Recent Client Success

Sheehan Phinney Attorneys Win Case Against Starbucks
(June 20, 2008. Manchester NH.) - Christopher Cole and John-Mark Turner, shareholders of the law firm of Sheehan Phinney Bass + Green PA, recently represented a small New Hampshire coffee purveyor, Black Bear Micro-Roastery, in defense of trademark infringement allegations in a David and Goliath-like case against Starbucks.... Read More

Attorney Haffer Prevails for New Hampshire Bureau of Securities Regulation
(April 10, 2008. Manchester, NH.) - Edward A. Haffer, shareholder at the law firm of Sheehan Phinney Bass + Green PA, successfully obtained a Consent Order for the New Hampshire Bureau of Securities Regulation in a dispute against Ameriprise Financial, Inc. and Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc. (Ameriprise).... Read More

Sheehan Phinney Attorneys Miller and Paskalis Win Use Variance for Grace Capital Church
(January 9, 2008. Manchester, NH.) - Sheehan Phinney partner Rob Miller and associate Lyndsee Paskalis, representing Grace Capital Church of Pembroke, prevailed on a request to the Town of Pembroke Zoning Board of Adjustment for a use variance to allow the church to more than double its size in a zoning district where churches are now prohibited.... Read More

Sheehan Phinney Attorney Rob Miller Wins Two for Cumberland Farms
(November 1, 2007. Manchester, NH.) - Sheehan Phinney attorney Rob Miller, representing Cumberland Farms, prevailed on Motions to Dismiss in two cases brought against Cumberland Farms by Bo Realty, LLC, a corporate entity that operates a competing Mobil service station and MobilMart on Lake Shore Road in Gilford, New Hampshire.... Read More

Sheehan Phinney Attorney Rob Miller Brokers Settlement in Longstanding Dispute Between Department of Environmental Services, Land Developer, and Purchasers of Residential Property in Bethlehem, New Hampshire
(August 21, 2007. Manchester, NH.) - Sheehan Phinney Partner Rob Miller has successfully brokered a settlement for his Massachusetts-based clients, Dr. David B. and Diane Lovejoy and Gary and Adele Shanbar, in a longstanding dispute between the Lovejoys and Shanbars, the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services, and Developer James W. Powers, Inc.... Read More

Sheehan Phinney Attorney Rob Miller Successfully Defends New Hampshire Farm Against Town’s Two-Year Challenge to Farm’s Agritourism Activities
(August 14, 2007. Manchester, NH.) - Sheehan Phinney Partner Rob Miller has successfully defeated a two-year effort by the Town of Dorchester Board of Selectmen to force the D’Acres Organic Farm & Educational Homestead to obtain six special exceptions that the Town Selectmen claimed were required to allow the farm to continue to operate.... Read More

Age Discrimination Lawsuit Dismissed
(July 2, 2007. Manchester, NH.) - Attorney David McGrath and Attorney Karyl Roberts Martin recently successfully defended a national security company against an age discrimination lawsuit filed by a former manager.... Read More

Sheehan Phinney Attorney Edward Haffer Successfully Defends Dartmouth College
(June 27, 2007. Manchester, NH.) - Sheehan Phinney Attorney Edward Haffer recently obtained a defendant’s verdict for Dartmouth College in federal court, defending the college against a claim of age discrimination.... Read More

Attorney John Perten Successfully Fights for New Statute
(March 19, 2007. Boston, MA.) - John H. Perten, an attorney for the law firm, Sheehan Phinney, successfully defended a Massachusetts construction company and convinced a Massachusetts court to adopt his interpretation of a new statute.... Read More

Sheehan Phinney Attorneys Aid Merger Of Two Nonprofit Land Trusts
(November 6, 2006. Manchester, NH.) - Sheehan Phinney Bass + Green attorneys Thomas S. Burack and Bradford E. Cook played a pivotal role in helping two land trusts merge into one. Rockingham Land Trust and Seacoast Land Trust officially merged... Read More