Kerouac Law

1 Best Lawyers award

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Awarded Practice Areas

Collaborative Law: Family Law Arbitration Family Law Family Law Mediation
*Named the "Lawyer of the Year" in this practice area in the 2026 edition in Manchester.

Biography

Margaret has over twenty-five years of experience concentrating on high-asset and complex divorce cases. Margaret’s clients include business owners, public figures, elected officials, executives of publicly traded companies, successful inventors, tech entrepreneurs, attorneys, doctors, dentists, retirees, those with generational wealth, and many others. Her cases regularly involve issues relating to the valuation and division of complex assets such as business interests, private equity, commercial/investment real estate, trust rights, stock options, foreign assets, and intellectual property rights.

Margaret’s practice focuses on the private, creative, and client-centered resolution of family matters, primarily through mediation, negotiation, collaborative law, and other settlement techniques, while recognizing that litigation and trial are sometimes necessary to resolve family disputes. Margaret is a Fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (AAML), a distinction that signifies her reputation as one of the best family law attorneys in the country. She was also appointed by the New Hampshire Supreme Court to serve four successive terms on attorney discipline system committees, first on the Professional Conduct Committee (an adjudicatory arm of the attorney discipline system) and then on the Complaint Screening Committee (a committee that determines whether there is sufficient evidence of a violation to warrant further processing of a complaint).

Margaret has significant trial experience and holds the designation of NITA Advocate. She is listed in New Hampshire Magazine’s Best Lawyers and has held a Martindale AV rating, the highest possible rating, for more than a decade. In addition, Margaret is recognized by Best Lawyers in America in the areas of Family Law, Mediation, Arbitration, and Collaborative Law. She was named “Lawyer of the Year” in 2026, 2025, 2024, 2022, and 2018 by Best Lawyers. She has also been recognized by Super Lawyers for more than a decade.

Kerouac Law

1 Best Lawyers award

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Overview

  • Suffolk University, J.D., graduated 2000
  • Bentley University, B.S., graduated 1997

  • New Hampshire, New Hampshire Bar Association

  • American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers - Fellow
  • NH Attorney Discipline Office's Complaint Screening Committee - Court-Appointed Member (2024-2027)
  • NH Professional Conduct Committee - Court-Appointed Member (2015-2018; 2018-2021; 2021-2024)
  • Collaborative Law Alliance of NH - Member
  • International Academy of Collaborative Professionals - Member
  • Seacoast and Concord Collaborative Practice Groups - Founding Member and Former Co-Chair (Both Groups)
  • NH Committee on Cooperation with the Courts - Former Member
  • NH Bar Association Family Law Section - Elected Chair (2008-2011), Co-Chair (2011-2012), Secretary (2004-2008)
  • American Academy of Certified Financial Litigators - Founding Member
  • NH Association for Justice - Former Board Member

  • U.S. District Court, New Hampshire
  • New Hampshire, New Hampshire Bar Association
  • American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers - Fellow
  • NH Attorney Discipline Office's Complaint Screening Committee - Court-Appointed Member (2024-2027)
  • NH Professional Conduct Committee - Court-Appointed Member (2015-2018; 2018-2021; 2021-2024)
  • Collaborative Law Alliance of NH - Member
  • International Academy of Collaborative Professionals - Member
  • Seacoast and Concord Collaborative Practice Groups - Founding Member and Former Co-Chair (Both Groups)
  • NH Committee on Cooperation with the Courts - Former Member
  • NH Bar Association Family Law Section - Elected Chair (2008-2011), Co-Chair (2011-2012), Secretary (2004-2008)
  • American Academy of Certified Financial Litigators - Founding Member
  • NH Association for Justice - Former Board Member
  • Suffolk University, J.D., graduated 2000
  • Bentley University, B.S., graduated 1997
  • U.S. District Court, New Hampshire

Client Testimonials

Awards & Focus

Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2026 - Collaborative Law: Family Law Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2025 - Family Law Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2024 - Arbitration Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2022 - Family Law Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2018 - Family Law
Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers® for:
  • Collaborative Law: Family Law, Manchester (2026)
  • Family Law, Manchester (2025)
  • Arbitration, Concord (2024)
  • Family Law, Concord (2022)
  • Family Law, Concord (2018)
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2026 for work in:
  • Arbitration
  • Family Law Mediation
  • Collaborative Law: Family Law
  • Family Law
Additional Areas of Practice:
  • Family Law Arbitration
Awards:
  • AV Rated, Martindale-Hubbell
  • Top 10 Attorney Award, 2015, National Academy of Family Law Attorneys (NAFLA)
  • Top 10 Under 40, 2014, National Academy of Family Law Attorneys
  • Jack B. Middleton Pro Bono Legal Services Award (2005)
  • Best Lawyers 2015-2026 (Family Law, Collaborative Law and Arbitration)
  • Super Lawyer 2015-2025 (Family Law)
  • Super Lawyers Rising Star 2009-2014 (Family Law)

Additional Information

  • Recognition
  • AV rated, Martindale-Hubbell
  • Best Lawyers 2015-2026 (Family Law, Collaborative Law and Arbitration)
  • Super Lawyer 2015-2025 (Family Law)
  • Super Lawyers Rising Star 2009 - 2014
  • Top 10 Attorney Award, National Academy of Family Law Attorneys (NAFLA)
  • NITA Advocate
  • Jack B. Middleton Pro Bono Legal Services Award (2005)

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