Effingham Business Lawyers

Attorney James Bianco has a broad and diverse practice. After law school, Jim was counsel to the Department of Health and Human Services. In that role, he co-authored the New Hampshire adoption law. Since then, Jim founded Bianco Professional Association's nationwide adoption practice and has become one of the premier adoption attorneys in New Hampshire. After Jim founded Bianco P.A. in 1981, he became a member of the New Hampshire Trial Association, the National Trial Lawyer's Association, as well as the American Bar Association. Over the years, Jim has been involved in various litigation representing individuals and businesses before all courts...

Alice Cabrera combines her business marketing background with her intellectual property knowledge and focuses on all aspects of brand creation and protection, unfair competition, domestic and international trademarks, including trademark selection, clearance searching, registration and enforcement. She is also experienced in intellectual property licensing, copyright law, trade secret implementation, internet, social media, advertising and domain name legal matters. Attorney Cabrera has represented businesses in several industries including arts, fashion, electronic payment processing, apparel, media, entertainment, retail, nutraceutical, cannabis, pharmaceutical, food, restaurants, healthcare, and education, among many others. Throughout her professional career she has worked alongside entrepreneurs, doctors,...

Kirsten Wilson is a nationally-respected trial lawyer and former New Hampshire State and County prosecutor. Kirsten represents individuals and businesses in civil and criminal matters in state and federal courts.

She served for over twelve years as a Senior Assistant Attorney General for the State of New Hampshire and Assistant County Prosecutor in Rockingham County, New Hampshire. She has successfully tried hundreds of major criminal cases including murder, sex crimes and drug offenses. Kirsten led the team that prosecuted the first capital murder case tried in New Hampshire since 1959. She has practiced at two of New Hampshire’s most-respected law...

Kaity is a skilled attorney at Normandin, Cheney and O’Neil, where every generation of her family has practiced law since 1914, including her father, Jerry O’Neil, Jr. She is experienced in the areas of Business Law, Estate Planning, and Probate Litigation. Kaity is committed to outstanding service and results for individuals and businesses in New Hampshire.

Kaity earned a B.A., cum laude, from Connecticut College in 2008. In 2014, she received her J.D. from Rutgers School of Law where she served as the Managing Editor of the Women’s Rights Law Reporter. Kaity's note "The 2012 Battle for the Reauthorization of the...

My practice focuses on assisting small businesses in their contractual, employment, and intellectual property legal needs, guiding couples and individuals through the estate planning process, helping fiduciaries and beneficiaries through the necessary tasks required to wrap up the affairs of a decedent, including preparation of estate tax returns, and assisting buyers and sellers of residential real estate in the purchase or sale of homes and houses.

Bob is the head of the Commercial and Corporate Law Practice at Normandin, Cheney & O'Neil, PLLC which is General Counsel for more than 220 corporations and LLCs of all sizes. Bob's brings experience, knowledge and skill to practice areas including purchases and sales of businesses; formation of corporations, limited liability companies and other business entities; ownership disputes; banking and commercial financing transactions; business and estate planning; contract matters of all sorts; employment issues; and commercial real estate. Bob is dedicated to exceptional service and outstanding results for the legal needs of individuals and businesses in New Hampshire.

Bob received his...

Mark was raised in Hopkinton, New Hampshire and received his Bachelor of Arts degree in public policy studies from Hobart and William Smith Colleges in 2002. In addition to playing on the squash and tennis teams, in his final year Mark completed a residency at University College, Oxford University where he concentrated his studies on modern British politics. Mark's strong interest in environmental and land use law led him to Vermont Law School, where he received his J.D. in 2008. During law school, Mark was the recipient of the academic excellence award in Legal Profession. Mark's legal training has included clerkships...

Iona Evans is passionate about helping people implement estate planning and legal strategies to maximize long-term results. Iona focuses her practice on advising clients with multiple assets and revenue streams to help them to minimize their tax burden and avoid potential liability. This work encompasses complex trust and estate planning, business structuring, and succession planning. Iona is also a skilled litigator who brings her considerable experience to bear in estate and trust-related conflicts to bring about efficient and satisfactory resolutions to complex problems.
Iona has over fifteen years of experience as an attorney advising clients, negotiating and drafting contracts, and fully...

Christopher E. Ratte is an attorney licensed to practice law in New Hampshire and Maine with over ten years of legal experience. Mr. Ratte is a sole legal practitioner and a principal owner of Beacon Title & Escrow Services, LLC. His legal practice concentrates on commercial and residential real estate matters, small business start-up and counseling, and civil litigation in state and federal court. Beacon Title is a licensed title insurance agency providing real estate closing services for banks and other mortgage lenders. Mr. Ratte's key to success is his personalized client service and creative problem solving approach to the...

Todd Stevens represents individuals and families throughout Strafford and the surrounding New Hampshire counties. His primary areas of practice are divorce, child custody, estate planning, family law, civil litigation and personal injury.

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 regulatory agencies. Tim also has significant experience in cases involving potential criminal issues. Prior to returning to his New Hampshire roots, Tim was an attorney in the Boston offices of Holland & Knight and Dewey & LeBoeuf. The relationships he formed during that time have contributed to Tim being sought out as an advisor to clients and out-of-state attorneys on local issues. Tim earned his B.A. in Russian language from The College of...