Attorney Steven M. LaFortune, Partner

Steven M. LaFortune has demonstrated an outstanding record of personal and professional achievement. An accomplished athlete, he was twice an all-American football player and awarded achievements for academic excellence. After completing law school he worked as a litigator at Gaston & Snow and Peabody and Arnold forming his own law firm in the 1980's. Some of his accomplishments include:

• Pursuing multi-million dollar litigation cases against major Boston Banks.
• Defending clients successfully in numerous jury cases involving charges of assault, driving to endanger, DWI and other matters.
• Achieving positive outcomes in representing clients in litigation involving sophisticated construction disputes with projects worth millions of dollars.
• Defending a major employer in an employment law litigation case.
• Litigating and successfully representing clients in personal injury cases fro both accident victims and insurance companies involving sophisticated insurance coverage issues.
• Representing a local machine tool company successfully against a Fortune 500 company seeking major funds in damages.
• Representing banking institutions in Massachusetts and New Hampshire in cases involving contracts, lender liability, real estate title issues, bankruptcy and foreclosure.

Bar Admission – 1985

Practice – Admitted to Practice in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the State of New Hampshire, State and Federal Courts.

Education – Boston University, School of Law; Trinity College, John Alexander Economics Award.


Attorney Georgiana Betses Lafortune, Partner

Georgiana Betses Lafortune has almost 20 years experience as a practicing attorney, establishing herself as a leading attorney in general practice with focus on divorce and family law, mediation, banking and real estate. Her accomplishments include but are not restricted to:

• Performing in excess of 2000 real estate closings for commercial and residential real estate representing both lenders and individuals.
• Representing banking clients, developers, corporations and individuals, the FDIC, the RTC and BONHAM (agent for FDIC in New Hampshire) in complex real estate, corporate, lender liability, construction and environmental issues.
• Representing clients in general civil matters including landlord/tenant matters, contract disputes, employment issues, worker compensation, social security disability, accidental disability retirement, domestic abuse and driving under the influence claims.
• Representing local school committee in all areas of representation including land use and contract negotiation; and a non-profit nursing home on labor issues.
• Representing husbands, wives and children in hundreds of divorces, custody and other family disputes.

Bar Admissions – 1985

Practice – The Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the State of New Hampshire

Education – Boston University, School of Law; University of Lowell, BA, Summa Cum laude

Professional Associations – Greater Lowell Bar Association; Massachusetts Conveyancers Association