Current Employment Position(s)

Director & Shareholder

Lawyer Overview

Also a certified public accountant, Steve has over twenty-five years experience working with and representing companies and individuals in Business Matters, Transactions, Estate Planning, ERISA and Executive Compensation. He has represented businesses and individuals before the Internal Revenue Service and the New Hampshire Department of Revenue Administration. Steve has also served as counsel for companies, fiduciaries and sellers in over thirty ESOP transactions.

Areas of Practice

• Tax Controversies and Planning
• Estate Planning
• Business Transactions
• Executive Compensation
• Employee Benefits/Esops/ERISA

West Practice Categories

Taxation Law, Government Agencies & Programs, Estate Planning, Transactions, Pensions, Benefits & Compensations -- Employee, Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) -- Employee

Bar Admissions

• Massachusetts, 1987
• New Hampshire, 1990
• U.S. District Court District of New Hampshire, 1990
• U.S. Tax Court, 1990

Certification/Specialties

• Certified Public Accountant, Massachusetts, 1990
• Certified Public Accountant, New Hampshire, 1991

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Massachusetts Bar Association (Member)
• New Hampshire Bar Association (Member)
• American Bar Association (Member)
• New Hampshire Society of Certified Public Accountants (Member)
• New Hampshire Society of Certified Public Accountants (Chair, Committee on Litigation)
• New Hampshire Bar Association (Officer at Large of Taxation Section)
• New Hampshire Employee Benefits Council (Trustee and Treasurer)
• New Hampshire Employee Benefits Council (Chair, Committee on Litigation)

Honors and Awards

• The Best Lawyers in America
• Chambers & Partners - America's Leading Lawyers for Business

Classes and Seminars

• Speaker, New Hampshire Bar Association Tax Section
• Speaker, New Hampshire Society of Certified Public Accountants Tax Section
• Speaker, National Business Institute
• Speaker, Lorman Business Center

Past Employment Positions

• Boston Price Waterhouse, Accountant

Education

• Boston University School of Law, Boston, Massachusetts, 1990
  LL.M., Master of Law(s)
• Franklin Pierce Law Center, Concord, New Hampshire, 1987
  J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence
• University of Lowell, Lowell, Massachusetts, 1984
  M.B.A., Master of Business Administration
• Bates College, Lewiston, Maine, 1981
  B.A., Bachelor of Arts

Published Works

• Implication of IRS Reclassification of Independent Contractors as Employees, NH Bar Journal, 33.1, 1992

Address

City Hall Plaza
900 Elm Street
Manchester, NH 03101

Phones

(603) 628-1454

Faxes

(603) 625-5650

Emails

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Websites

http://www.mclane.com