Legal Services throughout New Hampshire & Maine
Shaheen & Gordon, P.A. is proud to be one of the region’s leading full-service law firms, providing customized legal representation to individuals, families, firms, and educational institutions throughout New Hampshire and Maine. Recognized for our resolute commitment to client success and a notable history of significant verdicts and settlements, our multi-disciplinary attorneys provide knowledgeable, compassionate, and courageous legal representation on behalf of our clients across a wide range of practice areas. Client-centered and service-oriented, each and every case receives the personal attention it merits as we work together from start to finish and past conclusion to final resolution.
Knowledgeable Representation in Immigration Matters
Understanding the intricacies of U.S. immigration law requires experience and diligence to keep up with an ever-changing landscape. At the law office of Shaheen & Gordon, P.A., our immigration team-Counsel Ronald L. Abramson and associate Emily Assunta White-understands how to walk individuals, families, employers, and educational institutions through the steps and requirements of the immigration process. Immigration services include green cards, marriage and fiancé(e) visas, work visas/employment-based visas and business visas, education- and student-related visas, naturalization and U.S. citizenship, and cancellation of removal (deportation) proceedings.
We provide filing and case management services given the importance of proper planning to ensure that every application or petition is prepared as precisely as possible to avoid unnecessary mistakes that could result in delays or denials. Whether you are hoping to bring your loved ones here, further your career, or bring valuable new employees on board, our lawyers help you find practical solutions as we advocate tenaciously for your cause.
Personal Injury and Workers’ Compensation
When the unexpected strikes and your life is turned upside down as a result of injury, it is vital to choose a legal team with a track record of obtaining just results. When you need an advocate in your corner, Shaheen & Gordon, P.A. stands ready to do everything possible to assist accident victims and victims of medical malpractice and other wrongful conduct, including workers injured on the job.
We are active in all key areas related to these cases such as automobile accidents, workplace injuries, medical malpractice, premises liability, and wrongful death. Our lawyers examine every issue, negotiate aggressively, and litigate zealously at every turn with an eye toward providing for our clients’ recovery and financial security into the future. The degree of success we have achieved in obtaining multimillion-dollar settlements and verdicts for our clients includes prominent cases that established significant law throughout New England. From initial consultation through settlement or verdict, we are focused on obtaining justice for you and the compensation you deserve.
Criminal Representation, DUI/DWI
Facing criminal charges can be one of the most stressful and frightening experiences in one’s life. Our criminal defense lawyers provide knowledgeable and aggressive counsel to clients facing misdemeanors and felonies, including DUI/DWI charges, drug crimes, assault, theft, white collar crimes, and more. We understand that your freedom, reputation, and future are at stake. Whether challenging evidence against you, negotiating with a prosecutor, or making a defense in court, our strategic, detail-oriented approach makes sure you secure the best possible results at each step along the way. With you from arraignment to trial, our goal is to achieve the best result possible: a dismissal, acquittal, or lesser charges.
Divorce, Family Law and Child Custody
Family law issues require both compassion and legal experience. Shaheen & Gordon, P.A. provides legal counsel on all family law matters: divorce, child custody, parenting plans, child support and alimony, property division, and post-divorce modifications. We understand that such family law issues are highly charged and can be life-altering. We offer caring guidance and do whatever it takes to protect your interests and those of your family. We are effective negotiators and-where necessary-aggressive litigators. We work hard to positively resolve matters in ways that provide stability and wellbeing for you and those around you.
Business, Corporate and Employment Law
Companies across New Hampshire and Maine rely on Shaheen & Gordon, P.A. for practical and forward-thinking legal counsel. We advise start-up companies, established businesses, and not-for-profit organizations on entity formation, contract formation, mergers and acquisitions, regulatory compliance, employment issues, and business risk. Our attorneys also help clients reach cost-effective business litigation and dispute resolution, keeping your bottom line in mind while helping to cultivate growth in your organization. For employers looking to hire and retain foreign employees with specialized skills, our immigration practice offers seamless business and employment visa work.
Trust, Estates and Elder Law
Good planning today will help protect your family’s legacy and give you and your loved ones peace of mind tomorrow. Our trust and estates lawyers advise clients in wills, trusts, powers of attorney, advanced healthcare directives, and administration of estates. We also counsel clients in elder law and Medicaid issues to help families achieve goals in long-term care and asset protection. We craft customized strategies to help individuals, no matter the size and complexity of their estate, effectively implement their wishes while minimizing taxes.
Health Care Law and Institution Representation
Shaheen & Gordon, P.A. provides broad-based healthcare legal services for individual providers, medical practices, hospitals, and other healthcare organizations. Healthcare legal issues include regulatory compliance and licensure matters, medical staff issues, risk management, and defense in administrative proceedings. We assist higher education institutions by providing guidance on immigration compliance, employment issues, and conflict resolution, facilitating the recruiting and retention of international students and faculty while ensuring compliance with evolving legal obligations.
Litigation including Mediation and Arbitration
Breach of promise, fraud, negligence, malpractice-personal and commercial disputes require a law firm ready to advocate for you at every turn. Our litigation practice group is highly regarded for handling high exposure and complex cases-a $275 million defamation lawsuit, a number of multimillion-dollar litigations-and provides alternative dispute resolution services, such as mediation or arbitration, in the effort to achieve prompt, cost-effective results without compromising your goals. Our attorneys tailor their approach to the personalities and issues of each case with your best interests in mind.
Focused on the Client and the Community
What differentiates Shaheen & Gordon, P.A. from other firms is our commitment to our clients and to our communities. Our attorneys, William H. Shaheen, Steven M. Gordon, D. Michael Noonan, Sean T. O’Connell, William E. Christie, Timothy M. Harrington, James D. Rosenberg, Christine M. Craig, as well as others, bring a vast range of legal backgrounds and a shared passion for trial advocacy. We are proud to be recognized as active and helping participants in local causes and charities throughout New Hampshire and Maine, which once again reflects our overarching goal: to make a positive impact on life-both in and out of the courtroom.
How to Retain Our Counsel
We know there is no singular answer to address your matter. That’s why we customize our services to meet your individual needs and circumstances. Whether you need a single consultation or ongoing representation, we offer flexible ways to engage us and straightforward information on attorney fees. Starting with an initial consultation, you meet the people with whom you’ll be working, discuss your matter confidentially and without obligation, and from there, we move forward together to develop a clear, actionable legal strategy.
Get in Touch with Shaheen & Gordon, P.A
Should you or your company require proficient legal guidance, contact Shaheen & Gordon, P.A. Call your nearest office – Concord (603-288-1294), Dover (603-288-1372), Manchester (603-288-1294), Nashua (603-288-1379) or Portland (207-389-7350) – or toll-free at 888-801-9916, or use our secure online intake form or email us, for a direct and confidential consultation. Our offices are in Concord, Dover, Manchester, and Portsmouth, New Hampshire, as well as in Portland and Kennebunk, Maine. Our attorneys stand ready to assist you in achieving peace of mind and the results you seek. Join us on Facebook (ShaheenGordon), Twitter (@ShaheenGordon), and LinkedIn (Shaheen & Gordon, P.A.) to keep learning about how we serve you and our communities.
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