Denise J. Deschenes

Jan Myskowski focuses his practice on estate planning, estate and trust administration, non-judicial trust reformations and modifications, matters before the probate court including guardianships, reformations, and contested will and trust disputes, and matters before the U.S. Tax Court. His particular areas of emphasis include federal and state estate tax mitigation, trust situs considerations such as the mitigation of state-level income taxation of trusts, asset conservation, business succe...

M. Curtis Whittaker has been a shareholder of the firm since 1991. Curt heads the firm’s Energy Practice Group, and is a member of the Corporate/Business Law Group. Curt works with developers, owners, operators, investors and lenders in the alternative energy area, including biomass, hydropower, wind, solar, cogeneration and alternative fuels. While at Harvard Law School, Curt took aim at a career in the alternative energy sector by authoring a law review article on the history of hydro...

Brian M. Quirk is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Criminal Defense: White-Collar. Brian M., who practices law in Concord, New Hampshire, has been recognized since 2018. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Brian M. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Michael Ruedig leads the firm's technology committee and is a former firm president. He works in the areas of real estate, commercial, corporate, technology and finance law representing a wide array of clients in a variety of transactions. Michael is listed in The Best Lawyers in America® in the fields of Corporate Law and Real Estate Law, and he was named Concord's 2012 "Lawyer of the Year" in Real Estate Law. He is a member of the New Hampshire and American Bar Associations and serves a...

Joseph A. Cherniske is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Criminal Defense: General Practice. Joseph A., who practices law in Concord, New Hampshire, has been recognized since 2025. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Joseph A. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Timothy E. Britain is a director and shareholder of Cleveland, Waters and Bass, P.A. in Concord, where he focuses his practice in real estate, commercial lending, land use planning and zoning, and real estate litigation. He earned his B.S. degree with distinction, in forest management from the University of Maine in 1980, and his J.D. degree, cum laude, from Suffolk University in 1984. Mr. Britain is a member of the Merrimack County and New Hampshire bar associations. He is currently vice cha...

Mark W. Wiseman is a director and shareholder of Cleveland, Waters and Bass, P.A. in Concord, where he focuses his practice in Workers' Compensation, Personal Injury, and Insurance law. He has litigated contested workers' compensation claims, contested civil cases and appellate work including numerous oral arguments at New Hampshire Supreme Court and he has several published opinions. He graduated summa cum laude from the University of New Hampshire in 1983 and earned his JD from Boston Colle...

Kathleen A Davidson is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Employment Law - Individuals, Employment Law - Management, Family Law and Litigation - Labor and Employment. Kathleen A, who practices law in Concord, New Hampshire, has been recognized since 2020. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Kathleen A is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Joyce Hillis is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Trusts and Estates. Joyce, who practices law in Concord, New Hampshire, has been recognized since 2024. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Joyce is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

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