EDUCATION

JURIS DOCTOR, PIERCE LAW CENTER
Cumulative GPA: 4.12 on a 4.33 scale                     ACTIVITIES AND HONORS:
-Pierce Law Center Merit Scholarship: all semesters
-Appellate Defender Clinic, researched and wrote three-issue brief for presentation to NH Supreme Court
-Research Assistant for revision of Professor TG Field, Jr.'s legal textbook: Introduction to Intellectual Property


B.S., RIVIER COLLEGE
Paralegal Studies/ Pre-Law Major, Philosophy Minor
Valedictorian, Cumulative GPA: 4.0 on a 4.0 scale
ACTIVITIES AND HONORS:
-Rivier College President’s Scholarship (merit-based): all semesters
-HCA Foundation Scholarship (merit-based): all semesters
-Kappa Gamma Pi National Honor Society


CALVARY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL

- Valedictorian


EMPLOYMENT

CURRENTLY:
Law Office of Rebecca J. Rutter
Derry, New Hampshire

PRIOR:
Law Office of Thomas P. Colantuono
Derry, NH
- Paralegal
- Law Clerk

ORGANIZATIONS AND COMMITTEES

- Derry Heritage Commission
Secretary

- NH Civil War Memorials Commission
Created by NH Legislature

- Adams Female Academy Memorial Scholarship
Scholarship Selection Committee

- Veterans of Foreign Wars, Ladies Auxiliary
Derry Post 1617

- American Legion, Ladies Auxiliary


OTHER COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES

- Speaker, Town of Derry Memorial Day Ceremony. May 2006.

- Judge, Veterans of Foreign Wars’ Voice of Democracy Speech Contest and American Legion’s High School Oratorical Contest and Junior High Oratorical Contest. Various years.

- Judge, Franklin Pierce Law Center Moot Court (for Legal Research and Writing course).
April 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006.

- Guest Legal Analyst, for various news interviews on WMUR News, Channel 9. Summer of 2002.

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

American Bar Association
New Hampshire Bar Association
New Hampshire Women’s Bar Association
New Hampshire Trial Lawyers Association