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Matt Serge is the Practice Group Leader for the Municipal Group in New Hampshire. He focuses his practice on serving the legal needs of towns and cities on the full spectrum of municipal law issues including land use matters, zoning enforcement actions, New Hampshire’s Right to Know Law, welfare assistance, tax abatements, real estate, elections, contracts, employment matters, and government relations. Matt regularly represents clients before state and federal trial and appellate courts...

Theofilos Vougias is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area of Trusts and Estates. Theofilos practices law in Manchester, New Hampshire Best Lawyers has recognized Theofilos Vougias since 2025. 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 Theofilos Vougias is held by other lawyers.

Frank has 40+ years experience in litigating commercial cases. Much of his practice is devoted to construction matters, where he regularly represents owners and developers, contractors, suppliers, sureties and lenders at every level of the construction process. Frank also handles all types of contract disputes, shareholder and partnership issues, antitrust and trade regulation matters, real estate controversies and lender liability cases. He has extensive experience in arbitrations and trials...

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...

Andrew Piela is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area of Family Law. Andrew practices law in Nashua, New Hampshire Best Lawyers has recognized Andrew Piela since 2026. 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 Andrew Piela is held by other lawyers.

Laura Tetrault is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice areas of Elder Law and Trusts and Estates. Laura practices law in Manchester, New Hampshire Best Lawyers has recognized Laura Tetrault since 2022. 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 Laura Tetrault is held by other lawyers.

Matt Benson is a Shareholder in the Corporate Department at Sheehan Phinney in Manchester, New Hampshire. He advises businesses and entrepreneurs on a wide range of legal and strategic matters affecting privately held companies. Matt works with clients across multiple industries and stages of growth, from early-stage start-ups to established companies planning for expansion, investment, or transition. His practice focuses on Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law, Corporate Law, Tec...

Katherine “Kate” Hanna is an attorney with Sheehan Phinney Bass & Green PA in Manchester, New Hampshire and a member of the firm’s Healthcare Practice Group . Her practice focuses on Health Care Law, representing hospitals, specialty hospitals, long-term care facilities, home health and hospice organizations, physician practices, dental practices, and individual healthcare providers, including physicians, dentists, APRNs, PAs, and mental health counselors. Kate advises h...

Robert "Bob" Cheney has been a member of Sheehan Phinney since 1992. Prior to that, he served from 1981 to 1992 in the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office. During his tenure Bob worked in the Attorney General’s Environmental Bureau and was chief of the Environmental Bureau from 1984-1988. While Associate Attorney General from 1989-1992, Bob also served as general counsel to the Pease Development Authority (PDA) and the Pease Redevelopment Commission (PRC). His responsibilities...

Kierstan Schultz is a litigator and a member of Nixon Peabody’s Complex Commercial Disputes practice group. She represents health care providers, businesses and individuals, and manages discovery, motion practice and trials for complex commercial litigation matters. What do you focus on? I represent clients in a variety of industries in all aspects of the adversarial process, in civil litigation in state and federal courts. Health Care Litigation My health care litigation practice focus...