Carolyn Cole

Carolyn Cole is a managing partner and trial attorney at Cole Associates Civil Law, PLLC, who represents individuals and businesses in complex legal disputes. Her practice includes civil rights law, commercial litigation, employment litigation, judgment enforcement, high-value divorce, contract disputes, defamation, foreclosure, unfair competition, and consumer protection matters. She also serves clients in telecommunications, technology, real estate, manufacturing, finance, retail, and construction. She helps clients understand their options, prepare for litigation, and resolve conflicts with practical guidance focused on risk, timing, evidence, expense, strategy, cost, leverage, and strong results.

Carolyn earned her Bachelor’s Degree from Middlebury College before beginning her professional career in public service. She later earned a Master’s Degree from Oxford University in Elizabethan and Jacobean English. She then earned a J.D. from Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law. This education gave her strong writing, research, analysis, and advocacy skills. Those skills support her work in court, before agencies, and in negotiations involving detailed facts, records, contracts, regulations, industry standards, business records, client goals, documents, and business concerns.

Carolyn practiced in New York City for several years, focusing on civil and human rights violations. After moving to New Hampshire in 1999, she handled general civil litigation. In 2007, she served as in-house general counsel for a large telecommunications company. She later formed Cole Associates Civil Law, PLLC in 2013. Her career includes state and federal trial work in New Hampshire, Vermont, and New York, along with agency, commission, zoning, securities, tax, regulatory, utility, administrative, and land appeal matters.

Carolyn Cole helps people by giving clear legal advice during difficult disputes. She works with clients through each stage of litigation, from early case review to strategy, discovery, hearings, trial preparation, settlement, and enforcement. She also counsels clients on ways to avoid litigation when a dispute can be managed before it grows. Her work combines courtroom experience with sound business judgment, helping clients protect rights, reduce risk, preserve claims, strengthen positions, and make informed decisions in serious legal and commercial matters.

Law Office Affiliations

• Managing Partner, Cole Associates Civil Law, PLLC
• Member, New Hampshire Bar Association
• Member, Vermont Bar Association
• Member, New York State Bar Association

Licensed State

• New Hampshire
• Vermont
• New York

Education

• Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• Oxford University
  Master’s degree

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