EDUCATION
JURIS DOCTOR, PIERCE LAW CENTER
Ranked first in class, all
semesters
Cumulative GPA: 4.12 on a 4.33 scale
-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
Valedictorian
Cumulative GPA: 4.0
on a 4.0 scale
Major: Pre-Law/ Paralegal Studies; Minor: Philosophy
-Rivier College President’s Scholarship (merit-based): all semesters
-HCA Foundation Scholarship (merit-based): all semesters
-Kappa Gamma Pi National Honor Society
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
- Robert Frost Farm, Board of Trustees
- Alexander Eastman Charitable Foundation,
Board of Trustees
- Adams Female Academy Memorial Scholarship
Scholarship Selection Committee
- NH Civil War Memorials
Commission (Created by NH State Legislature)
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, 2008.
- Guest Legal Analyst, for various news
interviews on WMUR News, Channel 9. Summer of 2002.
PROFESSIONAL
ASSOCIATIONS
American Bar Association
New
Hampshire Bar Association
Collaborative
Law Alliance of New Hampshire
Greater Salem Bar Association
