Attorneys
Our team of expert litigators, estate planners,
and transactional attorneys
With over 90 years of combined experienced our attorneys advise clients on a wide spectrum of general business issues, including but not limited to, contracting – from neighbor-level to multi-million dollar agreements, merger and acquisitions, fundraising, employment and succession planning.
Thomas LaPorte, Esq
Attorney Thomas LaPorte, Esq, graduated from Saint John’s Preparatory School in 1983 then from the University of Massachusetts Amherst in 1988 with a Bachelor of Arts in Legal Studies and concentrations in Business and French. He attended the University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law in California where he was on Dean’s List and won Best Brief Award in Moot Court and two ‘AmJur” awards for best-in-class grade. He obtained his Juris Doctorate degree and passed the California Bar in 1994.
Courtney Pasay Vaughan, Esq
Attorney Courtney Pasay Vaughan is a skilled attorney and adept mediator with an exceptionally unique ability to convene, communicate, and collaborate across parties and their concomitant priorities. After graduating with Honors from the University of New Hampshire, Attorney Pasay Vaughan brought her skills to Washington, DC, where she worked for the next ten (10) years in various public policy and regulatory positions within the Executive Branch, in the White House Liaison Office, as well as several other federal agencies.
Catherine Giordano, Esq
Of Counsel
Attorney Catherine (Cathy) Giordano, Esq, Of Counsel received a Bachelor of Science, cum laude, from Suffolk University in 1978 earning membership in the National Honor Society in Psychology, Psi Chi. Following careers in computer programming and freelance magazine writing, she then earned her Juris Doctorate from the Massachusetts School of Law at Andover in 1998 and gained admission to the Massachusetts Bar in 1998 and the United States District Court in Massachusetts in 1999.
Kenneth A Cossingham, Esq
Of Counsel
Kenneth A Cossingham, Esq, Of Counsel has been practicing law in the Merrimack Valley and Southern New Hampshire for over 30 years. He earned his law degree from Suffolk University Law School in 1983, and was admitted as a member of the Massachusetts bar in 1983 and as a member of the New Hampshire bar in 1984.
Bridgette Navejar
Bridgette Navejar is a 2021 graduate of Webster University with a Master of Arts in Human Resource Management. She also possesses a Master of Arts in Strategic Studies from the U.S. Air Force’s Air Command and Staff College (2019).
Owen Meech
Owen Meech is a second-year law student at Suffolk University Law School. Owen graduated with high honors from Quinnipiac University in 2019 with dual Bachelor’s degrees in Journalism and Political Science and received a full tuition scholarship to Suffolk Law.
Maggie Keenan
Maggie Keenan graduated summa cum laude from the University of New Hampshire in 2024. She majored in Finance and Management at the Peter T. Paul College of Business and Economics, together with her minor in English. At UNH she served as Speaker for the Undergraduate Student Senate, where she advocated for students and worked closely with upper faculty and administrative decision-makers at UNH.