Baldwin & Callen,
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Our Staff
Staff Biographies
Carolyn W. Baldwin
Ms. Baldwin has practiced law in New Hampshire for more than 25 years. She is recognized for her focus on local land use law, state environmental regulation, historic preservation and general land use and environmental issues. She has represented clients before local land use boards throughout the State and has appeared before the New Hampshire Superior and Supreme Courts. As "Of Counsel" to the firm, Attorney Baldwin is available to consult on appropriate issues to undertake representation as may be necessary in particular cases. She has served on land use boards in her home town of Gilmanton. Attorney Baldwin sat with the Board of the NH Main Street Center and served as Chair. She now sits on the Board of Five Rivers Conservation Trust. E-mail: cwbldwn@metrocast.net
Jed Z. Callen
Mr. Callen has practiced land use and environmental law for more than 25 years, and is a member of the bars of New Hampshire, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and California. He holds BA and MS degrees from Cornell University and a JD from the University of California, Hastings. Mr. Callen represents clients before Planning Boards, Zoning Boards, State and Federal agencies, and all State and Federal Courts. He frequently represents individuals or groups of neighbors whose quality of life and properties are threatened by proposals to site developments such as gravel pits, ATV parks, gas stations, cell towers, mini-marts, industrial or commercial establishments, or residential subdivisions on properties near them. He has also represented landowners and developers who seek a quick and streamlined approval process for their legally compliant development proposals. He is particularly interested in working with landowners committed to "green" development of their land. Mr. Callen has represented clients adversely affected by leaks or spills of gasoline, heating oil, sewage, and hazardous substances, from sources such as gas stations, dry cleaners, industrial sites, failed septic systems, and junkyards. Mr. Callen has also handled matters involving the drafting of historic or conservation easements, land use permitting, disputes over rights-of-way or boundaries, timber trespass, and mold or other 'sick building' complaints. Mr. Callen is an adjunct faculty member at the Franklin Pierce Law Center, a past Chair of the Environmental Law Section of the NH Bar Association, a presenter at the NH Bar Association's Environmental Law Seminar, a past President of the Piscataquog Watershed Association (a land Trust) and a Library Trustee. E-mail: callen@nhlandlaw.com
Steven M. Whitley
Mr. Whitley is a recent graduate of Vermont Law School, where he focused on environmental law. Prior to attending Vermont Law School, Mr. Whitley graduated from Tulane University and Tulane Graduate School in New Orleans, Louisiana, his home state, receiving a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and a Masters in Environmental Science. While attending Vermont Law School, Mr. Whitley was President of the Moot Court Advisory Board, a student Ambassador, and a member of the school's Rugby Football Club. During the Spring of 2006, Mr. Whitley clerked at the Department of Justice, Environment and Natural Resource Division in Washington, DC. Following graduation from law school, Mr. Whitley moved to Concord with his wife, also a Vermont Law graduate. He has recently passed the New Hampshire Bar and will be focusing on land use and estate planning issues. E-mail: swhitley@nhlandlaw.com
Beverly J. N. Weatherbee
Beverly Weatherbee is our Office Manager and has been a legal office manager and legal secretary for more than 35 years. A native of Concord, New Hampshire, Bev received her Associates in Business Science Degree from New Hampshire College. Thereafter, she was employed by the State of New Hampshire in the Driver Education Section of the Division of Motor Vehicles, and the Charitable Trust and Consumer Protection Divisions of the New Hampshire Attorney General's Office. Bev was with Orr and Reno, P.A. from 1971 to 1986, with Barto and Puffer, P.A. from 1986 to 2006, and has now joined Baldwin & Callen.