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Manchester Personal Injury - Plaintiff Lawyer
Overview
Mary Elizabeth Tenn joined Tenn And Tenn, P.A. in 2001. Mary’s practice areas include personal injury, complex commercial litigation, and domestic relations matters in New Hampshire. As part of Mary’s diverse practice, she regularly represents both corporations and individual clients.
Mary is admitted to practice in all state and federal courts in New Hampshire and Massachusetts. She also is admitted to practice in the United States Supreme Court.
Prior to joining Tenn And Tenn, P.A., Mary worked as a litigation attorney in Boston's Hale and Dorr LLP, where she was elected to partnership in 1999. During that time, Mary also served as Special Assistant District Attorney for Middlesex County and prosecuted cases on behalf of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Mary is a frequent trial advisor for the Trial Advocacy Workshop at Harvard Law School and a judge for the Harvard Law School First-year Moot Court Program.
Mary received her J.D. degree, cum laude, from Harvard Law School, where she served as Co-Chairperson of the Tenant Advocacy Project and as an editor of Harvard Civil Rights Civil Liberties Law Review. She received a B.A., summa cum laude, from Boston College, where she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and awarded membership in the National Jesuit Honor Society—The Order of the Cross and Crown.
Born and raised in Manchester, Mary is active in local community and charitable organizations. She serves on the Board of Directors and Executive Committee for the Girl Scouts of Swift Water Council and the Board of Trustees for Leadership New Hampshire.
In 2005, Mary was recognized by the New Hampshire Bar Foundation and was presented the prestigious Robert E. Kirby award for demonstrating the traits of civility, courtesy, perspective, and excellence in the practice of law.
Mary has been selected for inclusion in Super Lawyers, a rating service of outstanding lawyers who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. She is also a member of the Best Lawyers in America, one of the oldest and most respected peer-review publications. She received recognition in 2011 from Best Lawyers for her work in Family Law.
In February of 2012, Mary Tenn was voted NH's top attorney 2012 in Family Law (PDF) for Business NH Magazine.
About Mary Elizabeth Tenn
Practice Areas
- Personal Injury - Plaintiff
- Domestic Relations
- Commercial Litigation
Current Employment Position(s)
- Attorney
Year Joined Firm
- 2001
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- Massachusetts, 1994
- New Hampshire, 1995
- U.S. District Court District of Massachusetts, 1999
- U.S. District Court District of New Hampshire, 1999
- U.S. Court of Appeals 1st Circuit, 1999
- U.S. Supreme Court, 1999
Other Affiliations
- New Hampshire Bar Association (Member)
- Manchester Bar Association (Member, Executive Committee)
- Boston Bar Association (Member)
- American Bar Association (Member)
- New Hampshire Trial Lawyers Association (Member)
- New Hampshire Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys (Member)
- Daniel Webster American Inn of Court (Member)
- Massachusetts Bar Association (Member)
- New Hampshire Association for Justice, 2007 - 2010 (Board Member)
- National Conference of Bar President, 2013 - Present (Member)
- United States District Court, New Hampshire, Local Rules Subcommittee, 2006 - Present
- New Hampshire Attorney Discipline System, 2013 - 2014 (Professional Conduct Committee Member)
- New Hampshire Attorney Discipline System, 2010 - 2013 (Hearing Committee Member)
- New Hampshire Judicial Council, 2014 - 2015 (Board Member)
- New Hampshire Board of Bar Examiner, 2017 - Present (Chair)
- New Hampshire Board of Bar Examiner, 2011 - Present (Member)
- New Hampshire Board of Bar Examiner, 2012 - 2017 (Vice chair)
- Manchester Bar Association, 2011 - 2012 (President)
- New Hampshire Bar Association, 2015 - 2016 (President)
- New Hampshire Supreme Court, Professional Conduct Committee
- New Hampshire Supreme Court, Hearings Panel
Education
- Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1994
J.D.
Honors: cum laude
Honors: Trial Advocacy Workshop, Trial Advisor
Honors: Harvard Law School First-year Moot Court Program, Judge
Honors: Tenant Advocacy Project, Co-Chairperson
Law Review: Harvard Civil Rights Civil Liberties Law Review, Editor - Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, 1991
B.A.
Honors: summa cum laude
Honors: National Jesuit Honor Society, The Order of the Cross and Crown, Awarded Membership
Major: Political Science
Fraternities and Sororities
- Phi Beta Kappa
Past Positions
- Hale and Dorr LLP, Litigation Attorney
- Middlesex County, Special Assistant District Attorney
Pro Bono Activities
- New Hampshire Bar Foundation, Fellow
- State Chair for New Hampshire, 2018 - Present
- The Warren B. Rudman Center for Justice, Leadership and Public Policy, Board of Advisors, 2015 - Present
- Leadership and Public Policy
- Girl Scouts of Swift Water Council, Board of Directors
- Leadership New Hampshire Class of 2003
- Girl Scouts of Swift Water Council, Past Board Member
- Manchester Community Television, Past Board Chair
- New Hampshire Bar Foundation, Board Member, 2013 - Present
- American Bar Foundation, Fellow
- Leadership New Hampshire, Board of Trustees, 2006 - 2012
Achievements
Other Sources of Feedback About Mary Elizabeth Tenn
Included on the 2024 New England Super Lawyers list
Past Lists
- 2023 New England Super Lawyers list
- 2022 New England Super Lawyers list
- 2021 New England Super Lawyers list
- 2020 New England Super Lawyers list
- 2019 New England Super Lawyers list
- 2018 New England Super Lawyers list
- 2017 New England Super Lawyers list
- 2016 New England Super Lawyers list
- 2015 New England Super Lawyers list
- 2014 New England Super Lawyers list
- 2013 New England Super Lawyers list
- 2012 New England Super Lawyers list
- 2011 New England Super Lawyers list
- 2010 New England Super Lawyers list
Honors
- New Hampshire Bar Foundation, Robert E. Kirby Award, 2005 - Present
- 40 Under Forty, New Hampshire Union Leader, 2009 - Present
- Litigation Counsel of America, Fellow, 2016 - Present
- Super Lawyers, Personal Injury and/or Family Law, 2010 - 2018
- Best Lawyers in America, Family Law Lawyer of the Year, New Hampshire, 2016 - Present
- Best Lawyers in America, Family Law, 2011 - 2018
- Business NH Magazine, Top Family Law Lawyer, New Hampshire, 2011 and 2015
- NH Magazine, Best Lawyer in Family Law, New Hampshire, 2016 - Present
- NH Magazine, Top Lawyers, Family Law, New Hampshire, 2010 - 2018
- AV Preeminent Rated, Martindale-Hubbell
- New Hampshire’s Top Attorney in Family Law, 2012
Office Information
Address
16 High St.#3 Manchester, NH 03101
Fax
- 603-644-0345
Accepts Credit Cards
Yes
Publication
Articles
- President’s Perspective: Political Discourse: A Primary Responsibility
- President’s Perspective: Pope Francis & Pro Bono: Why We Should Give Back
- President’s Perspective: Be Ready: Midyear Meeting Addresses New Challenges
- President’s Perspective: Civics Education: Keep the Republic
- President’s Perspective: In Memoriam: Justice Scalia, The Happy Warrior
- President’s Perspective: We’ve Come a Long Way… Maybe?
- A Practical Guide to Discovery and Depositions in New Hampshire, Chapter 22, Discovery in Divorce Cases, MCLE, Inc. Supp., 2018
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