Paul MacDonald, Managing Director of the firm, is a well respected real estate and land use attorney. Paul concentrates his practice on Real Estate, Land Conservation Law and Estate Planning in both New Hampshire and Vermont.

Paul has 15 years of experience representing individual and institutional clients concerning real estate, land use and conservation law matters, and also provides estate planning advice and services.

Paul was born in Concord, Massachusetts and grew up in Underhill, Vermont. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1985. While at Dartmouth Paul played varsity baseball and was a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity. After a short stint at Boston University’s graduate school of English and working as an editorial assistant for D.C. Health & Co., a college textbook publisher, Paul received his J.D. in 1991 from Vanderbilt University School of Law, where he was an Associate Editor for the Vanderbilt Law Review.

Paul lives in Hopkinton, New Hampshire with his wife Nancy Skarmeas, son Gordie and daughter Fiona. Since their elderly Dalmatians recently passed away, Paul's family has taken on the more sedate task of raising two Labrador puppies. A long-time fly fisherman and fly tier, Paul is active in conservation issues, and is a regular attendee and presenter at the Land Trust Alliance’s National Rallies and at the "Saving Special Places" conferences of the New Hampshire Center for Land Conservation Assistance. In addition, Paul is a past Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Five Rivers Conservation Trust, a land trust dedicated to preserving open space in Concord and its environment. Paul is also a past Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Capital Region Food Program and continues to serve on the program’s Executive Committee.