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Scott W. Ellison is a Shareholder in the Corporate Department at Sheehan Phinney in Manchester, New Hampshire. His practice focuses on advising businesses, owners, and management teams on a broad range of corporate and commercial matters, including business formation, governance, strategic transactions, and day-to-day legal operations. Scott represents clients in Business Organizations, including LLCs and Partnerships, Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law, Commercial Transactions ...

Pierre A. Chabot is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice areas of Employment Law - Management and Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants. Pierre A. practices law in Manchester, New Hampshire Best Lawyers has recognized Pierre A. Chabot since 2024. The Best Lawyers recognition is based on a peer-review survey of lawyers in the same geographic region and legal practice area. The recognition reflects the professional regard in which Pierre A. Chabot is held by other lawyers.

Nathan Warecki is an associate in Nixon Peabody’s Complex Commercial Disputes group, and teams with attorneys and other legal professionals on a wide variety of matters, including commercial litigation, class actions, non-competes and trade secrets, business disputes, and immigration. Prior to joining the firm, he worked for a regional law firm in Manchester, New Hampshire, on general litigation and immigration matters. In law school, he interned with the Honorable Joseph N. Laplante of...

Mark J. Ventola is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice areas of Employment Law - Management and Litigation - Labor and Employment. Mark J. practices law in Manchester, New Hampshire Best Lawyers has recognized Mark since 2023. The Best Lawyers recognition is based on a peer-review survey of lawyers in the same geographic region and legal practice area. The recognition reflects the professional regard in which Mark is held by other lawyers.

James "Jim" Shirley is a senior member of the litigation department and serves as the firm’s general counsel. He has successfully handled litigated cases in state and federal court in New Hampshire and in neighboring jurisdictions for over 35 years. Over time, he has focused on matters involving commercial disputes, professional negligence, product liability, toxic torts, real estate and insurance coverage. In addition, Jim has been active throughout his career in promoting lawyer conti...

James "Jim" Reidy practices in the areas of labor and employment law with an emphasis on assisting employers in effectively avoiding, or defending against, employment disputes. He represents management in organizations ranging from multi-national corporations, to closely-held, family-owned businesses, to not-for-profit entities and public sector employers. Since joining the Firm in 1989, Jim has expanded an already well-established employment law practice group. This group is now recognized a...

Jim Hatem focuses his practices on general corporate counseling, mergers, acquisitions and real estate. As leader of Nixon Peabody’s Insurance Regulatory practice, he represents insurers before insurance regulators throughout the country. What do you focus on? Business counseling and transactional I counsel most of my clients regarding major initiatives, including formation, financing, contracting, compliance, tax planning, leasing, disputes, acquisitions and divestitures. For one clien...

Ovide’s expertise encompasses substantial legal territory. He has experience in complex business and litigation transactions, and has also served as an advisor to various non-profit and charitable institutions. From representing 350 manufactured housing owners both in litigation and in a complex real estate transaction in order to enable them to purchase their community to dissolving and reorganizing a major healthcare merger, Ovide brings strategic, creative and practical solutions to ...

Michele Kenney is the Partner-in-Charge of the firm’s Portsmouth, NH, office and a member of the Litigation Practice Group. She enjoys a diverse commercial litigation practice and appears regularly in federal and state courts in New Hampshire. Michele represents multinational corporations, medium and smaller-size businesses, individuals, and national and regional financial institutions in a wide range of disputes, involving, for example, issues of fiduciary duty, fraud, breach of contra...

Whether working with an emerging company or an established enterprise, an issuer of securities or an investor, Scott Pueschel distills his years of experience in business formations, business combinations and securities offerings into clear advice his clients can use. Scott prides himself on his ability to take a fresh look at a problem or issue while drawing on past experience to arrive at a straightforward and streamlined solution. Throughout his career, Scott has worked with buyers and sel...