
Russell F. Hilliard
Partner
Russ focuses his practice in the areas of commercial and insurance litigation, professional discipline, defense and alternative dispute resolution, representing businesses, municipalities and individual professionals.
A highly respected attorney among his peers, he is ranked by Chambers USA's America's Leading Lawyers for Business in the area of commercial litigation, which recognized him in 2010 as “as good a litigator as you could hope to find.” He is also included in The Best Lawyers in America® for alternative dispute resolution. He has a Martindale Hubbell AV rating.
Russ is one of only four from New Hampshire named by Super Lawyers to its 2011 list of Top 100 New England Attorneys. Lawyers are selected for Super Lawyers distinction following an extensive balloting, research and screening process that involves the state's lawyers nominating the best attorneys they've personally observed in action. Russ has been named to the top 100 in New England list, which also includes attorneys from Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Vermont, and Maine, each year since 2008.
A member of the firm since 1980, he is an active member in the following organizations:
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American Bar Association House of Delegates
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New Hampshire Bar Association (past president)
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New Hampshire Bar Foundation (past chair)
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Fellow American College of Trial Lawyers, inducted 1995
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Elected VP of the New England Bar Association, becoming President in October 2012
Russ has also been an active member and leader involved in public service and civic organizations including:
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New Hampshire Legislative Ethics Committee (past chair)
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New Hampshire Public Employee Labor Relations Board (past member)
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Hopkinton Rotary Club (charter president)
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Serving New Hampshire's
Legal Needs Since 1908
Russell F. Hilliard
(603) 436-7046
(877) 436-6206
Fax (603) 431-7304
Practice Areas:
Municipal
Employment
Commercial Litigation
Mediation
Personal Injury
Education:
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, BS, Engineering
Cornell Law School, JD
Boston University, LLM Taxation
Address:
Upton & Hatfield LLP
159 Middle Street
Portsmouth, NH 03801


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