For Immediate Release
October 30, 2008

Contact:
Marnie Grumbach, Communications Coordinator, Preti Flaherty
(207) 791-3000
E-mail: mgrumbach@preti.com
Web Site: http://www.pretiflaherty.com

CONCORD, N.H. – Christopher R. Nicolopoulos has joined Preti Flaherty as its Government Relations Director for New Hampshire, the firm announced today. An attorney with more than 10 years of government relations, legal and real estate experience, Nicolopoulos will oversee the firm’s legislative practice in New Hampshire.
Most recently the Government Affairs Director of the New Hampshire Association of Realtors® where he directed the group’s legislative and regulatory efforts, Nicolopoulos previously served as In-House Staff Counsel to the Greater Boston Real Estate Board. He holds real estate licenses and is admitted to practice law in both New Hampshire and Massachusetts.

A 2001 graduate of New England School of Law in Boston, Nicolopoulos is a 1998 graduate of the University of New Hampshire in Durham, where he graduated cum laude. He is a resident of Hampton, N.H. and may be reached at cnicolopoulos@preti.com.

“We are fortunate to have someone with Chris Nicolopoulos’ background and expertise at the helm of our legislative and regulatory practice group in Concord,” said Attorney Ann Robinson, chair of Preti Flaherty’s Legislative, Regulatory and Governmental Services Practice Group. “His background as a legislative director, lawyer and Realtor® make him a good fit for us and a great addition to our New Hampshire staff.”

The Legislative, Regulatory and Governmental Services Practice Group at Preti Flaherty is one of the region’s best-known and most effective legislative and regulatory practices with experience in public policy and the legislative process at both the state and federal levels. Preti Flaherty attorneys appear before legislative committees and regulatory agencies, working closely with state and national political leaders and regulatory decision makers to effect changes in laws.

In addition to Concord, Preti Flaherty has offices in Boston and Portland and Augusta, Maine. With more than 85 attorneys, the firm counsels clients in the areas of business law, energy, environmental, estate planning, health care, intellectual property, labor and employment, legislative and regulatory, litigation, technology and telecommunications. More information about the firm is available at www.preti.com.

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