Margaret H. Nelson
Margaret H. Nelson practices commercial and administrative litigation, focusing on property tax abatements and exemptions, state tax issues, insurance coverage, professional liability defense and public utility matters at Sulloway & Hollis. She has successfully represented property tax owners in some of the largest tax appeals in New Hampshire. She also has considerable appellate experience before the New Hampshire Supreme Court and the First Circuit Court of Appeals.
Ms. Nelson currently serves as the firm’s Managing Director.
- State Taxation
- Business Litigation
- Insurance Coverage
- Government Relations
- A.B., Radcliffe College, Harvard University, magna cum laude
- J.D., Boston College Law School, cum laude
- New Hampshire
- U.S. District Court of New Hampshire
- First Circuit Court of Appeals
- Obtained substantial abatement for owner of multi-tenant retail space in Upper Valley
- Prepared appellate brief which resulted in key Supreme Court decision regarding discoverability of mental-health records in civil litigation
- Negotiated successful resolution of complex insurance declaratory judgment action involving defense costs of MBTE claims
- Represented insurer in litigation which resulted in settlement of significant reinsurance claim
- Achieved substantial abatement for owner of major waterfront parcel on Squam Lake
- Handled tax abatement proceedings for a pulp and paper facility which established standards for the non-taxability of factory machinery and equipment
- Successfully handled tax abatement litigation and Supreme Court appeal, which established that the interest of members' ownership in a non-profit corporation which held real estate could not be assessed
- Represented Joint Owners of Seabrook Station in tax abatement litigation which produced tax abatements in excess of $20 million and subsequently negotiated several multi-year assessment agreements with host communities
- Served as tax abatement counsel to BancOne Asset Management which was retained by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation to deal with real estate acquired by failed banking institutions in New Hampshire, successfully resolving numerous tax appeals involving a wide range of property, including resorts, commercial office space, industrial facilities and condominiums
- Chair, New Hampshire Supreme Court Professional Conduct Committee
- Member, New Hampshire Supreme Court Society
- Member, New Hampshire Bar Association, Telecommunications, Energy and Utilities Section and Business Litigation Section
- Member, Defense Research Institute, Insurance and Commercial Litigation Committees
- Former Chair, New Hampshire Bar Association Continuing Legal Education Committee
- Past Board Member, The Circle Program
- Past Board Member, Dress for Success - New Hampshire
- Past Vestry member, St. Paul's Church, Concord
- The Best Lawyers in America, for public utility law (now energy law) and for insurance law
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