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Professional Focus

Terri L. Pastori is a seasoned attorney and litigator who focuses her practice on employment matters and business litigation.  Terri’s employment practice is unique because her clients include both individuals and management, offering her a 360-degree perspective on the employment relationship and work environment. She is one of the few attorneys who has been recognized as a “Lawyer of the Year” by Best Lawyers in the area of Employment Law for both individuals and management in New Hampshire. Terri’s employment practice is enhanced by her experience as a business owner of the only law firm named by Business NH Magazine as a “Best Company to Work For.”  With a background of working at leading New Hampshire and Boston firms, Terri represents clients in high stakes, complex litigation matters. Terri is often asked to speak on employment law topics and called upon by the media to comment on trending legal issues.

Honors & Distinctions

  • Included in Best Lawyers in America for Employment Law – Management, Employment Law – Individuals, Litigation - Labor & Employment, Commercial Litigation, and Arbitration.

  • Named Best Lawyers’ Concord Employment Law – Individuals “Lawyer of the Year” for 2021, and Employment Law – Management “Lawyer of the Year” for 2020 and 2024.

  • Selected “Woman Leader in The Law” by Martindale-Hubbell and The American Lawyer since 2022.

  • Selected as a “Top-Rated Litigator” By Martindale-Hubbell in 2023.

  • Awarded Martindale-Hubbell® AV Preeminent Rating based upon peer reviews for the highest level of professional excellence since 2017.

  • Included in New England Super Lawyers since 2019.

  • Co-Managing Partner of a business honored by Business NH Magazine as a “Best Companies to Work For” since 2022.

  • Co-Managing Partner of one of New Hampshire’s Top-Women Led Businesses recognized by Business NH Magazine since 2019.

  • Co-Managing Partner of U.S. News & World Report Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms” since 2018.

  • Graduate of the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination (“MCAD”) Certified Train-the-Trainer Programs for Preventing Harassment and Discrimination in the Workplace and Conducting Internal Discrimination Complaint Investigations

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Terri L. Pastori
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Leadership & Service

Terri is honored to have served with the following organizations: 

  • New Hampshire Board of Bar Examiners (2018-present)

  • University of New Hampshire School of Law, Adjunct Faculty Member – Employment Law (2019-2021)

  • Derry Homegrown Farm & Artisan Market, Founding Board Member (2016-present)

  • Town of Derry, Economic Development Advisory Committee - Past Chairperson

  • Member of Association of Workplace Investigators (AWI)

  • Sustaining Member of the New Hampshire Women’s Bar Association

  • New Hampshire Board of Hearing Care Providers (appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the Executive Council) (2015-2018)

  • Professional Liability Underwriting Society, Past Chairperson of the New England Steering Committee

Career & Education

Terri earned her B.S. from UMass Lowell magna cum laude. She received her Juris Doctor from Suffolk University Law School summa cum laude, graduating first in her class. She had the honor of serving as a judicial law clerk at the New Hampshire Supreme Court following law school graduation.  She is admitted to practice law in the state and federal courts in New Hampshire and Massachusetts.  

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