Vermont's Primmer Opens NH Office with Former Wiggin & Nourie Attorneys

Burlington, Vermont law firm Primmer is expanding into Manchester, New Hampshire. It's 900 Elm Street office will be the home base for 19 Primmer employees, including 11 attorneys — four new shareholders, Gary Burt, Tom Pappas, Jonathan Ross and Doreen Connor, formerly of Wiggin & Nourie, will be based in Manchester.

Primmer is a commercial law firm serving clients throughout Northern New England. The firm’s key practice areas include: commercial litigation, insurance defense, corporate, health care, energy & telecommunications, employment, banking and financial services, bankruptcy, business entity/ commercial, commercial real estate, government relations, domestic relations, captive insurance, environmental and land use, estate planning & probate, taxation and mediation & arbitration.

Primmer was founded in St. Johnsbury, Vermont in 1982 under the name Primmer & Piper. The firm merged in 2006 with the Burlington-based firm of Eggleston & Cramer, which was founded in 1983. In 2010, the firm joined forces with the litigation firm of Aten, Clayton & Eaton, located in Littleton, New Hampshire. Currently, Primmer has 41 attorneys and 11 non-lawyer legal professionals. The firm now has offices in Burlington, Montpelier and St. Johnsbury, Vermont and in Littleton and Manchester, New Hampshire.

Boston Law Firm Chosen Medical Malpractice Boutique Law Firm

BOSTON, MA — Lubin & Meyer PC, a personal injury law firm specializing in medical malpractice law, is pleased to announce its membership in the International Network of Boutique Law Firms (INBLF).

Lubin & Meyer is a leader in the field of medical malpractice law and has obtained many of the state's largest verdicts and settlements on personal injury cases including: cerebral palsy and birth injuries, misdiagnosed cancers, medical errors and medical negligence. Lubin & Meyer's attorneys are licensed to practice in Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Rhode Island.

Reader more at: Boston Boutique Law Firm.

French Government Hosting Cocktail Reception for Boston-Area Videogame Execs

The law firm of Morse, Barnes-Brown & Pendleton, P.C. will be hosting a cocktail reception for executives of the Boston-area videogame industry this Wednesday, October 8th, from 7 – 9 p.m. The reception is being sponsored by The French Government Agency for International Investment. Videogame executives will meet with representatives from the Lyon, France videogame cluster and hear how they can take advantage of funding by the French government for R&D projects in the Lyon area. For more information, click this link: Boston videogame industry.

Matthew Cairns Joins Gallagher, Callahan & Gartrell

CONCORD, NH — Gallagher Callahan & Gartrell PC is pleased to announce that R. Matthew Cairns has joined the firm's litigation team as Shareholder-Director.

With over 20 years of trial experience, Cairns represents the interests of individuals, insurers, manufacturers, transportation and other companies in commercial, complex and traditional litigation matters in state and federal courts. He is a 2007 “SuperLawyer” for products liability defense, and serves as second vice president of DRI — The Voice of the Defense Bar.

Rhode Island Law Firm Is Good Place To Work

Law firm Partridge, Snow and Hahn has been named among the 2008 Best Places to Work in Rhode Island by the Providence Business Journal. See more at www.psh.com.

Think Green! What New Hampshire Business Needs To Know

CONCORD, NH — New Hampshire law firm Gallagher, Callahan & Gartrell has prepared a guide for New Hampshire businesses on the benefits of being green available as a downloadable PDF.

It states "The question today is no longer “Are you green?” but rather “What shade of green are you?” There are plenty of actions that your business can take that will save you money, improve your day-to-day operations, reduce your energy consumption, improve your environmental footprint, and moreover enhance your client relationships."

The interactive PDF document contains information and links to more information on:

• Energy Efficiency and Demand Response
• Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPS)
• Incentives for Renewable Project Development
• Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI)
• and more...

Also specifics on how you can get a free, eco-friendly, reuseable shopping tote... For more info, click on green business.

GCG Represents Bow Mills Bank in Merger with Merrimack County Savings Bank

CONCORD, NH – Law Firm Gallagher, Callahan & Gartrell, is pleased to announce the merger of Bow Mills Bank and Trust with and into Merrimack County Savings Bank became effective on May 1, 2007. Attorneys W. John Funk, Susan B. Hollinger and Denis J. Maloney represented Bow Mills in the merger with a total transaction value of $22,707,945. The branches will continue to operate independently until the weeke nd of July 21. Read more on the bank merger.

Law Firm Marketing Spending Is Up

Among the many findings of the BTI Consulting Group's latest study is that budgets climbed in law firms of all sizes in 2006. The largest law firms are dedicating a steadily increasing percent of firm revenue to marketing activities. AmLaw 200 firms are seeing a sharp spike in their marketing budgets as a percent of revenue. Additional staff is driving the bigger budgets. Over 50 percent of the marketing budget at the largest law firms goes to salaries and business development. Top marketers are making critical changes to staffing including: Redefining or creating new, discrete roles, and hiring practice-specific specialists to boost the firm’s profile in targeted areas.

Advantage of Smaller Law Firms

Mass High Tech takes a page from Seth Godin with its article Small: The New Big, which discusses how bigger isn't always better for law firms looking to differentiate themselves. The article points out how tech boutiques sell on expertise and reduced overhead. Case in point, niche business law firm Morse, Barnes-Brown & Pendleton for one. The firm specializes in the core legal services a business needs from inception through liquidity event. Even in an age of law firm mergers, the article states that some firms prefer to remain small, specialized and nimble despite buyout offers from the big firms.

Medical Malpractice Leader in Massachusetts

Announced last month in Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly and posted on Lubin & Meyer's web site are some noteworthy results in the matter of medical malpractice claims. Each year the newspaper lists the top verdicts and settlements of the past year, and each year Lubin & Meyer comes up as the standout in medical malpractice law. This year's list is no different. The law firm led by founding partner Andrew C. Meyer was successful in 17 medical malpractice settlements of $1 million or more. No other firm came close. They also were listed among the top verdicts. While the largest verdicts were dominated in 2006 by multimillion-dollar awards against well-known pharmaceutical, technology and engineering firms, they also included two cases won by lawyers from Lubin & Meyer — a sexual abuse lawsuit and a medical malpractice lawsuit involving a newborn's brain-damage at birth.