You Can Help: Opportunities for Businesses and Firms

Private donations from New Hampshire’s legal and business communities provide critical unrestricted funding for NHLA and 603 Legal Aid to direct resources where programs and clients’ needs surface throughout the year.

The Campaign is grateful for generous, ongoing support from the business and legal communities, including attorneys at Pacesetter firms who contribute at least $500 per NH licensed attorney, or charitable support from the firm totaling at least $10,000. The following firms have stepped up to “Set the Pace” for the legal community:

2022 Pacesetter firms:

• Ansell & Anderson
• Bernstein Shur
• Gallagher, Callahan & Gartrell, P.C.
• Orr & Reno, P.A.
• Rath Young & Pignatelli
• Sheehan Phinney Bass + Green

You can make a gift to the Campaign from your firm or business by check or by downloading and completing this form and mailing, emailing or faxing it back to us.

Other ways your business or firm can support equal access to justice:

• Double the impact of your employees’ generous gifts through matching-gift programs .
• Sponsor Campaign events in your area: Help us spread the word of the many ways legal aid benefits our entire New Hampshire community. To arrange a breakfast or lunch event featuring representatives of the Campaign, call Campaign Director Sarah Palermo at 603-369-6650
• Support IOLTA Leadership Banks: New Hampshire was the second state in the country to authorize the IOLTA, or Interest on Lawyers’ Trust Accounts, program. Civil legal aid programs benefit from the compilation of small amounts of interest earned when lawyers pool the escrow funds they hold for their clients. To maximize IOLTA income for civil legal aid and the benefit these programs bring to New Hampshire, encourage your firm to place trust account funds with a Leadership Bank, which provides a higher interest rate to maximize support for legal aid. Contact the New Hampshire Bar Foundation to locate the Leadership Banks in your community.