Margaret R. Kerouac

Top rated Family Law attorney in Manchester, New Hampshire

Kerouac Law Office, PLLC
Margaret R. Kerouac
Kerouac Law Office, PLLC

Practice areas: Family Law

Licensed in New Hampshire since: 2000

Education: Suffolk University Law School

Selected to Super Lawyers: 2015 - 2025 Selected to Rising Stars: 2009 - 2014

Kerouac Law Office, PLLC

650 Elm St
Manchester, NH 03101 Phone: 603-223-9151 Email: Margaret R. Kerouac Visit website

Details

Margaret has more than twenty years of experience focused on high-asset and complex divorce cases.  Margaret’s clients include business owners, public figures, elected officials, executives of publicly traded companies, successful inventors, attorneys, doctors, dentists, retirees, those with inherited wealth, and many others.  Her cases regularly involve issues relating to the valuation and division of complex assets such as businesses, private equity, trusts, stock options, commercial real estate, foreign assets, and intellectual property rights.

Margaret’s practice focuses on the private, creative and client-centered resolution of family matters primarily through mediation, negotiation, collaborative law, and other settlement techniques, but with the recognition that litigation and trial are sometimes necessary to resolve family disputes.  Margaret is a Fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (AAML), a distinction that signifies her reputation as one of the best family law attorneys in the country. She was also appointed by the New Hampshire Supreme Court to serve four successive terms on attorney discipline system committees, first on the Professional Conduct Committee (an adjudicatory arm of the attorney discipline system) and then on the Complaint Screening Committee (a committee that determines whether there is sufficient evidence of a violation to warrant further processing of a complaint).

Margaret has significant trial experience and holds the designation of NITA Advocate. She is listed in New Hampshire Magazine’s Best Lawyers and holds a Martindale AV rating, the highest possible rating.  In addition, Margaret is recognized by Best Lawyers in America in the areas of Family Law, Mediation, Arbitration, and Collaborative Law.  She was named “Lawyer of the Year” in 2024, 2022 and 2018 by Best Lawyers.  She has also been recognized by Super Lawyers for more than a decade.

Past Experience

Margaret served as an elected leader, and ultimately chair, of the New Hampshire Bar Association’s Family Law Section from 2005-2012. She was also a founding member and chair of two collaborative law practice groups.  Margaret was also a member of the New Hampshire Bar Association’s Committee on Cooperation with the Courts as well as the Family Division’s Rules and Policy Groups.  In those groups and committees, she collaborated with members of the judiciary and other practitioners on rules, policies of the courts, and professional conduct matters.

Margaret has authored numerous articles and blog posts on various issues relating to divorce.  She is a frequent speaker at continuing legal education seminars on topics such as handling complex assets in divorce, advanced property division, and postnuptial agreements.  Margaret is also a certified collaborative law attorney and trained mediator.  She is a vocal proponent of mediation and collaborative law in the divorce context.

First Admitted: 2000, New Hampshire

Professional Webpage: http://www.kerouaclaw.com

Bar/Professional Activity:
  • 1) Appointed by NH Supreme Court to Professional Conduct Committee for three terms, totaling nine years, concluding in 2023. 2) Elected to leadership of NH Bar Association's Family Law Section 2005-2012.  Elected as Chair of Section 2008-2012.  3) Former member of NH Bar Association's Committee on Cooperation with the Courts (2014).    4) Founder and former co-chair of Seacoast Collaborative Divorce Professionals and Central New Hampshire (Concord) Collaborative Divorce Professionals.    5) Former member of Board of Governors of NH Association for Justice. 6) Former member of Board of Governors of NH Women's Bar Association.   7) Selected for Family Division Rules Group and Family Division Policy Group in 2008 and as liaison to Bar Association for groups.  8) Member of Collaborative Law Alliance of NH and International Association of Collaborative Professionals.
Representative Clients:
  • Margaret’s clients include business owners, public figures, elected officials, executives of publicly-traded companies, successful inventors, tech entrepreneurs, attorneys, doctors, dentists, retirees, those with generational wealth and many others.  Her cases regularly involve issues relating to the valuation and division of complex assets such as business interests, private equity, stock options, investment real estate, foreign assets, trust interests, and intellectual property rights. 
Honors/Awards:
  • Rated AV by Martindale Hubbell
  • Admitted to American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, AAML.org, 2023
  • Recognized by Best Lawyers for Family Law, Collaborative Law and Arbitration (2015-2019) and Family Law Mediation (2019)
  • Recognized as a Super Lawyer each year since 2015, Super Lawyers
  • Recognized as a Super Lawyers Rising Star, 2009-2014
  • Appointed to the New Hampshire Supreme Court's Professional Conduct Committee, the adjudicatory body of the Attorney Discipline System, for three three-year terms (2015-2018; 2018-2021; 2021-2023)., NH Supreme Court
  • Elected to leadership of NH Bar Association's Family Law Section (2004-2012)
  • Jack B. Middleton Pro Bono Services Award, 2005, in recognition of work providing legal services to the poor and underprivileged citizens of New Hampshire.
Educational Background:
  • Bentley University, 1997
Industry Groups:
  • Appointed Member Of NH Supreme Court's Professional Conduct Committee/Complaint Screening Committee
  • Collaborative Law Alliance Of NH
  • Former Chair Of NH Bar Assn. Family Law Section
  • Founding Member Of Central NH Collaborative And Seacoast Collaborative Divorce Professionals Groups
  • Member Of International Academy Of Collaborative Professionals

Office location for Margaret R. Kerouac

650 Elm St
Manchester, NH 03101

Selections

11 Years Super Lawyers
6 Years Rising Stars
  • Super Lawyers: 2015 - 2025
  • Rising Stars: 2009 - 2014

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Top 5: New Hampshire Super Lawyers: 2024 - 2025

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