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I focus my practice on helping clients protect their families and their wealth and helping our business owner clients plan for the most important financial event of their lives: the transition out of their business. I am a member of WealthCounsel, a national consortium of estate planning attorneys, the State Bar of Montana’s Trust and Estates section and the Cascade County Estate Planning Council. I was born and raised in Great Falls, and earned a bachelor’s degree in Russian Studies, magna cum laude, from the University of Pennsylvania.  Earned my law degree from the University of Michigan and initially practiced corporate and securities law in Houston, Texas.  When I returned to Montana, I worked as a trial lawyer with the Great Falls law firm of Jardine, Stephenson, Blewett & Weaver before joining my father-in-law, Bill Scott, to form Scott & Tokerud in 1986. I have been active in public service and in 2009 received the State Bar of Montana’s Neil Haight Pro Bono Award for my fourteen years of work to obtain political asylum for a political dissident from the Soviet Union. I have served as chairman of the board of the Great Falls Chamber of Commerce and Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Great Falls, and also served on the boards of the Benefis Healthcare Foundation, United Way of Cascade County, Sister Cities of Great Falls and the Montana/Kazakhstan Exchange Project. I play the clarinet and saxophone and have been a member of the Great Falls Symphony as well as the Harold Nicholls Big Band. I am fluent in Russian and my interests extend from building democracy in Russia to pheasant hunting.

Partner with Crowley Fleck PLLP

As my friends and family members can attest to, I am most often a man of few words; I generally weigh heavily on the side of listening rather than talking, and I've found that works well in the practice of law. I am not here to try to impress you by reciting my knowledge of the law—though I work to demonstrate that in action—but rather, I will seek to listen and try to fully understand your issue or goals before setting out to work diligently on your behalf.. The focus of my studies have been in the areas of tax law, business planning, and estate planning, and I love helping people and businesses keep more of the money they’ve earned by good planning. I live here in Wolfeboro, and I look forward to working with and getting to know more of the people of this Lakes Region and beyond.

Upton & Hatfield, LLP has provided legal services to people in New Hampshire since 1908. They practice family law, business law, and more.

Laura is a member of the Trusts, Estates & Guardianships practice group at Shaheen & Gordon. She concentrates her personal practice in estate planning as well as trust and estate administration.. Laura works with clients to develop estate plans tailored to their needs, including simple estate plans, sophisticated planning to reduce estate and gift taxes, planning for the needs of a special needs beneficiary, succession planning, and planning for long-term care. Laura is licensed to practice in New Hampshire as well as Massachusetts. She enjoys working with clients who have interests in either or both states to ensure their estates are administered and settled with as little complexity as possible while accomplishing their estate planning objectives.. Laura understands the importance of estate planning documents to protect a client and their loved ones in a wide variety of circumstances. Her thoughtful preparation and attention to detail provides clients with peace of mind.. When necessary, Laura can also guide clients through probate administration, preparing estate and gift tax returns, and going through the required and recommended steps to properly settle an estate or trust.. Laura lives in Exeter, New Hampshire with her husband, kids and dog. Outside of the office, Laura enjoys spending quality time with her family, traveling, running, reading, and alpine skiing.

Stephanie K. Burnham practices law in the following areas: Wills, Trusts and Estates; Probate Court; Medicaid, Nursing Homes and Home Health Care; Bankruptcy and Debt Collection; Small Business representation; and Real Estate matters. Attorney Burnham has considerable experience in working with clients to draft effective documents and advise clients on their personal, family and financial needs. She works with clients on strategies for trusts, wills, advanced directives, nursing homes, asset protection, business formations, and personal care contracts. Attorney Burnham also assists families in estate and trust administration and advising them through the financial stresses that come from debts and filing Bankruptcy. She strategizes with her clients to plan and prepare the appropriate tools to protect their family, businesses and assets.. Attorney Burnham was on the faculty of Southern New Hampshire University where she was a member of the Justice Studies Program, teaching undergraduate and graduate level students on-line. Attorney Burnham also serves as an Arbitrator with the Better Business Bureau hearing Lemon Law claims. Attorney Burnham continues to focus on a wide variety of practice areas dedicated to helping individuals and their families.