Atty. Caroline K. Leonard
Caroline is a business lawyer who helps businesses expand, transition ownership, negotiate commercial financing, form, wind-up, or sell. Caroline’s practice also involves real estate, including condominium and timeshare developments, corporate compliance, securities, regulatory matters, land use, and commercial litigation.
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Caroline K. Leonard is a business, real estate, and securities attorney based in Concord, New Hampshire, practicing at Gallagher, Callahan & Gartrell PC. They have 13+ years of legal experience, licensed to practice since 2013. Admitted to practice in Maine (2013) and New Hampshire (2013). Educated at University of New Hampshire (Concord) (JD, 2013). Recognitions include Best Lawyers in America — Banking and Finance Law (2026), Best Lawyers in America — Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships) (2026), and Best Lawyers in America — Commercial Transactions / UCC Law (2026). Serands clients in Concord, NH and the surrounding metropolitan area.
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- Caroline is a business lawyer who helps businesses expand, transition ownership, negotiate commercial financing, form, wind-up, or sell
- Caroline’s practice also involves real estate, including condominium and timeshare developments, corporate compliance, securities, regulatory matters, land use, and commercial litigation
- Caroline advises her clients on transactional matters, how to avoid litigation, and what to do and expect if litigation occurs
- She continues to be selected by her peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® for Concord, NH in the fields of Commercial Transactions/UCC Law, Real Estate Law, and Securities Regulation, and was named by Best Lawyers® as Concord’s 2023 “Lawyer of the Year” in Commercial Transactions/UCC Law
- Caroline is recognized as a top-rated business and corporate lawyer and litigation attorney in Concord, NH, by Super Lawyers® with a Rising Stars designation for 2016-2023
- In 2020, Caroline received the New Hampshire Bar Foundation’s Robert Kirby Award
- The Kirby Award is presented annually to an attorney 35 years old or younger who demonstrates the traits of civility, courtesy, perspective, and excellent advocacy
- Bob Kirby, for whom the award is named, was an attorney with Gallagher, Callahan & Gartrell, P.C., and is remembered as a young lawyer “of great skill, civility and good humor” when he died at age 35
- Caroline is the 24th recipient of the award, and the first person from the firm to receive it
- Caroline is serving her third, three-year term on the New Hampshire Professional Conduct Committee, to which she was appointed by the New Hampshire Supreme Court
- She is presently the Vice Chair
- Caroline has served on multiple nonprofit boards
- She is the Immediate Past President of the New Hampshire Women’s Bar Association, where she has served on the Board for the past eight years
- She served for four years as Community Outreach Chair of the Webster-Batchelder American Inn of Court, three years as Trustee of the New Hampshire Supreme Court Society and three years as Director of Red River Theatres
- Caroline is an alumna of the Junior Service League of Concord and served six years on the Northern New England (ME, NH, and VT) regional board of the American Red Cross
- In 2019, the NH/VT division of the American Red Cross awarded Caroline “Board Member of the Year.” Caroline taught a legal residency course for two semesters as an adjunct professor at the University of New Hampshire Franklin Pierce School of Law
- This course places law students in the legal field for a semester, typically with private firms, judges, or companies’ in-house legal departments
- Through this experience, students apply the skills they have learned in law school in real-practice settings before graduation
- Caroline graduated cum laude from the University of New Hampshire School of Law and earned her bachelor of arts degree, magna cum laude, from Colby College
- At UNH Law, she was a Daniel Webster Scholar, president of the Student Bar Association, and justice of Phi Alpha Delta
- She was awarded “Outstanding Law Student” by the National Association of Women Lawyers
- Caroline serves on the firm’s management committee
- She is admitted in New Hampshire, Maine, the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire, the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Hampshire, and the United States First Circuit Court of Appeals
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Caroline K. Leonard's Areas of Practice
Each practice area below reflects the types of cases Caroline K. Leonard handles, with a brief overview of what that area of law covers.
Business attorneys advise founders and growing companies on entity formation, contracts, financing, M&A, and dispute resolution.
Caroline K. Leonard is one of 501,317 business attorneys indexed nationally. Browse business attorneys in New Hampshire →
Real estate attorneys handle home purchases, sales, commercial transactions, title disputes, and landlord-tenant matters.
Caroline K. Leonard is one of 316,149 real estate attorneys indexed nationally. Browse real estate attorneys in New Hampshire →
Caroline K. Leonard is one of 64,529 securities attorneys indexed nationally. Browse securities attorneys in New Hampshire →
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Why local counsel matters in New Hampshire
Practicing law in New Hampshire. Legal matters in New Hampshire are governed by state-specific rules of civil and criminal procedure, statutes of limitations, and substantive law. Cases originating in Concord are typically filed in the local municipal court or the appropriate New Hampshire state district court, depending on subject matter and amount in controversy. An attorney licensed in New Hampshire brings working knowledge of local procedural deadlines, judicial practices in this andnue, and the substantive law that applies to cases brought here. Out-of-state attorneys generally cannot represent clients in New Hampshire courts without local counsel or pro hac vice admission.
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