Mulhern & Scott PLLC - Practice Areas

PRACTICE AREAS

Sally and David Mulhern have practiced in Portsmouth, New Hampshire since 1988. Peter Scott (now of counsel) joined the practice in 1991. The firm concentrates in three areas: estate planning, probate and trust administration, and business and contractual matters.

In the area of estate planning, our focus is on providing excellent client service in the area of wills, trusts, estate planning, charitable giving, tax exempt charitable organizations, and guardianships. In doing this, our goal is to develop in-depth client relationships that enable us to implement the best possible estate planning strategy for the family. Initially, this typically involves discussions about how best to transfer the family's assets inter-generationally.

Following this, we draft appropriate documents (wills, trusts, powers of attorney, advance health care directives, etc.). Estate planning, however, is a dynamic and ongoing process, and our clients keep in touch with us over a long-term planning horizon, making appropriate changes as family, legal, and financial circumstances evolve. We commit to keeping our clients informed on a regular basis about developments in the law.

We also focus extensively in the area of the administration of decedents' trusts and estates. When a family member dies, there are numerous legal steps that come into effect. We find that clients in this area face the dual challenge of tackling unfamiliar legal and financial matters at a time of grief and loss, and we work very hard to make the process as smooth and efficient as possible. This involves attending to all steps necessary to pass the decedent's assets, either via will or trust, to the beneficiaries. Sometimes this involves probate court proceedings, some of

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which are contested. Most often, there are a number of trust and estate tax filings to be made as well. We are very familiar with both the legal and personal challenges inherent in this process, and have successfully assisted many families through complex trust and estate administration matters.

In the business law area, we have assisted many businesses, ranging from sole proprietorships to businesses with hundreds of employees, on business entity formation, shareholder matters, transactional matters, contractual matters, and business succession planning. This last area is a particular area of focus in our practice, as it overlaps with our trust and estate clients and services. Many clients use us as their general counsel, turning to us in the first instance for all corporate and business advice.

We have outstanding paralegals working with us at every stage of legal service. This allows us to manage efficiently a substantial number of client matters, and to respond more quickly to client nquiries. At the same time, it allows us to provide outstanding, yet cost-efficient, service to our clients, most of whom develop friendly, first-name relations with the paralegals.

The firm has developed a national reputation in the trust and estate area. Sally is a frequent peaker to global financial institutions, major universities, and charitable organizations around the country on a range of sophisticated estate planning matters (refer to www.estateplanningtodiefor.com). David has served as counsel to major national law firms on New Hampshire law matters. Service to the Seacoast, New Hampshire community, however, remains our prime focus.

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