modern lawyer’s research library. These days most research is done on-line or through CD-DVDs provided by legal service companies.

For instance, in my office New Hampshire Reports, which are the recorded cases of the New Hampshire Supreme Court, from December 1874 through the current date, are all held on one single CD-DVD. It also contains a complete set of the New Hampshire Statutes. We lso have on-line access to the laws and recorded cases in every state, the federal courts and the bankruptcy courts.

As long as the power is on and our Internet access works (not a sure thing in the country) that is how we usually do our legal research these days.

It is a lot easier to carry a CD and a laptop than to carry 100 paper volumes. Sometimes cellular access to the Internet even works.

Still, when the snow is beating down, the power goes out and the battery is dead, it’s nice to have books and a candle.

As most rural dwellers will tell you, when you live in the country, you end up doing a little of everything. That is true of the professions as well, although specialization is slowly overtaking us.

Since most of my clients do a little of everything, I have to be able to do the same to meet their needs. I do not take cases involving criminal law but in the past year or two I have dealt with:

automobile accidents, bankruptcy (both creditor and debtor side), building and construction disputes, business, child custody and support, collection of debts, contractual formation and disputes, corporations, divorce, estates and estate planning, federal tax problem resolution, guardianships, incorporations, insurance, litigation (both plaintiff and defendant), limited liability companies, landlord/tenant, mortgage foreclosure defense, personal injury, prenuptial matters and agreements, probate estates, real estate conveyance, sale, acquisition and financing, real estate disputes, trusts and wills, title searches and title insurance, visitation (including grandparent rights), zoning & planning.

As you can imagine, this is really what the term General Practice of Law is all about.

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Revised: September 27, 2011 .