Derek D. Lick concentrates his practice in litigation, government relations, and land use and planning matters. As part of his practice, Mr. Lick represents individuals and businesses before state and federal courts and before the New Hampshire legislature.

Mr. Lick graduated from Boston University and from the Vanderbilt School of Law, where he was articles editor for the Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law. As part of Vanderbilt’s Juvenile Practice Clinic, Mr. Lick represented juvenile clients by serving as guardian ad litem before the state courts and lobbied for the rights of relative foster care providers before the Tennessee state legislature.

Prior to entering law school, Mr. Lick served as the Press Secretary for Democratic Congressman Martin O. Sabo, the Chairman of the House Budget Committee and a senior member of the House Appropriations Committee. As the Press Secretary, Mr. Lick was responsible for developing and implementing the congressman's media strategy in Washington, D.C. and in the Congressman's Minneapolis, Minnesota district, one of the country's top-20 media markets.

Mr. Lick is active in New Hampshire politics, serving on the Democratic State Committee after being elected as an at-large representative to the Merrimack County Democratic Committee and as chairperson for the Sutton Town Democrats. He is also on the Sutton Zoning Board of Adjustment.

Mr. Lick serves on the Board of Directors of the Kearsarge Area Council on Aging. He is also a member of the Sutton Historical Society.

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