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Paul concentrates his practice on Real Estate and Land Conservation Law and is a member of the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests

Paul was born in Concord, Massachusetts on March 18, 1963 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. Heath & Co., a college textbook publisher, Paul attended Vanderbilt University School of Law where he was an Associate Editor for the Vanderbilt Law Review. 

Paul presently lives in Contoocook, New Hampshire with his wife Nancy Skarmeas, son Gordie and daughter Fiona, and their two Dalmatians.  A fly fisherman and fly tier for twenty years, Paul is active in conservation issues and has participated in a number of the Land Trust Alliance's National Rallies over the past five years.  He is also a member of Trout Unlimited and The Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests. In addition, Paul is Vice Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Concord Conservation Trust, a land trust dedicated to preserving open space in Concord and its environs.  Paul is also a Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Capital Region Food Program and serves on the Executive Committee of the Food Program's Holiday Food Basket Project.

Education: Dartmouth College 1985 A.B., cum laude, English Literature; Vanderbilt University School of Law

Bar Admissions: Merrimack County and New Hampshire Bar Associations

Professional Activities: The Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests; Vice Chairman,  Board of Trustees, Concord Conservation Trust; Board of Trustees, Vice Chair, Capital Region Food Program; Executive Committee, Food Program's Holiday Food Basket Project

Concentration: real estate, municipal, and land use law

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