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Jeanmarie Papelian
Director
Jeanmarie has been practicing with the firm since 1994 and is the co-chair of McLane's Domestic Relations Practice Group. An experienced trial lawyer, she handles complex domestic relations disputes. Jeanmarie is familiar with many forms of alternative dispute resolution, which some divorcing parties pursue instead of the court process. She is a trained neutral evaluator, collaborative divorce practitioner, and marital mediator. Jeanmarie also represents professionals in licensing and disciplinary matters before the New Hampshire Board of Mental Health Practice, Board of Nursing, and other professional licensing boards.
Department
Litigation
Areas of Practice
- Complex marital dissolutions
- Contested custody disputes
- Alimony and child support matters
- Domestic violence
- Prenuptial Agreements
- Professional licensing issues
Representative Clients & Work
- Reported cases include: In the matter of Blanchflower and Blanchflower, 150 N.H. 226 (2003)
- Stratford School District v. Employers Reinsurance Corp., 162 F.3d 718 (1st. Cir. NH 1998)
- Rockwell v. Cape Cod Hospital, 26 F.3d 254 (1st. Cir. 1994)
Admissions
- Massachusetts (1991)
- New Hampshire (1994)
Professional & Association Memberships
- New Hampshire Bar Association
- Collaborative Law Alliance of New Hampshire. visit site
- Massachusetts Collaborative Law Council. visit site
- New Hampshire Bar Journal Editorial Board
- New Hampshire Trial Lawyers Association
- Massachusetts Bar Association
- Suffolk University Law School Alumni Association
- New England Association for Conflict Resolution
Recognition
- Martindale Hubbell BV Rating
Community Involvement
- Jeanmarie is the Chair of Armenian Children's Milk Fund, a relief program which supplies infant formula to needy children in Armenia. Jeanmarie was recognized by the New Hampshire Bar Association for this work in "Giving Back: A Report on Volunteerism by New Hampshire Lawyers" view report
- Trustee, Armenian Missionary Association of America
Career
- New England Association for Conflict Resolution
- New Hampshire Certified Marital Mediation Training Program Graduate
- Law Review Member and Editor
- Suffolk University Law School, J.D.,cum laude, 1991
- Law Clerk, New Hampshire Superior Court, 1991-92
- McGill University, B.A., Honors 1988
Recent Publications and Lectures
- Preserving the Confidentiality of Children's Medical Records in New Hampshire, May 2008
- Business Owners May Protect Assets with a Prenuptial Agreement (Published in NH Business Review, Aug 2007)
- Minor Secrets, Major Headaches: Psychotherapeutic Confidentiality After Berg (published: NH Bar Journal, Spring 2007)
- A Review of the New Hampshire Supreme Court's Decision In the Matter of Eugene Berg and Kathleen Quigley Berg
- Parenting New Hampshire Magazine, Frequently Asked Questions About Parenting After Divorce, September, 2005
- New Hampshire Psychological Association Networker Newsletter: Restructuring Family Law: An Overview of Recent Changes, co-authored with Margaret Kerouac, October, 2005
- Presenter at New England Pastoral Institute Workshop on Legal and Ethical Issues for Practitioners with Clients Involved in Domestic Relations Dispute, February, 2006
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