About Our Office

We appreciate living and working in this community-minded, rural area — while attending with the utmost care to our clients’ affairs. 

Dan Grossman and Markell Ripps, the founding partners in the firm, have lived in the Upper Valley since 1972 and 2007, respectively. Cara Albert, joined the practice in 2017 until 2024, and Chris Burgess joined the practice in 2021. All are committed to making the Upper Valley a better place to work and live.

Norris Cotton was a powerful U.S. Senator from Lebanon, N.H., between 1954 and 1974. He started out practicing law just a few miles from the office and often told people he was simply a “country lawyer.” Sometimes we refer to ourselves as “simple country lawyers,” although we know the lives of our clients are not “simple.” We use the term because, in our view, a “simple country lawyer” is a lawyer who takes a forthright, direct approach to the law and who lives in and shares the values of this rural area — but at the same time stays abreast of and applies the latest legal knowledge and techniques.

Personally, we know we are privileged to live in this lovely setting, but as lawyers, we realize that a million-dollar transaction in the country deserves every bit as much skill, training, and expertise as a million-dollar transaction in the city. For 40 years, this approach has served both the practice and our clients well.