Administrative Law
Wadleigh, Starr & Peters has established expertise with the vast majority of federal and state administrative agencies and with the laws and regulations that impact your business.
Business and Finance Law
Wadleigh, Starr & Peters represents clients in various aspects of business law, including formation, business transactions, commercial finance transactions and contracts.
Criminal Law
When you or a loved one is faced with a criminal charge it can be a highly stressful experience. Wadleigh, Starr and Peters has the expertise necessary to help clients through this difficult time with experienced and caring counsel who have appeared in courts throughout the state and tried over a 150 jury trials.
Education Law
As part of our extensive education practice, we regularly represent school districts before administrative Hearing Officers and the State Board of Education in relation to all education matters, including but not limited to special education and disability issues, bullying, manifest educational hardship, transportation issues, and tuition contracts.
Family Law
Wadleigh, Starr & Peters has an active and vigorous statewide Family Law practice. As a result of the Firm’s wide range of civil practice areas, our Family Law attorneys have the ability to draw upon other practice areas of the Firm, including but not limited, to commercial transactions, real estate conveyances, land use, tax and school law.
Healthcare
The health care arena is rapidly changing, and navigating the myriad of laws and regulations can be challenging to most health professionals. The healthcare attorneys at Wadleigh, Starr & Peters focus on the representation of hospitals, physicians and medical practices, continuing care facilities, senior housing and care communities, and mental health practitioners.
Labor and Employment
Our Labor and Employment attorneys have the breadth and depth of knowledge to help you manage your workforce issues. We work with large and small businesses, schools, colleges and other employers to ensure compliance with state and federal laws, to handle investigations, and when unavoidable, to litigate disputes through hearing or trial.
Litigation
Wadleigh, Starr & Peters has been known for its complex trial work for over 100 years. We specialize in nearly all aspects of litigation, including civil trials, appeals in state and federal courts, arbitration, and mediation. We represent both businesses and individuals in a wide variety of controversies.
Medical Malpractice and Healthcare Liability
Wadleigh, Starr & Peters is recognized as a leader in providing quality legal services to health care practitioners and hospitals throughout New Hampshire.
Municipal Law
Municipal representation has been a vital part of the law practice at Wadleigh, Starr & Peters for over one hundred years. Members of the Firm represent municipalities, individuals, businesses, and associations in all areas of municipal law.
Professional Liability Defense
The attorneys at Wadleigh, Starr & Peters take pride in presenting a skilled and comprehensive defense for professionals facing malpractice actions.
Public Finance
Wadleigh, Starr & Peters is one of the premier New Hampshire law firms with longstanding experience serving as counsel to borrowers, purchasers, and issuers in connection with the issuance of tax-exempt bonds.
Real Estate
Wadleigh, Starr & Peters provides exceptional legal services in all areas of commercial real estate law. The breadth and depth of experience reflected in the firm’s real estate team is unmatched in Northern New England.
Trusts and Estates
We work with individuals and families to develop flexible, sophisticated, and comprehensive estate plans, including Wills, Trusts, Powers of Attorney, and Health Care forms. We help our clients reduce the impact of taxation on wealth and preserve family-owned businesses and assets for the next generation.
Utilities Law
We have been involved in some of the most important and high-profile cases that have unfolded before the Public Utilities Commission in recent years.
Workers’ Compensation
We have extensive experience representing both workers and employers in workers’ compensation disputes. We regularly appear before the Workers Compensation Board and have successfully taken cases to the New Hampshire Supreme Court.