Practice Focus

Business, Real Estate, Non-Profits, Land Use

Experience

Connie brings her 30 years of diversified legal experience to the firm's business and real estate practice. Her experience includes:

• Twenty years as a corporate attorney in New Hampshire and Connecticut, focusing on small business, real estate, land use and commercial finance
• Implementation of non-profit housing developments and manufactured housing involving multiple grant sources and lenders
• Former founding executive director of one of New Hampshire's three legal aid programs, Legal Advice & Referral Center and former director of the Pro Bono program of the New Hampshire Bar Association
• Former board member of CATCH, First Night NH, Child and Family Services
• Numerous surveys of NH business law for the ABA and national lender clients

Practice Areas

• Business
• Educational, Religious and Non-Profit Organizations
• Energy and Environmental
• Financial Services
• Land Use
• Real Estate

Professional Activities

• Co-Chair, Real Estate Section, New Hampshire Bar Association
• Member, Title Standards Committee of the New Hampshire Bar Association
• Adjunct Professor at Pierce Law Center – Nonprofit Organizations and Management
• Presenter at numerous CLE's on real estate-related topics, including wind farm site selection, workouts, closings and title insurance
• Led trainings on Form 990 and Nonprofit Governance

Community Involvement

• Concord Chamber of Commerce Work Force Housing Committee, Golf Committe and Local Government Committee
• Participates as lawyer in Pro Bono Referral System of New Hampshire.
• Secretary of Board of Directors, Concord Trust for the Enhancement of Public Schools
• Advisory Board of Good News Garage

Bar Admissions

Connie is admitted to practice in the state courts of New Hampshire and Connecticut.

Education

University of Georgia, B.A., summa cum laude, Political Science, Phi Beta Kappa, 1976; University of Virginia, J.D., 1980