Civil/Commercial
Schuster, Buttrey & Wing, P.A. utilizes a range of resources and experience to assist clients with their daily business needs. Clients regularly face issues involving employer and employee matters, conflicting property rights, understanding financial transactions and resolving contract disputes. Schuster, Buttrey & Wing has the experience to know if negotiation can succeed, when mediation is advisable or that litigation is required. Barry Schuster has been a court mediator for years and has both assisted others to resolve disputes and enabled clients to develop solutions for their business issues. As a trial and appellate advocate, he has also represented clients in trials and appeals in order to assure the financial or property rights of clients.
A sample of some of the trials and reported appeals conducted by Barry Schuster include: K & J Associates v. City of Lebanon, 142 N.H. 331, 703 A.2d 253 (1997) involving a shopping center development; Tausanovitch v. Town of Lyme, 143 N.H. 144, 722 A.2d 914 (1998), construction litigation; Mahoney v. Town of Canterbury, 150 N.H. 148, 834 A.2d 227 (2003) timber development; Bayson Properties v. City of Lebanon, 150 N.H. 167, 834 A.2d 202 (2003) grocery store development; Shopland v. Town of Enfield, 151 N.H. 219, 855 A.2d 392 (2004) zoning variance appeal. Additionally, trials include: Boutin v. Moore Deals, Inc. and Champion Home Builders Co., assuring a manufactured home warranty; Silvers v. City of Claremont, establishing a regional recycling center; Wilder v. Town of Plainfield, defending a municipal tax assessment; Lisby v. Y.P.C. Forestier Enterprise, Inc., defending easement rights, and Carleton v. MTS Development, Corp. et.al., protecting shareholder rights.
Whether you've been charged with a violation-level offense in the district court or a serious felony in the superior court, being charged with a crime is always a trying experience. Since 1986, Charlie Buttrey has aggressively represented literally thousands of clients in the district and superior courts throughout the states of New Hampshire and Vermont with compassion and integrity. A member of the New Hampshire Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys and the Criminal Law section of the Vermont Trial Lawyers Association, Charlie has obtained dozens of acquittals in jury trials in both states, and has handled cases ranging from homicides, sexual assaults and burglaries to shoplifting and DWI charges.
If you have been injured by someone else's negligence, you are entitled to be compensated for all of your medical expenses, all of your lost wages, and all of your pain and suffering. Since 1986, Charlie Buttrey has represented seriously injured clients in courts throughout New Hampshire and Vermont, in cases ranging including wrongful death actions, motor vehicle collisions, slips and falls and medical malpractice cases. A member of both the New Hampshire Association for Justice and the Vermont Trial Lawyers Association, Charlie treats his clients with compassion, dignity and respect while obtaining maximum recoveries on their behalf.
Real Estate
Whether you are purchasing a home or developing a commercial property, attorneys Barry Schuster and Bryce Wing, along with the firm's experienced legal staff, provide a full range of in-depth experience to help you navigate from contract or option to certificate of occupancy and closing.
Schuster, Buttrey & Wing has been assisting developers, municipalities and landowners with all aspects of site acquisition and permitting and regularly appears before zoning, planning and other municipal boards throughout the region. Projects have included shopping centers, office buildings, multi and mixed-use housing developments and conservation lands. Additionally, we assists buyers, sellers and owners of homes, investment and business properties in both New Hampshire and Vermont, with all aspects of the purchasing and mortgage financing process including purchase and sale agreement preparation, title examination and resolution of title issues, title insurance, preparation of loan documents, coordination of closing and all post closing matters.
Working with local banks, mortgage brokers and financing institutions from around the country, Schuster, Buttrey & Wing makes the purchase, financing and mortgaging processes for both residential and commercial properties, efficient, smooth and understandable for all. The firm works with all local financial institutions as well as with national lenders, including Mascoma Savings Bank, Lebanon, NH; Lake Sunapee Bank, Newport NH; Ledyard National Bank, Hanover, NH; Chittenden Bank, VT; Service Credit Union, Portsmouth, NH; Bank of America; and USSA Federal Savings Bank, to name a few. Schuster, Buttrey & Wing has a longtime and close working relationship with all local and regional real estate agencies and brokers servicing both buyers and sellers of real estate and are approved agents for First American Title Insurance Company.
Wills/Estates:
Wills and ProbateThe planning for one's estate requires thoughtful preparation to assure that the proper beneficiaries are recognized and the desires of the person planning are achieved. Bryce Wing assists clients to achieve their estate planning goals by preparing wills, trusts, medical directives, powers of attorney and other estate planning documents which carefully reflect the desires of the client. The firm also handles the probate, or administration of one's estate, which is the Court managed process for the of assets after death either according to the terms of a will or according to state law, if there is no will.