


Our Practice Areas
Your Situation Is Unique. So Is Our Experience.
Real Results for Real People
When You Need to Win, We Won’t Stop Fighting for You
The attorneys at Shaheen & Gordon, P.A. will approach your case with a resolve to help you reach solutions that matter. We’ll work with you to develop a personalized strategy that charts a path toward the possibility of achieving the best possible outcomes for your legal matter.
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Trucking Accident Causing Death Settlement $15 Million
$15 Million settlement in trucking accident causing death
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Wrongful Death Auto Accident $6 Million
Settlement in an auto accident that led to wrongful death.
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Auto Accident Led to Wrongful Death $2.8 Million
Settlement in an auto accident that led to wrongful death.
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Settlement in Wrongful Death Lawsuit $2 Million
D. Michael Noonan represented the parents of Jacob Goulet, a teen who died after being swept away in a storm drain, in a wrongful death case against the city of Nashua.
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Pedestrian Run Over by Tractor Trailer Truck $1.7 Million
Pedestrian injured by tractor trailer truck making illegal U-turn received a settlement of $1,700,000.00 as compensation.
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Settlement for Second-Floor Fall Victim $1.5 Million
A young man was injured in fall from unsafe second-floor sliding door received a settlement of $1,500,000.00 as compensation.
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Car Strikes & Injures Motorcycle Passenger $1.25 Million
Car runs a stop sign and strikes motorcycle on which plaintiff is riding as a passenger causing serious, permanent injuries.
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Motorcycle Passenger Struck by Car & Injured $1.25 Million
Woman passenger on a motorcycle injured in a car crash received $1,250,000.00 as compensation.
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Motorcyclist Killed in Collision With Automobile $1.25 Million
Family receives $1,250,000.00 in compensation in wrongful death claim.
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Settlement of Estate of Worker Killed by Electrocution $1.225 Million
Settlement was pieced together from four defendants, following the electrocution of a lineman for a cable construction company.

Our Clients Come First. Always.
Hear From Clients Like You-
“Many thanks to you (Amanda Casella) and Amanda Steenhuis for a wonderful job and all the great support during a challenging time for my family.”
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“Thank you kindly for your time & efforts answering my questions at this very emotional time.”
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“I would like to thank the Law Firm of Shaheen and Gordon, specifically Attorney O’Connor and Paralegal Chilton.”
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“I wish you had been on my side in 1996, my life would have turned out significantly different.”
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“She was professional, thoughtful, and kept in constant contact throughout the litigation process.”
- Tom R.

Results That Matter to Your Legal Challenge
No matter what your case entails, Shaheen & Gordon, P.A. will adopt a high-energy and tenacious approach to help you resolve your legal challenges. Our firm is equipped with more than 40 attorneys and numerous support staff to handle our clients’ cases and deliver results that matter. When you work with us, your case will be treated on an individual level, not as another case file to be passed around from paralegal to paralegal. We believe in guiding our clients with prudent legal advice, unwavering support, and undivided attention. Elevate your chance of receiving the best possible outcome in your case by letting Shaheen & Gordon, P.A. walk you through it every step of the way.
Cost-Effective Solutions for Your Case
The key to securing a preferable outcome in your case is to apply the right tools to a personalized legal strategy. Shaheen & Gordon, P.A. is equipped with some of the top legal minds in the industry who can deliver cost-effective solutions to your legal challenges. No case is too small or complicated for our firm to handle. At Shaheen & Gordon, P.A., our lawyers in New Hampshire & Maine welcome clients with any legal challenge that fits within the 15 areas of law we practice.
Call Shaheen & Gordon, P.A. at (888) 801-9916 for cost-effective legal solutions.

We can’t change what happened, but we will do everything in our power to get you the justice you deserve. Our experienced legal team will go to the mat to make things right for you, supported by the resources they need to succeed.

It's Different Here
Our Unique Approach to Serving Clients-
Committed to Your Peace of Mind
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A Record of Achievement
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Connected to Our Community
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Unique Legal Experience
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Fearless Legal Advocacy
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Client-Centered Approach



Meet Our Attorneys
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William H. Shaheen
Senior Counsel
A native of Dover New Hampshire, Bill has been practicing law throughout the State of New Hampshire for the last forty-six (46) years. In that forty-six years, he’s had many challenging and rewarding achievements. He first started practicing in 1973 with a retired judge. The practice focused primarily on civil litigation. -
Steven M. Gordon
Senior Counsel
Steve is one of the founders of the firm having first come to New Hampshire as law clerk to Federal Judge Hugh H. Bownes and then working as a federal prosecutor when Bill Shaheen was U.S. Attorney for the District of New Hampshire. He has an active and extensive trial practice, representing individuals and businesses in complex litigation in both state and federal courts. -
D. Michael Noonan
Partner
Michael is the President and Managing Director of Shaheen and Gordon, P.A. He has been practicing law in New Hampshire since 1990 and is also a member of the bar and handles cases in Massachusetts, Maine and Vermont. Michael's practice is now concentrated on the representation of victims and their families in serious personal injury and wrongful death cases.
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Sean T. O'Connell
Partner
With more than 20 years’ experience providing legal services, he helps his clients manage the life and health of their businesses, including purchase and sales, acquisition, entity selection and creation as well as corporate dissolution, drafting, defending and challenging non-compete, and other restrictive covenants. -
Jared P. O'Connor
Partner
Jared has spent his legal career fighting insurance companies and moneyed interests on behalf of injured workers, the middle class, veterans, the disadvantaged and the disabled. He has successfully secured Social Security Disability, Medicare, Medicaid, and private disability benefits for his clients while fighting for them at the Labor Department and beyond.
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William E. Christie
Partner
Bill is the Chair of the firm’s Litigation Practice Group and concentrates in the areas of federal and state criminal defense, complex civil litigation, health care law, and election law. Bill has successfully litigated claims against the State of New Hampshire in the areas of Election Law and First Amendment Law.
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Timothy M. Harrington
Partner
Tim is a partner at Shaheen & Gordon and Co-Chair of the firm’s Criminal Defense Practice Group. A respected trial lawyer with over 24 years of experience, Tim focuses his practice on state and federal criminal defense, complex civil litigation, and family law. He has an exceptional ability to help clients favorably resolve their legal problems, both in and out of the courtroom. -
James D. Rosenberg
Partner
Jim is a Partner at Shaheen & Gordon, P.A. and the Chair of its Criminal Defense Practice Group. A native of Concord, New Hampshire, Jim brings substantial courtroom experience to Shaheen & Gordon’s litigation team, focusing his practice in the areas of criminal defense, white-collar defense and DWI / DUI defense.
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Christine M. Craig
Partner
Christine brings substantial experience to Shaheen & Gordon’s Litigation Team, focusing her practice on personal injury and consumer protection litigation. Clients rely on her history of success with plaintiffs’ litigation in New Hampshire, Maine and Massachusetts. Since joining the firm in 1998, Christine has successfully litigated and/or resolved a variety of personal injury cases.
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Francis G. Murphy
Partner
Francis G. Murphy is a highly-skilled attorney with over 30 years of experience practicing law. Francis has successfully represented clients in diverse areas of civil litigation, including cases involving truck, car and motorcycle accidents, workplace injuries, employment discrimination, and more.
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Tracey Goyette Cote
Partner
Tracey provides creative, tenacious, and compassionate representation to individual clients needing assistance with issues relating to divorce and family law. Tracey serves on the Management Committee for Shaheen & Gordon and is the Chair of the Domestic Relations Practice Group.
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Benjamin Siracusa Hillman
Partner
Ben practices in the interrelated areas of estate planning, probate litigation, and elder law (including Medicaid eligibility). He assists clients with simple and complex estate planning, focusing on the needs of the elderly, retirees and near-retirees, high net worth clients, clients with special needs, same-sex couples, and young families.
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Tim McLaughlin
Partner
A native of Laconia, Tim is a civil litigation attorney with a wide range of trial and appellate experience in the federal and state court systems as well as in arbitration and various regulatory agencies. Tim also has significant experience in cases involving potential criminal issues and frequently works with Shaheen & Gordon’s Criminal Defense group to resolve them.
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Alexander E. Spadinger
Partner
Alex’s practice is focused on litigation and trial work of all kinds in the courts of Maine and New Hampshire. Alex has a wide range of experience including representing individuals in complex personal injury matters, representing local businesses in litigation, and the defense of individuals facing criminal charges. There is no case too big, or too small, for Alex to handle.
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Faye R. Goldberg
Partner
Faye R. Goldberg’s practice focuses primarily in the area of family law, including divorce, legal separation, parenting rights and responsibilities and post-divorce matters. She began practicing law in 1986 at Casassa and Ryan in Hampton, New Hampshire where she continued to practice for the next 30 years. While there, Faye’s practice also focused on family law.
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Anthony Carr
Partner
Anthony is a member of our personal injury team. He concentrates his practice on representing individuals who have been seriously injured as a result of the neglect of others. Anthony often handles personal injury cases involving nursing home/elder abuse, asbestos/mesothelioma and other toxic torts, traumatic brain injury, products liability, and other catastrophic injuries.
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Brian M. Quirk
Partner
As a partner at Shaheen & Gordon, P.A., Brian focuses his practice on government investigations, white collar defense, civil ... -
Lauren Breda
Associate
Lauren Breda is a member of Shaheen and Gordon’s criminal defense group. A native of New Hampshire, Lauren has over a decade ... -
Brittani Schanstine
Associate
Brittani Schanstine works with clients in a range of practice areas, including personal injury, family law, employment and ... -
Ronald L. Abramson
Partner
Ron Abramson is Chair of Shaheen & Gordon’s Immigration Practice. Ron Abramson began his career with the New Hampshire Public ... -
Jeffrey L. Manganaro
Partner
Jeff has spent more than nine years working with clients facing family issues, including divorce, the establishment of ... -
Christopher E. Ratté
Partner
Christopher Ratté has been practicing law in New Hampshire since 1998 and in Maine since 2005. His practice focuses on ... -
Kirsten J. Allen
Associate
Kirsten Allen is a member of Shaheen & Gordon’s business law group. She works with business clients on a range of matters, ... -
Stephanie K. Annunziata
Partner
Stephanie Annunziata is a Partner with a practice focused on navigating families through conflict. She assists families in ... -
Crystal M. Maldonado
Partner
Over the last decade, Crystal Maldonado has represented clients in a variety of civil litigation matters with a focus on ... -
James Armillay
Associate
Jim is a member of the firm’s litigation team and practices in both state and federal court. Jim brings a unique blend of ... -
Olivia Bensinger
Associate
Olivia Bensinger is a skilled litigation attorney working across practice groups at Shaheen & Gordon. She assists clients ... -
Madeline Blackburn
Associate
Madeline Blackburn assists individual and business clients in a range of legal matters, including criminal law, estate ... -
Jay Buckey
Associate
Jay Buckey is a member of Shaheen & Gordon’s civil litigation group. As a litigator, Jay works with clients on cases that ... -
Joseph A. Cherniske
Associate
Joseph Cherniske is a member of Shaheen & Gordon’s criminal defense group. He has over a decade of experience in the criminal ... -
Leah Cole Durst
Associate
Leah Cole Durst represents clients facing a range of legal challenges, which are often unexpected and can have a severe ... -
Teresa (Tess) Farley
Associate
Teresa (Tess) Farley is a member of the firm’s family law group. She helps clients navigate a wide array of complex and ... -
Nicholas G. Kline
Associate
Nicholas G. Kline is a member of the firm’s Litigation Practice Group. He represents clients in complex civil matters before ... -
Julianne M. Plourde
Associate
Julianne Plourde is a member of the firm’s family law practice group. She has a passion for supporting families through times ... -
Danielle Pomeroy
Associate
Danielle Pomeroy is a member of the firm’s Personal Injury and Litigation Groups, fighting for the best interests of her clients in and out of court.
Danielle’s passion for helping clients navigate through our complex legal system is evident through the professional relationships she builds with them. They always know they have a dedicated advocate on their side.
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Laura T. Tetrault
Associate
Laura is a member of the Trusts, Estates & Guardianships practice group at Shaheen & Gordon. She concentrates her personal ... -
Amanda Steenhuis
Associate
Amanda Steenhuis focuses her practice on estate planning, guardianships, and probate and trust administration. Amanda is a ... -
Samantha J. Heuring
Associate
Samantha is a member of our personal injury team and YDC Victim Compensation Group. Prior to joining Shaheen & Gordon, ... -
Michael J. Atkins
Of Counsel
Michael has more than 30 years of legal experience representing and helping individuals, businesses and institutional clients ... -
Randall E. Smith
Of Counsel
Randy has earned a national reputation for products liability and medical negligence trial law. He began by taking on A.H. ... -
William C. Baker
Counsel
William Baker is a member of the firm’s Business and Civil Litigation Groups. He has over a decade of experience representing ... -
Cathy J. Green
Of Counsel
Cathy is “of counsel” at Shaheen and Gordon, P.A. and a member of its criminal practice group. Cathy started her career as a ... -
Andrew J. Piela
Counsel
Attorney Andrew Piela has been practicing law in New Hampshire and beyond for over 27 years. He focuses his practice on ... -
Heather V. Menezes
Counsel
Heather represents injured individuals in a wide array of personal injury cases, including motor vehicle accidents, bicycle ... -
Lyndsay N. Robinson
Counsel
Lyndsay N. Robinson’s practice consists of general civil litigation with a focus on family law, estate planning, probate ... -
Lawrence A. Vogelman
Of Counsel
Lawrence A. Vogelman brings over 45 years of experience to Shaheen & Gordon. He joins the firm’s Personal Injury and Criminal ... -
Paul W. Hodes
Of Counsel
Paul is pleased to focus his practice of law on mediation and alternative dispute resolution. During his lengthy legal ... -
Michael M. McLaughlin
Of Counsel
Attorney McLaughlin has been involved in government relations since 1996. Prior to that he was a member of the staff of the ... -
Colleen O'Connell
Of Counsel
Colleen concentrates her practice in estate planning, trusts and estates administration, business succession planning, ... -
Roger D. Turgeon
Of Counsel
For over 40 years, Roger has focused his practice on serious personal injury and wrongful death claims on behalf of people ... -
Faith Park
Of Counsel
Faith Park serves as “of counsel” to Shaheen & Gordon. Faith focuses her practice on corporate, finance, technology transfer, ... -
James M. Callahan
Of Counsel
Jim Callahan serves as “of counsel” to Shaheen & Gordon. Jim has been practicing in New Hampshire and Massachusetts for more ...
