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Tom is a frequent lecturer on estate planning, elder law and land conservation matters.

Born in Hanover, New Hampshire on July 17, 1951, Tom has practiced law in New Hampshire since 1980 and concentrates his practice in the areas of estate planning and administration, probate, elder law, and land conservation law. Tom is a frequent lecturer on these topics to professionals and the general public and is founding chair of the Elder Law section of the New Hampshire Bar Association. He represents both landowners and conservation organizations in land protection projects and conservation transactions.  He and a member of the Boards of the Fire Rivers Conservation Trust and the Turkey River Basin Trust.  Tom is a Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel.

Tom lives in New Hampton, NH with his wife, Sylvia Bates, a land conservation consultant, and has three children.  Tom and Sylvia enjoy hiking, canoeing, skiing and gourmet cooking

Education:   Princeton University (A.B., cum laude, 1973); University of Maine (J.D., 1978).

Bar Admissions: 1978, New Hampshire.

Professional Activities: Senior Law Clerk, New Hampshire Superior Court, 1978-1980; member Merrimack County, and New Hampshire (Founding Chair, Elder Law Section), Fellow, American College of Trust and Estate Counsel;  Member of New Hampshire Estate Planning Council; National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys.

Concentration: Probate Law; Estate Planning; Elder Law, Land Conservation Law.