Charles F. Leahy
Attorney
Chuck advises clients on tax, financial and estate planning matters, including long-term asset preservation and growth. His extensive experience also includes general business practice, corporate and partnership tax planning and mergers and acquisitions.
Department
Areas of Practice
- Acquisitions, Divestitures and Mergers
- Business Succession Planning
- Corporate, Partnership and LLC Tax and Business Planning
- Federal Income, Estate and Gift Taxation
- Professional Fiduciary and Trustee Services
- Wealth Management
Representative Clients & Work
Chuck represents individuals, business owners; trustees and other fiduciaries
Admissions
State Courts of New Hampshire; United States Supreme Court; First Circuit Court of Appeals; Federal District Court for the District of New Hampshire; United States Tax Court
Professional & Association Memberships
New Hampshire Bar Association; Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC); Life Member of the American Law Institute
Recognition
- AV Peer Review Rated, Martindale-Hubbell
- Cited in The Best Lawyers in America 2005-2006 for trusts and estates, corporate, mergers and acquisitions and securities law
Community Involvement
- Investment Committee of the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation
- Adjunct Professor of Business Planning, University of Maine School of Law
- Member Board of Governors and President of New Hampshire Public Television, 1986-1995
- New Hampshire Supreme Court Long Range Planning Commission, Chair, 1988-1990
Career
- Legislative Counsel to Honorable Walter Peterson, Governor of New Hampshire, in 1971-1972
- Harvard Law School, J.D. 1963
- Yale University, B.A. 1957
Member
- Investment Committee of the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation,
- Adjunct Professor of Business Planning, University of Maine School of Law
- Member Board of Governors and President of New Hampshire Public Television, 1986-1995
- New Hampshire Supreme Court Long Range Planning Commission, Chair, 1988-1990
Recent Publications and Lectures
- "Investing for Non-Profits", The New Hampshire Bar Journal Community Activities.