Over A Century Of Combined Legal Experience

Elaine M. Kennedy

  • Lawyer

Practice Areas:

  • Family Law Litigation
  • Family Law Mediation
  • Wills and Powers of Attorney

Biography

Elaine M. Kennedy has made New Hampshire her home since 1986. Elaine graduated from Colby College with honors and earned her law degree from Suffolk University Law School with honors. She is licensed to practice law in Massachusetts and New Hampshire, and has particular experience in family law, including divorce, post divorce, child custody and child support matters, and also concentrates on employment law issues.

Elaine has successfully tried numerous cases in New Hampshire's family courts, superior courts and Supreme Court. She is a member of the State's Bar Association. She is a Certified Family Mediator. She has written and published articles for the New Hampshire Bar Association to educate the public with regard to her areas of practice.

Education

  • Suffolk University Law School, Boston, Massachusetts
    • J.D. - 1998
    • Honors: cum laude
  • Colby College, Waterville, Maine
    • B.A.
    • Honors: cum laude
    • Major: Government

Bar Admission

  • U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire, pro hac vice, 1999
  • U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, pro hac vice, 1998

Published Works

  • Author, Articles with regard to her areas of practice, New Hampshire Bar Association

Representative Cases

  • Fillmore v. Fillmore, 147 NH 283 (2001), 2001, NH Supreme Court

Past Positions

  • Chester College, Adjunct Professor, 1993 to 1994
  • Voyager Systems, Inc., Sales, 1989 to 1991

Languages

  • English

Fraternities or Sororities

  • Phi Beta Kappa
  • Sigma Kappa

Certified Legal Specialties

  • Marital Mediator/Family Mediator