Board of Governors

This Board is the governing body of the Association as authorized by the NH Supreme Court. Its operation and role are defined in the NHBA Constitution, Article V, and NHBA Bylaws, Article III.

Officers

President

Vice President

Treasurer

President-Elect

Secretary

Immediate Past President

Governors

Public Sector Governor

Out of State Governor

Governors-at-Large

3-year term

ABA Association Delegates

2-year term

3-year term

County Governors

2-year term

President

Robert R. Lucic

Bob has over 30 years of extensive complex commercial litigation experience throughout the United States including administrative agency proceedings, arbitrations, jury trials and appellate practice involving both multi-national corporations and small businesses. Bob serves a wide range of manufacturing clients, including robotics aerospace, defense and high-tech companies as well as national, state and municipal governments. He regularly counsels clients on intellectual property and antitrust compliance issues. Bob’s practice focus includes patent and trade secret litigation; environmental litigation; stockholder and partnership disputes; and investor disputes. He also provides strategic counseling to industrial clients and small businesses. Bob served for six years as the Chair of the Firm’s Litigation Department

Robert R. Lucic

Bob serves as an At-Large Member of the New Hampshire Bar Association Board of Governors. He is also active in the Massachusetts Federal Bar Association.

Bob is the firm’s liaison with Lex Mundi, the world’s leading association of independent law firms. He is currently Regional Vice Chair for North America of their Litigation, Arbitration and Dispute Resolution Practice Group and is the Chair Emeritus for the Environmental Practice Group. He served as worldwide chair from 2017-2019. Bob assisted in organizing conferences on climate change in New York (2017) and Paris (2019).

Bob joined the firm in 1991 after practicing in New York City. He also speaks German and French.

President-Elect

Sarah Mattson Dustin

Sarah Mattson Dustin is the executive director for New Hampshire Legal Assistance (NHLA), a statewide nonprofit law firm providing civil legal aid to people with low income and older adults from offices in Concord, Manchester, Portsmouth, Claremont, and Berlin. A career legal aid lawyer, Sarah has been with NHLA for more than 18 years in total. She worked first as a staff attorney, handling a wide variety of cases for individual clients, and later oversaw the organization’s policy advocacy before taking on the executive director role in 2018. Sarah initially joined NHLA with the support of a Skadden Fellowship. She was the recipient of the Bar Foundation’s 2010 Robert E. Kirby Award and participated in the inaugural class of the Bar Association’s Leadership Academy in 2011. Sarah currently serves on the Supreme Court Access to Justice Commission. Sarah earned her undergraduate and law degrees, with honors, from Harvard. She began her legal career as a law clerk with United States District Judge Paul Barbadoro. Sarah serves on the Boards of Merrimack County Savings Bank and New Hampshire Mutual Bancorp. She is a lifelong Granite Stater hailing from the Lakes Region and now lives in Contoocook with her husband and two daughters.

Sarah Mattson Dustin

Vice President

Jane E. Young

Jane Young is an attorney at McDowell & Morrissette PA, in Manchester where she focuses on representing plaintiffs who have been injured by the negligence of others. In 2022, after being nominate by the President and confirmed by the United States Senate, Jane served as the United States Attorney for the District of New Hampshire. In that role she oversaw all aspects of the criminal prosecutions and civil suits in federal court. Prior to being the United States Attorney, Jane spent nearly three decades at the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office where she rose through the ranks serving in positions to include the chief of the drug prosecution unit, the longest serving chief of the criminal justice bureau, the director of the division of public protection, and the Deputy Attorney General. She tried complex narcotics trafficking and multi-week homicide cases. Jane has appeared in all of the superior courts across the state as well as briefed and argued numerous cases before the Supreme Court. She began her legal career serving as an assistant county attorney in the Hillsborough County Attorney’s Office, prosecuting various misdemeanor and felony crimes. She is a graduate of Saint Anselm College and received her Juris Doctor from Franklin Pierce Law Center (now UNH School of Law).

Jane E. Young

Treasurer

Geoffrey Gallagher

To tell you a little about myself, I graduated from Boston College in 2003 and received a degree in social psychology. In 2006, I received a Masters of Arts from Boston College in social psychology with a concentration in affective neuroscience. I graduated from UNH Franklin Pierce School of Law, formerly Franklin Pierce Law Center, in 2013. I live in Concord, New Hampshire, with my beautiful wife, Anna Gallagher. While in graduate school, I managed a bowling alley in Davis Square in Somerville Massachusetts. After graduate school, I managed group homes for dual-diagnosed individuals. As a lawyer, I have practiced in both the public sector, as a prosecutor, and private sector, as an associate for Gardner Fulton & Waugh, PLLC and Sulloway & Hollis, PLLC. I am currently privileged to work for the City of Concord. Throughout my career, I have handled a variety of different types of cases in the Superior Court, the Circuit Court, and the New Hampshire Federal District Court. I am dedicated to public service and hard work. To that end, I have served as a member of the New Hampshire Bar Association’s Ethics Committee since 2013 and am the current vice-chair. I also serve as a bar examiner for the New Hampshire Board of Bar Examiners. Additionally, I have previously served as the Sullivan County Bar Governor.

Geoffrey Gallagher

Secretary

Catherine E. Shanelaris

Catherine E. Shanelaris is a founding member and partner with Shanelaris Schirch & Warburton, PLLC in Nashua, NH. She earned her B.A. in political science from the University of New Hampshire at Durham and her J.D. from University of New Hampshire School of Law (formerly Franklin Pierce Law Center) in 1992. Cathy is a member of the New Hampshire Bar Association, Nashua Bar Association and Women’s Bar Association. She was formerly the chief staff attorney for the New Hampshire Division of Child Support Services. Cathy practices law in the domestic relations area including divorce, child support, parenting and guardianship matters. She is a trained marital mediator. She is a member of the NHBA’s Family Law Section. Cathy is a frequent lecturer on family law topics at continuing legal education programs and is the author of several Bar Journal and legal articles relating to family law issues.

Catherine E. Shanelaris

Immediate Past President

Derek D. Lick

Derek is the immediate past president of the Bar Association, having served as president during the 2025-2026 Bar Year. During his year as president, Derek focused on civic engagement, encouraging attorneys to continue their volunteer efforts serving on municipal and boards and utilizing their legal skills to serve community non-profits.

Prior to serving as president, Derek served as president-elect and vice president of the Bar. For more than a decade prior to his service as a Bar Officer, Derek volunteered for the Bar Association’s Committee on Cooperation with the Courts, which is charged with fostering communication and cooperation between the bench and the bar. In that role, he worked with practitioners and members of the judicial branch to streamline the court’s operations and respond to concerns of those practicing before New Hampshire’s courts. . Additionally, he serves on the New Hampshire Supreme Court’s Advisory Committee on the Rules, having first been appointed by the Bar and then by the New Hampshire Supreme Court.

Derek D. Lick

Derek is a member of Orr & Reno where he practices in the litigation department, focusing of late mostly on land use and planning, construction and real estate disputes, and commercial litigation. He also represents insured parties in personal injury and other matters. He is a member of the Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel, the Defense Research Institute and the Tri-State Defense Lawyers Association.

Outside of work, he serves as the Moderator for the Town of Sutton and for the Kearsarge Regional School District in the Lake Sunapee/Kearsarge area of the State. He also serves on the Board of the Concord-Lake Sunapee Rail Trail and on the Board of Trustees of Sugar River Bank. Previously, he served on the Board of the League of New Hampshire Craftsmen and on the Kearsarge Area Council on Aging, the non-profit organization that operates a senior center serving nine towns in the Mt. Kearsarge area.

He graduated from Boston University with a degree in Journalism and from the Vanderbilt School of Law. Prior to entering law practice, he served as the Press Secretary for U.S. Congressman Martin O. Sabo, the then-Chairman of the House Budget Committee and a senior member of the House Appropriations Committee.

He resides in Sutton with his wife, Debbie, with his two daughters in college, and his two older sons serving as officers in the U.S. Navy and U.S. Army, having already graduated college.

Public Sector Governor

Nikolas K. Frye

Nikolas K. Frye has been the Chief Administrative Law Judge for the Department of Safety, since January of 2026. Previously, Nikolas served as Administrative Law Judge and then General Counsel for the Office of Professional Licensure and Certification (Oct. 2021 – Jan. 2026), Attorney II for DCYF (Feb. 2019 – Oct. 2021), an associate for Samaha Russell Hodgdon PA in Littleton, NH (Jan. 2014 – Feb. 2019), and an attorney at Plymouth Area Prosecutor and Plymouth Law Center in Plymouth, NH (Nov. 2012 – Jan. 2014).

Nikolas K. Frye

Nikolas was born and raised in New Hampshire and completed his Bachelor of Arts degree at the University of Michigan- Ann Arbor in 2006; Master of Arts in history at the University of Georgia – Athens in 2009; and his juris doctorate at New England Law | Boston in 2012. Outside of his profession, Nikolas is lucky to have a wonderful wife and two sons. Nikolas previously served on the Campton Elementary School Board from April of 2019 to April of 2021, is a current member of Concord Rotary, and a Paul Harris Fellow. Nikolas loves running, hiking, and spending time with his family.

Out-of-State Governor

Gar Y. Chiang

I have been a member of the New Hampshire Bar Association since 2017 and am a practicing attorney in Massachusetts and New Hampshire. I have attended all the mid-year and most of the annual meetings because I enjoy meeting the people and attending instructive and informative programs. In 2022, I was part of the Leadership Academy, which provided exposure and interaction with other NH lawyers, judges, court staff, legislative representatives, media professionals and the diligent staff of our association. As a member of the Board of Governors, it is a honor and privilege to serve and take a more participatory role in all aspects of my bar association.

Gar Y. Chiang

Prior to becoming a lawyer, I worked in management at several high-profile arts and entertainment organizations including Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center for the performing Arts in New York City, Channel Seven of Australia, and later as the Chief Executive Officer of Hong Kong Stadium, the venue that hosts the Rugby World Cup Sevens. After a couple of decades working in different cities, states, and countries, I have decided to come back to Boston, to be closer to my family and live in the beautiful New England area where the four seasons blossom and also the country that gave me education and professional opportunities.

I am living in New England by choice. My work as an attorney has been both a gratifying and exciting journey. As a solo practitioner, I rely on the programs offered by New Hampshire Bar Association to meet, share knowledge and connect with other legal professionals in the Granite State. I am pleased that we have an unified and mandatory bar that provides a platform for all attorneys to take part in making our judicial system thrive.

I have enjoyed meeting and sharing stories with fellow members of NHBA, and hope to do more in the future.

Governor-at-Large

Charla Stevens

Charla B. Stevens graduated from Boston College Law School in 1984 and practiced law in New Hampshire and Massachusetts until her retirement from full-time legal work in 2021. She spent the last 21 years at McLane Middleton where she chaired the employment law practice group and represented schools and health care practices.

Stevens has established a consulting practice where she continues to offer services to businesses including workplace training, independent investigations, strategic human resources consulting, and mediation and conflict resolution.

Charla Stevens

During her years of practice, she was recognized as a top employment lawyer by Chambers and Partners, Best Lawyers, Martindale Hubbell, and Super Lawyers, among others. She is the recipient of a number of awards including the Marilla M. Ricker Achievement Award, the Granite State HR Hero Award, the Jack B. Middleton Pro Bono Services Award, the NH Business and Industry Association Above and Beyond Award, and the NH Business Review Business Excellence Award.

Charla has a long history of serving non-profits and professional organizations. She is the Immediate Past Chair of the Board of Granite United Way, a member of the Board of the NH Center for Nonprofits, and a Trustee of Solution Health. She is a commissioner of the board of the New Hampshire Lawyers Assistance Program and sits on the Mental Health and Wellness Committee and the Leadership Council of the Section of Litigation of the American Bar Association. She has served on numerous NH Bar Association committees and is currently a member of the Special Committee on Attorney Wellness.

Charla is a past director of the HR State Council of New Hampshire and has been active in several HR associations including the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), the Greater Nashua Human Resource Association (GNHRA) and the Northeast Human Resource Association (NEHRA).

Governor-at-Large

Stephani Roundy Knights

Stephani Roundy Knights graduated from The George Washington University Law School in 2008. Following graduation, she served as a term law clerk for the New Hampshire Superior Court from 2008 to 2010. She then joined her family’s law practice in Dover, New Hampshire, where she represented workers’ compensation claimants and personal injury plaintiffs. In 2016, Stephani returned to the New Hampshire Superior Court as Law Clerk Supervisor, a role she continues to value deeply. In her law clerk capacity, Stephani assists in resolving the wide range of cases within the Superior Court’s broad jurisdiction. This work has given her a front-row view of the challenges and triumphs faced by New Hampshire litigants and attorneys. Her unique vantage point has allowed her to develop a strong understanding of both the nuanced areas of New Hampshire law and the procedural and logistical issues confronting practitioners across the state. While Stephani is grateful for the substantive legal work she performs, she finds the supervisory aspects of her role especially rewarding. Now in her tenth year as Law Clerk Supervisor, she has had the privilege of working with dozens of new attorneys as they launch their legal careers. She is passionate about mentoring young lawyers as they navigate the intellectual demands of clerking and pursue meaningful and successful post-clerkship opportunities. Stephani’s commitment to supporting emerging attorneys led her to join the New Hampshire Bar Association’s New Lawyers Committee in 2022. She currently serves as co-chair of the committee. She is also a member of the New Hampshire Women’s Bar Association and the Daniel Webster-Batchelder American Inn of Court. Her prior Bar service includes membership on the NHBA’s Gender Equality Committee. She believes that Bar membership strengthens the bonds of the legal profession and fosters unity during challenging times. At a moment when the rule of law faces increasing pressures and divisions are often amplified, Stephani is committed to helping the Bar rise to meet those challenges. She is honored to contribute her experience, ideas, and strong work ethic to the role of Governor-at-Large.

Stephani Roundy Knights

Governor-at-Large

Christine M. Hanisco

Chrissy Hanisco founded Life Stages Law, PLLC, a virtual, boutique law firm focused on adoption, assisted reproductive law, and estate planning for young families in 2024. Chrissy graduated from Saint Anselm College and New York Law School, and is licensed in New Hampshire and Massachusetts. A former NH public defender, an infertility diagnosis in 2011 led Chrissy to considering private practice and in September 2015 she joined The Stein Law Firm in Concord, NH, where she developed the firm’s adoption and assisted reproduction technology practice. Chrissy currently serves on the New Hampshire Bar Association’s Board of Governors, as a Governor-at-Large (2019-present), and is active in the Family Law, Solo-Small Firm, and Trust & Estate Law Sections. In addition, she is an active member of the NH Women’s Bar Association and the American Bar Association’s Assisted Reproductive Technology Committee. She is a former Director and Officer (Vice-President and Clerk) of AllPath’s Family Building (2017-2025) (FKA Resolve New England). A member of the Society for Ethics in Egg Donation and Surrogacy since 2016, she was a founding member of its Grievance Committee and served as its Chair from 2017-2024. Chrissy has been voted by her peers as New England Super Lawyer (2024, 2025 and 2026) and Best Lawyers (2024). She has presented on both adoption and assisted reproduction law for the NH Bar Association and the ABA and contributed to the MCLE New England publication Adoption and Reproductive Technology Law in Massachusetts, 2d edition 2018.

Christine M. Hanisco

Governor-at-Large

Steven J. Dutton

Steven J. Dutton is a director in the litigation department at McLane Middleton, Professional Association in Manchester. Steve focuses his trial practice on commercial matters, including contract claims, corporate governance and shareholder disputes, tax matters, and real estate issues.

Steve is a member of the New Hampshire Bar Association’s Federal Practice, Business Litigation and Appellate Law sections. He is a member of the Executive Committee for the Manchester Bar Association, and served as its President in 2018-2019. Steve is a member of the 2019 Class of the Leadership New Hampshire program and a member of the Union Leader’s 2015 Class of 40 Under Forty.

Steve is a native of Londonderry, New Hampshire, and a graduate of Londonderry High School. Steve resides in Goffstown, New Hampshire, where, among other community service, he serves a member of the Granite YMCA’s Board of Directors and is chair of the Advisory Board for the Granite YMCA of Goffstown, and was previously chair of Goffstown School Board. He was admitted to the New Hampshire Bar in 2005, received his law degree from Brooklyn Law School, and is a graduate of Bates College.

Steven J. Dutton

Governor-at-Large

Kyle D. Robidas

Kyle D. Robidas is a litigation attorney at Devine Millimet & Branch. He works out of the Manchester office but takes cases throughout the state. He works on a variety of litigation matters, focusing primarily on criminal defense. Prior to entering private practice in 2025, he spent more than a decade as a public defender, representing indigent community members. He was an active team member of various treatment courts in Hillsborough County, including Veterans’ Court and Drug Court (now Recovery Court). Kyle also focused on training and staff development while at the Public Defender, serving as a trial skills trainer for six years and as the statewide director of professional development during his last two years at the Public Defender. Now at Devine Millimet & Branch, he acts as a trainer helping facilitate a trial skills training academy within the firm. Kyle enjoys being active in the Bar Association. He has served on the Board of Governors since 2022 and is a member of the NHBA's Special Committee on Attorney Wellness. He is also a member of the Hearings Committee for the Attorney Discipline Office. Kyle is a graduate of Norwich University and the University of New Hampshire Franklin Pierce School of Law. He is a native of New Hampshire, originally from Colebrook. He now lives with his wife Cindy and son Keagan in Epsom.

Kyle D. Robidas

Belknap County Governor

William D. Woodbury

Bill is a Co-Managing Member of Normandin, Cheney & O’Neil, PLLC, in Laconia, New Hampshire. He graduated from the University of New Hampshire with a B.S. in Microbiology in 1995 and received his J.D. from Syracuse University College of Law in 2003. Prior to attending law school, Bill spent eleven years as an Emergency Medical Technician for a major pre-hospital care provider in southern New Hampshire and Maine.

Bill represents clients in a variety of legal areas before New Hampshire’s State and Federal Courts. He maintains an active Family Law practice and routinely represents women and men in matters ranging from divorce to complex child support and relocation actions. As these matters are highly emotionally charged and often involve the ongoing welfare of children, Bill works hard to find practical and creative solutions that will be sustainable, not only in the short term, but well into the future.

William D. Woodbury

Carroll County Governor

John M. Crabbs

Senior Associate, Cooper Cargill Chant, PA; J.D. The John Marshall Law School (now UIC Law School), Summa Cum Laude 2016; B.A. St. John’s College, Annapolis; admitted to N.H. Bar, 2022; admitted to Maine Bar, 2026; admitted to Illinois Bar, 2016; member, Pope Memorial Library Board of Directors; former member, NHBA New Lawyers Committee; former school board moderator, Eaton, New Hampshire.

One summer day in my youth, my parents—both lawyers—dragged me and my sisters to a picnic hosted by their county bar association. The only thing that I really remember was that a popular attorney performed a magic routine for the children. It is my earliest memory of sleight of hand, but the picnic left an impression for another reason. Even at that age, I understood that the work of lawyers was adversarial. Still, the members of the bar could come together and genuinely enjoy each other’s company. That realization stuck with me.

Many years later—after I’d played some tournament croquet, circumnavigated the globe, and taught English in the Far East—I moved to Chicago to attend law school. My plan was to get my degree and get out. But after I graduated, I secured a series of judicial clerkships with trial and appellate judges, as well as an adjunct professorship at my alma mater. My wife—from Bartlett—patiently stayed in the big city with me, all the while extolling the virtues of Northern New Hampshire. Eventually, she prevailed, and we left the City of Broad Shoulders for the Mount Washington Valley. As ever, my wife was right.

In the years since I moved to Carroll County and joined Cooper Cargill Chant, I have been blessed with the opportunity to give back to the community in a number of ways. I have taken on several pro bono and court-appointed matters. I also served as school board moderator for my town and as a member of my local library’s board of directors. This is my second term as Carroll County Governor.

John M. Crabbs

Cheshire County Governor

Oliver D. Bloom

Oliver Bloom is a criminal defense attorney at Lothstein Guerriero in Keene. He was born in Peterborough and grew up in the sleepy town of Richmond right here in Cheshire County. He is a 2012 graduate of Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. For eight years, he worked in politics and national security, primarily nuclear weapons policy, and has a master's degree in War Studies from King's College London. He graduated from the University of Michigan Law School in 2023 (Go Blue!). While in law school, instead of returning to Washington, he spent two summers interning for Richard Guerriero and was recruited to join his firm once he graduated.

He is excited at the prospect of representing Cheshire County on the NHBA Board of Governors and collaborating with attorneys from across the state. If elected, he will ensure that the needs and perspectives of our county are represented. He hopes to serve his colleagues, build on the work Monique Schmidt accomplished during her time as representative, and contribute to the important work the NHBA does on behalf of its members and our state.

Oliver D. Bloom

Coos County Governor

Leonard D. Harden

Len Harden is sole practitioner located in Northern New Hampshire, primarily serving Coos County and Northern Grafton County. Len is a trial lawyer with offices in Coos and Grafton County. He has been helping people facing all levels of criminal charges for over 30 years. Len has been a frequent presenter and coordinator for many CLEs in NH and nationally. He enjoys sharing information and teaching others. He has extensive training and certifications on field sobriety testing, forensic science, chemistry, trial advocacy and trial experience.

Leonard D. Harden


Len is proud to be the first in his family to graduate with a college degree. He obtained a degree with honours from Queen’s University at Kingston, Ontario, Canada and then a law degree from Franklin Pierce Law Center (Now known as University of New Hampshire). Len’s entire career has been spent defending citizens that are accused of crimes. He began working in NH with Thomas A. Rappa in Woodsville, NH and then moved further north to manage Sisti & Twomey’s Lancaster Office and he has been on his own based out of Lancaster since 2003. This is Len’s second stint on the Board of Governor’s representing Coos County. He loves living and working in northern New England and enjoys each and every season to the fullest extent possible. He looks forward to working with others from across the state to help elevate professionalism, collegiality and the quality of life for all lawyers in the state. He wants to share his competitive, positive attitude and bring a high degree of energy to the NHBA Board of Governors.

Grafton County Governor

Barry C. Schuster

Barry Schuster has practiced business, real estate and municipal law since 1978. He represents individuals, businesses and municipalities in a wide range of transactions and resolving disputes involving land use, real estate and corporate and business matters. A trial lawyer with over forty years of experience, Attorney Schuster regularly appears before municipal boards, litigates in New Hampshire and Vermont trial courts, and has appeared in more than thirty appeals before the Supreme Courts of New Hampshire and Vermont. He also served for many years as a superior court mediator.

Barry Schuster
Barry C. Schuster

Attorney Schuster actively participates in a number of civic organizations and has served on the boards of health care organizations, bank advisory committees and numerous community service boards and committees. He was elected to the Lebanon School Board for eight years and chaired the Board for a three year term. An active cyclist, he and his wife have logged miles biking over hill and dale throughout New Hampshire and Vermont., over mountain passes in Colorado and “cols” of France.

Attorney Schuster is a graduate of Brown University and Villanova University School of Law and pursued a year of study at the Amos Tuck School of Business Administration at Dartmouth College.

Attorney Schuster is admitted to practice in New Hampshire and Vermont and is a member of the New Hampshire Bar Association, Vermont Bar Association and the Grafton County Bar Association.

Hillsborough North County Governor

Hillsborough South County Governor

Ryan J. Correia

Ryan Correia is a family law attorney and founding attorney of Correia Law PLLC in Nashua, NH. Ryan earned his B.A. in Spanish and Government from Suffolk University in 2011 and obtained his law degree from Suffolk University Law School in 2015. Ryan has focused on family law since 2021 and his practice areas include divorce, collaborative divorce, parenting, child support, restraining orders, and guardianship of minors. Ryan is a frequent lecturer at the Family Law section of the New Hampshire Bar Association Practical Skills. In his free time, Ryan serves as President of Board of Trustees for Symphony NH, is on the Board for the Nashua Bar Association, is an avid traveler, and is passionate about soccer.

Ryan J. Correia

Merrimack County Governor

Petar M. Leonard

Petar Leonard is a shareholder and director of the litigation department at Orr & Reno, in Concord, where he focuses his practice on complex family law issues. Petar currently serves on the Board of Collaborative Divorce New Hampshire. He is also an adjunct professor at the University of New Hampshire Franklin Pierce School of Law, where he teaches family law for the Daniel Webster Scholar Miniseries course. Petar served on the NHBA CLE Committee for several years and enjoyed chairing and presenting at several family law CLEs during that time. Petar received his law degree from the University of New Hampshire School of Law and is a graduate of University of Oregon.

Petar M. Leonard

Rockingham County Governor

Caroline A. Epperson

Caroline Autumn Epperson is a dedicated and experienced attorney committed to serving the legal community and advocating for the interests of clients and fellow practitioners alike. Since 2018, she has been a valued member of SKlawyers team. She is based out of Hampton, New Hampshire, where she focuses her practice on family law, business law, and estate planning.
A strong believer in collaboration and professional development, Caroline is eager to bring her experience, leadership, and dedication to the New Hampshire Bar Association Board of Governors. She is passionate about fostering mentorship opportunities, enhancing access to legal resources, and ensuring that attorneys across Rockingham County have the support they need to thrive in their practices. She has built an impressive reputation as a highly effective advocate and negotiator and honors those successes to those that have supported her professional development over the years.

Caroline A. Epperson

Caroline is an engaged member of the legal and business communities. As an active board member of the Rockingham County Bar Association since 2019, she brings a wealth of leadership experience and a proven track record of community service to this position. She also holds leadership roles in Business Networking International (BNI) and is a New Hampshire Justice of the Peace. She is a proud graduate of Suffolk University Law School (J.D., 2015) and earned her degree with distinction in Health and Biomedical Law and was honored for her pro bono service. Caroline also holds a B.A. from the University of New Hampshire (2010) where her love for the New Hampshire seacoast originated. She is admitted to practice in New Hampshire and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts.
Caroline’s early career was marked by notable achievements including serving as a Donahue Barrett and Signal Health Policy Fellowship recipient and receiving national recognition for her service as an AmeriCorps Attorney at a Boston-based non-profit.
Born in Dover, Massachusetts, Caroline now resides in Newington, New Hampshire with her husband, two young children, and yellow lab. When she isn’t passionately advocating for her clients, she enjoys gardening, skiing, and traveling—activities that allow her to recharge and remain connected to the vibrant New England community she serves. Caroline is eager to leverage her experience, insight, and commitment to public service as a member of the Board of Governors, and looks forward to advancing the legal profession and community welfare in Rockingham County.

Strafford County Governor

Matthew G. Stachowske

I am honored to serve as the Strafford County Governor-at-Large for the New Hampshire Bar Association. For nearly twenty-five years, I have practiced law in New Hampshire with a focus on litigation. In June 2020, I left my partnership at a mid-sized firm in Portsmouth, NH to join Jocelyn Stachowske, Esq. in forming Stachowske Law, PLLC. Over the past 5 years and beyond, the attorneys in our firm have diligently served our clients’ needs resulting in sizeable growth of the firm. I am personally committed to supporting clients who have suffered catastrophic, life-altering injuries—through every step of litigation, including trial—and I proudly honor all referrals. I look forward to working with the New Hampshire Bar Association and the members of the Strafford County Bar.

Matthew G. Stachowske

Sullivan County Governor

ABA Association Delegate

Michael J. Iacopino

Mike Iacopino is a criminal defense lawyer. He began his career in the Manchester office of the New Hampshire Public Defender Program from 1984 through 1987. He is senior shareholder at Brennan Lenehan Iacopino & Hickey in Manchester NH where he has practiced for almost 40 years. His practice includes representation of accused people and businesses in state and federal court. Mike is the former Chair of the New Hampshire Bar Association Legislative Committee. At the ABA , where he represents the New Hampshire Bar Association in the House of Delegates, he is a member of the Criminal Justice Section, the Administrative Law Section and the Environment, Energy and Resources Law Section. Mike is a former CJA Panel Representative for the federal District of New Hampshire and a former member of the CJA Panel Selection Committee. He served for 17 years on the Board of Directors of the New Hampshire Public Defender Program. He received his undergraduate degree in economics from the University of New Hampshire in 1980 and his law degree from Suffolk University Law School in 1984. He is admitted to practice in the New Hampshire state and federal courts, the First Circuit, and the United States Supreme Court.

Michael J. Iacopino

ABA Association State Delegate

Jennifer L. Parent

Jennifer L. Parent is a director and chair of the business litigation practice and member of the Management Committee at McLane Middleton. She is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, with her practice focusing on business and employment litigation. She served as President of NHBA from 2011-2012. She served as President of the National Conference of Bar Presidents from 2018-2019, which provides programming to state, local, and metro bar leaders nationally. Parent also served as President of the NH Women’s Bar Association from 2000-2002 and as President of the New England Bar Association from 2018-2019. She served on the NHBA Board of Governors from 2004 to 2008, representing Hillsborough County North.

Jennifer L. Parent
Jennifer L. Parent

She has participated in a number of task forces and committees of the NH Bar Association, including, a chair of the Bench Bar Conferences in March 2015 and June 2022 and chair of the Committee on Cooperation with the Courts from 2013-2016. Early on, she was active in the Young Lawyers Division of the American Bar Association, serving as the District 3 Representative for NH and MA. Parent received her law degree from Suffolk University Law School, summa cum laude, and was admitted to the NH Bar in 1995. She received the Robert E. Kirby Award, honoring excellence in advocacy, civility and professionalism of a lawyer under 40 years of age, from the NH Bar Foundation in 2003. She received the 2009 Philip Hollman Gender Equality Award and the 2016 Marilla M. Ricker Achievement Award and 2008 Women Trailblazer in the Law from the NH Women’s Bar Association. Currently, she serves as the ABA State Delegate for New Hampshire to the ABA House of Delegates and served as NHBA’s Association Delegate to the House from 2015-2020. She is Chair of the Committee on Rules and Calendar for the ABA House of Delegates (2024 -2026). She is Chair of the Fellows of the American Bar Foundation (2025-2026) and a Patron Fellow.

ABA Association New Lawyer Delegate

Lyndsay N. Robinson

Attorney Lyndsay Robinson is a shareholder at Shaheen & Gordon, P.A. Her practice consists of general civil litigation with a focus on family law, estate planning, and probate administration. Lyndsay is committed to serving families in New Hampshire with compassion.

Lyndsay graduated from Saint Anselm College with a Bachelor of Arts in politics and a minor in Russian area studies. Upon graduation, Lyndsay attended the University of New Hampshire School of Law. She had the privilege of participating in a rigorous course load and graduating from the University of New Hampshire as a Daniel Webster Scholar. In addition to participating in the honors program, Lyndsay served as a Warren B. Rudman Summer Fellow and an American Bar Association Janet B. Steiger Fellow.

Lyndsay N. Robinson


While in law school, Lyndsay had the honor of clerking at the 9th Circuit Manchester Family Division, served as a legal consultant for the State of New Hampshire Court Improvement Project, interned for the State of New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office, served as a Rule 36 Student Attorney for the Concord City Prosecutor’s Office, and worked as a law clerk for Tober Law Offices, PA.

Lyndsay is an active member of the Bar and dedicated to serving her community. Lyndsay will serve as President of the New Hampshire Women’s Bar Association for 2026-2028 and is the ABA Young Lawyer Delegate for the New Hampshire Bar Association. Lyndsay is a member of the New Hampshire Women’s Foundation Board of Directors. Lyndsay also serves on the Board for the New Hampshire Bar Foundation and 603 Legal Aid. Lyndsay is on the Steering Committee for the New Hampshire Bar Association Leadership. She is the former Chair of the New Hampshire Bar Association Family Law Section and the New Hampshire Bar Association Gender Equality Committee. Lyndsay is an adjunct professor for Legal Writing and Research at the University of New Hampshire Franklin Pierce School of Law. Lyndsay serves on Saint Anselm College Board of Trustees and is actively involved with Best Buddies New Hampshire.

Lyndsay is actively involved with the New Hampshire Pro Bono DOVE Program actively representing victims of domestic violence and stalking. Lyndsay was awarded New Hampshire Bar Association's Pro Bono Program Rising Star in 2020 and was also voted Best Attorney in Greater Nashua by the Nashua Telegraph in 2020. Lyndsay was the recipient of the Bruce Friedman Pro Bono Award in 2023. The Bruce E. Friedman Pro Bono Award honors a University of New Hampshire Franklin Pierce School of Law graduate and member of the New Hampshire bar who exemplifies Bruce Friedman’s commitment to representing the indigent through exemplary pro bono service. Professor Friedman was the founder of the law school's civil practice clinic.

In addition, Lyndsay was the recipient of the New Hampshire Bar Foundation’s Robert E. Kirby Award. The Kirby Award recipient is an attorney 35 years old or younger who demonstrates the traits of civility, courtesy, perspective and excellent advocacy.

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