Newport, New Hampshire family law lawyer represented the Defendant in a parental rights termination action.


[¶3] In July 2022, the trial court held an adjudicatory hearing on the neglect petitions. By notice of decision dated August 8, 2022, the court issued an order finding that the children were neglected by the respondent by exposing them to ongoing domestic violence. As part of ... More...    $0 (11-08-2024 - NH)

Brentwood, New Hampshire defendant charged with sexual assault convicted and exonerated.

Roland Chretien, age 44, was accused of chocking and forcing a woman to perform oral sex at the Blazing Saddle store in Plaistow, New Hampshire in June 2003.

The Defendant waived his right to a jury.

The 46-year-old complainant woman claimed that Chretien assaulted her, forced her in... More...    $0 (12-31-2004 - NH)

Concord, New Hampshire criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, David Johnson, 35, of Manchester, who was charged with making false statements to obtain Social Security benefits.

In December of 2013, Johnson applied for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) through the Social Security Administration (SSA). Because SSI is need-based, the SSA considers various factors such as marital st... More...    $0 (05-26-2021 - NH)

Concord, NH - The United States of America charged Linda Jackson with making false statements to obtain Social Security benefits.

Linda Jackson, 64, of Mabank, Texas, pleaded guilty in federal court to making false statements to obtain Social Security benefits, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today.

According to court documents and statements made in ... More...    $0 (03-03-2020 - NH)

The defendant, William Edic, appeals his conviction, following a jury trial in Superior Court (McNamara, J.), on one count of second degree murder and one count of falsifying physical evidence. See RSA 630:1-b, I(b) (2016); RSA 641:6, I (2016). On appeal, the defendant challenges various evidentiary rulings made at trial. We affirm.

The record supports the following facts. The char... More...    $0 (02-02-2017 - NH)

The petitioner, Terrie Harman, appeals an order of the Circuit Court (Carbon, J.) denying the request filed by her and the respondent, Thomas McCarron, to vacate their decree of divorce. We affirm.
The parties were married in 1989. In July 2014, they were granted an uncontested decree of divorce on the ground of irreconcilable differences that caused the irremediable breakdown of the mar... More...    $0 (12-02-2015 - NH)

The trial court found the following facts. Cohen met Raymond when Raymond began dating Cohen’s stepdaughter, Molly, whom Raymond eventually married. Cohen owned a successful scrap metal company and offered Raymond a job. Cohen assigned Raymond the company’s “tough dirty jobs,” which Raymond successfully performed. Cohen soon regarded Raymond as one of his most valuable assistants. In 2006, C... More...    $0 (11-17-2015 - NH)

Following a bench trial in Superior Court (Delker, J.), the court denied the petition of the plaintiff, Celestica, LLC (Celestica), requesting a declaration that the defendant, Communications Acquisitions Corporation d/b/a Whaleback Managed Services (CAC), is obligated to pay the balance of a judgment that Celestica had obtained against another business, the assets of which CAC had purchased at pu... More...    $0 (10-16-2015 - NH)

The petitioner, Lachlan MacLearn, and the intervenor, Simon Hutchings (together, the appellants), appeal an order of the Superior Court (Abramson, J.) denying Hutchings’ motion for summary judgment and granting summary judgment in favor of the respondent, Commerce Insurance Company (Commerce). We affirm.

The trial court found or the record supports the following facts. Lachlan MacLearn an... More...    $0 (01-27-2012 - NH)

The plaintiff, Lorraine Tessier, appeals an order of the Superior Court (Abramson, J.) granting the defendants’ motion to dismiss. We affirm in part, reverse in part, and remand.

The plaintiff brought this action against the defendants, Regina S. Rockefeller and Nixon Peabody, LLP (Nixon Peabody), alleging the following facts. The plaintiff is the wife of Thomas Tessier, an attorney who p... More...    $0 (09-15-2011 - NH)

In these consolidated cases, the defendant, J. Robert Smyjunas, Jr., appeals the jury verdict against him in favor of the plaintiff, J & M Lumber and Construction Company, Inc. (J & M), and J & M appeals the decision of the Superior Court (Vaughan, J.) to award prejudgment interest from the date of J & M’s 2008 writ of summons. We affirm.

I. Background

The record reveals the follow... More...    $0 (04-14-2011 - NH)

The defendant, Anthony Hayes, appeals: (1) an order of the Superior Court (Brennan, J.) granting summary judgment in favor of the plaintiff, Southern New Hampshire Medical Center (SNHMC), with respect to Karen Hayes’ unpaid medical expenses; (2) an order of the Superior Court (Nicolosi, J.) granting SNHMC’s motion in limine to exclude evidence that Karen Hayes “elopedâ€� under the doctrine o... More...    $0 (02-11-2010 - NH)

The petitioner, Dorothy C. Lockaby, appeals an order of the Salem Family Division (Reardon, J.) denying her motion to modify the visitation rights of the respondent, William E. Smith, by permitting her to relocate to the Commonwealth of Virginia with their two minor children. On appeal, the petitioner contends the trial court’s order is an unsustainable exercise of discretion and an impr... More...    $0 (10-25-2002 - NH)

The plaintiff, Catrina Graves, appeals a ruling by the Superior Court (Hampsey, J.) granting the defendant, Franklin L. Estabrook's, motion to dismiss her complaint for negligent infliction of emotional distress. Estabook argued that because Graves was not related by blood or marriage to the decedent, but was only the decedent's fiancée, she cannot recover for negligent infliction of emotional ... More...    $0 (03-03-2003 - NH)

The plaintiff, New Canaan Bank & Trust (bank), appeals the Superior Court's (Fitzgerald, J.) ruling that the bank’s bad faith conduct precluded it from recovering the balance due on a promissory note from the defendant, Steven S. Pfeffer. The bank challenges the ruling upon various grounds. Pfeffer cross-appeals, primarily arguing that the trial court erred in rejecting his equitable estoppe... More...    $0 (11-01-2001 - NH)

This case arises from a libel for divorce filed by the plaintiff, Charles G. Douglas , III, against the defendant, Caroline G. Douglas . The parties, both attorneys, were married in 1991. Between 1990 and 1996, they practiced law together, first under the firm name of Douglas & George, and later as Douglas & Douglas . In 1996, the plaintiff filed a libel for divorce citing irreconcilable di... More...    $0 (03-10-1999 - NH)