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Raising the Bar: NH’s Top Attorneys

Business NH Magazine
February 1, 2010
by Erika Cohen and Matthew J. Mowry

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Nulli secundus—or in Latin, second to none.  When businesses or individuals need legal representation, they look for the best, whether it’s a business merger or acquisition, a bankruptcy case, a divorce or a matter of litigation. They seek attorneys with a track record to get the job done.

The lawyers on this list are a devoted, competitive and driven lot who believe deeply in the law. So who are the top attorneys in the state? To find out, we surveyed lawyers across the state, asking them whom they would hire in a variety of legal fields. We wanted to know who NH lawyers consider to be best in class. Attorneys were allowed to nominate people from their own firm, but only if they also provided an equal number of nominations from other firms. Outside nominations were given more weight than internal nominations. 

What emerged is a list of fascinating people (people who farm, develop alternative energy installations, fly planes, raise fainting goats, or in the case of Amy Kanyuk, recently took up learning the cello, in addition to being legal eagles), who have the respect of their colleagues and are known as go-to attorneys within their fields.  

Two attorneys, Alan Reische and Cathy Green, made this list the last time we compiled it in 2002. There were also two ties. The first was between Reische, named a top attorney for corporate law, and Richard Samuels, named top attorney for securities law, who each received an equal number of votes for Mergers and Acquisitions. And it should come as no surprise that when it came to immigration law, the founding partners of GoffWilson, which is solely focused on immigration, both landed on top.

We’re certainly not the first to recognize these attorneys, who between them have an impressive list of accolades and professional achievement. They also share a passion for the law, a zeal for their clients and a deep-rooted commitment to give back to the communities where they live and serve. We congratulate these attorneys for being named the best in their fields by their peers. They all raise the bar for the legal profession in NH.