Donahue, Tucker & Ciandella, PLLC is proud to sponsor the 1st Annual Powder Keg, Beer and Chili Festival on Saturday, October 20, 2012 at 12:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. The Festival will be held on the Swasey Parkway in Exeter, New Hampshire. Be sure to visit and taste the area’s best chili, brought to you by a number of restaurants throughout the seacoast region. You can also enjoy a pint of craft beer brought to you by some of the finest breweries in New England.

We look forward to seeing our clients and neighbors on the Parkway on the 20th. If you need tickets, please feel free to visit http://www.powderkegbeerfest.com/ where admission tickets are $25.00 per person for drinkers and $5.00 per person for drivers. See you there!

The New Hampshire Chapter of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys is sponsoring a seminar titled Administration of Guardianship Over Incapacitated Adults in New Hampshire on November 16th at the Radisson in Manchester, New Hampshire. For more information or registration, contact Joy Riddell at jriddell@DTClawyers.com or 603-778-0686.

Attorney Chris Boldt has again been asked by the NH Land Surveyors Association to be one of its speakers for the NHLSA’s Case Studies Seminar on September 27, 2012 at the Conference Center at Lake Opechee Inn in Laconia, NH.  This year, Chris will speak on the impacts of his favorable decision in Brandt Development v. Somersworth and relevant case law concerning the recent legislative amendments to the variance criteria.  For a copy of the materials please visit our resources page.

On August 8, 2012, four DTC attorneys joined numerous other members of the bar at the joint Estate Planning and Real Property Section meeting held at the Sheraton Harborside Hotel in Portsmouth, NH.  Attorneys Chris Boldt, Jessica Ecker and Justin Pasay attended the meeting and Attorney Joy Riddell sat on the panel as a representative from the Estate Planning section.  The panel lead a lively discussion on a variety of “hot topics” in both real estate law and estate planning law which ranged from the new revisions to the SAFE Act (having to do with assistance to distressed homeowners) to transfers of real estate held in realty trusts, to questions about transfer taxes on real estate.  The attorneys at Donahue, Tucker & Ciandella, PLLC work hard to keep apprised of changes in the law so we can provide our clients with the best possible representation.  For more information on our Estate Planning or Real Estate Practice Groups

Attorney Kate Miller and DTC client United States Lightship Museum founder Robert J. Mannino, Jr., celebrated the 4th of July on the deck of the Nantucket Lightship, LV-112, in Boston Harbor.  DTC donated its legal services to the new organization, which has succeeded in restoring the exterior of the ship and finding it a beautiful home at an East Boston Dock.  During the parade of tall ships in Boston, commemorating the War of 1812, Attorney Kate Miller and her family had the perfect vantage point: on the deck of the newly refurbished Nantucket Lightship, LV-112.

DTC is proud to congratulate its client, United States Lightship Museum and its founder, Robert J. Mannino, Jr., on designation of the Nantucket Lightship, LV-112, as a National Treasure by the National Trust for Historic Preservation.  The ship is one of the first twenty five national treasures to be selected.  Already designated a national landmark by the U.S. Department of the Interior/National Park Service, the Nantucket Lightship was acquired by the not-for-profit United States Lightship Museum, formed with the assistance of DTC lawyers Kate Miller and Doug Mansfield.

Please refer to the United States Lightship Museum’s website for more information about the programs and the current initiatives restoring the interior of this beautiful and historic ship.

To read more about DTC’s representation of not-for-profit organizations, click here.

 A number of attorneys from DTC attended the Rockingham County Bar Association’s Annual Meeting and social event at the Exeter Inn on May 30^th.  Along with many other members of the county bar, Attorneys Michael Donahue, Lizabeth MacDonald, Robert Derosier, Christopher Hilson, Jessica Ecker, and Nicholas Aeschliman attended. 

Attendees were entertained by the induction of two new members of the “Loyal Order of the Rock” which is an award given by the County Bar Association to practitioners who live or work in Rockingham County and have done so in a professional and respected manner for a significant period of time.  Local solo practitioner Mae Bradshaw was roasted by her good friend Mark Tay, and Raymond Taylor, longtime clerk of the Rockingham County Courthouse was roasted by Judge McHugh. Our very own Charles Tucker was inducted into the Loyal Order of the Rock back in 2007.  Congratulations Mae and Ray for your contributions to the practice of law in Rockingham County, and also for your contributions as board members and officers of the Rockingham County Bar Association.