SHEEHAN - Key Persons
With Shareholder Anna Barbara Hantz, represented prevailing landowners in abutting landowner's challenge to site plan approvals and related conditions before the New Hampshire Superior Court and the New Hampshire Supreme Court.
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- Employment Law and Litigation
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- With Sheehan Phinney Partner
With Sheehan Phinney partner Chris Cole, obtained a defense judgment on behalf of a company against which a former employee asserted claims arising out of a Non-Disclosure, Non-Solicitation, and Non-Competition Agreement.
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- Management Committee
- With Sheehan Phinney Partner
With Sheehan Phinney partner Chris Candon, after briefing and oral argument, obtained orders from the Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Hampshire, dismissing a multi-million dollar successor liability action against a local business, and - on appeal - from the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire, affirming the dismissal.
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- Nurse Association, Member, Board of Trustees, 2010 - Present
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- Co - Chair of the Land Use Practice Group
Courtney also serves as co-chair of the Land Use Practice Group at Sheehan Phinney, representing clients before Planning and Zoning Boards throughout New Hampshire in connection with seeking site plan approvals, variances, special exceptions, and more. In that role, she regularly advises clients concerning strategies before municipal boards, and assists clients in defending or prosecuting appeals of board decisions.
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- Facilities and Office Services Manager
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- Managing Director
- President
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With Sheehan partner David McGrath, obtained a jury verdict on behalf of a municipality accused of breaching a promise of employment to the plaintiff, who had alleged that her supervisor had promised her a full-time position. The jury determined that the supervisor did not have the authority to promise the plaintiff such a position.
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- Payroll and Compliance Manager
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- Chairman of Bankruptcy Group
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- Chairman
- Chairman of Healthcare Group
Jason serves as chair of the firm's Healthcare Practice Group. He advises practitioners and facilities of all types on regulatory, privacy, corporate, contracting, licensing, risk management, fraud and abuse, and patient care issues. Jason routinely works with hospitals, long-term care facilities, home health and hospice agencies, federally qualified health centers (FQHCs), continuing care retirement communities (CCRCs), substance use disorder treatment facilities, and professional practices.
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- Construction Law, Real Estate and Litigation
Jeff is the past co-chair of the Boston Bar Association's Construction Law Committee. He was also recently recognized by Best Lawyers in America and Chambers USA. During law school, Jeff served as the editor-in-chief for the Suffolk Journal of Trial & Appellate Advocacy.
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- Director of Human Resources
Joe was the President and Managing Director of the firm for 9 years and served on the firm's Management Committee from 2001 to 2015. As the officer responsible for running the firm, he has encountered many of the same issues faced by his clients in their businesses. His business experience, gained through fourteen years of firm management, coupled with his legal expertise, enables him to provide the practical advice clients value.
Kate is the former Chair of the firm's Healthcare Practice Group, and was recently named as New Hampshire's Healthcare Lawyer of the Year for 2021 by Best Lawyers of America®. She serves as general and special counsel to hospitals, specialty hospitals, CCRCs, long-term care facilities, home health and hospice organizations, substance use disorder facilities, physician practices, dental practices, and individual practitioners, including physicians, dentists, APRN's, PA's and mental health counselors. Kate advises her healthcare clients on corporate, contracting, licensure, regulatory, credentialing, employment and patient care issues. She also assists providers in responding to government investigations regarding healthcare fraud and abuse, drug diversion, OSHA violations, and other compliance issues. As a former medical malpractice defense lawyer, Kate also provides her clients with risk management advice and litigation oversight. She frequently lectures on healthcare issues.
Kate is also a member of the firm's Government Relations Practice Group. She has had substantial experience in state and federal government, having served as Policy Director and Legal Counsel to Governor John Lynch, an elected Representative to the New Hampshire House of Representatives, and a Legislative Assistant in the United States Senate. Kate has been actively involved in drafting significant health care legislation, including the state's Advance Directives laws.
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- Director of Business Development
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- Education and Training, NH Dept. of Administrative Services
Madeline is a practiced advisor of not-for-profit, charitable, and religious institutions. She counsels these organizations on a variety of issues including formation, attainment of tax exemption, governance, donor-restricted funds, merger, dissolution, and various other corporate matters.
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- Leader 's 40 under Forty Award
With Sheehan partner Peter Cowan, secured an order from the federal district court which held that a multi-million dollar agreement between a developer and a municipality was invalid, a result confirmed by both the New Hampshire Supreme Court, City of Portsmouth v. Schlesinger, 140 N.H. 733 (1996), and the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, City of Portsmouth v. Schlesinger, 57 F.3d 12 (1st Cir. 1995). Chris argued the case on appeal before both the New Hampshire Supreme Court and the First Circuit Court.
With Sheehan partner Bob Lucic, obtained summary judgment in favor of our client in a case alleging improper interference with a multi-million dollar contract relating to the transfer and sale of natural gas and the misappropriation of trade secrets.
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- Director of Financial Services
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- Director of Information Security and Technology