Manchester, N.H. (September 1, 2026) – The law firm of McLane Middleton congratulates Alexandra S.C. Careno (“Lexi”) (Litigation – Trusts and Estates) and Barry Needleman (Environmental Law) for being named a 2027 Lawyer of the Year in their respective field by The Best Lawyers in America®.
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Lexi is a director in the firm’s Litigation Department and serves as chair of the Probate Litigation Group. She assists clients with various civil litigation matters, primarily focusing on probate litigation, as well as land use, real estate, and environmental litigation. A large portion of Lexi’s practice is representing clients in partition actions, complex will and trust contests, capacity challenges, guardianship and conservatorship disputes, accounting actions, and other actions by and against fiduciaries. Lexi also assists corporate and individual clients in a wide array of property issues, including nuisance, trespass, tax abatements, municipal permitting, and other real estate and land use matters. She can be reached in the firm’s Manchester office at (603) 628-1255 or alexandra.careno@mclane.com.
Barry chairs McLane Middleton’s Energy Practice Group. He has over 30 years of experience handling environmental and energy matters for regional and national clients. Barry does a substantial amount of energy facility siting work, primarily before the New Hampshire Site Evaluation Committee, on numerous types of projects ranging from fossil and renewable generation, to electric and gas transmission. He has experience litigating a variety of environmental cases in state and federal courts such as insurance and third-party cost recovery claims at former manufactured gas plants and the defense of State-wide MTBE contamination claims. He regularly represents clients in environmental matters involving permitting, compliance counseling, and defense of administrative and judicial enforcement actions. He can be reached at the firm’s Manchester office at (603) 230-4407 or barry.needleman@mclane.com.