Christopher J. Garner

Christopher J. Garner is the attorney and owner of Garner Law Office in Nashua, New Hampshire whose practice focuses on family law, mediation, bankruptcy, workers’ compensation, personal injury, estate planning, probate, civil and criminal matters, and real estate. He serves individuals and families through a broad general practice with a substantial focus on divorce and family disputes. Garner helps individuals, families, injury claimants, debtors, and property clients resolve disputes, plan estates, address financial problems, and protect legal rights.

Garner earned a B.A. in History and Psychology magna cum laude from Ithaca College in 1976 and a J.D. from the University of New Hampshire School of Law in 1981. His education supports a broad practice requiring negotiation, counseling, litigation, mediation, and legal planning across several subject areas. This background supports careful legal analysis, clear communication, and practical judgment in matters involving family law, mediation, bankruptcy, workers’ compensation, personal injury, estate planning, probate, civil and criminal matters, and real estate.

Garner has experience practicing since 1981 and operating his own office since 1990, with earlier work in student legal services, legal clinics, and legal education. He has served as a guardian ad litem and an adjunct instructor and is admitted in New Hampshire and Maine. Across these matters, the work requires careful preparation and attention to the legal, factual, and practical issues that affect the client’s position.

Christopher J. Garner brings more than four decades of general-practice experience to family and related personal legal matters. His background includes legal-services work, teaching, mediation, collaborative practice, and long-term service to Nashua-area clients. The practice combines broad practical judgment with substantial family-law and dispute-resolution experience. This approach helps clients understand available options, evaluate risk, and move important matters forward with informed legal guidance.

Law Office Affiliations

• Attorney, Garner Law Office
• Member, New Hampshire Bar Association
• Member, Maine State Bar Association
• Member, American Bar Association
• Member, Nashua Bar Association
• Member, National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys
• Member, New Hampshire Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
• Member, New Hampshire Association for Justice
• Member, New Hampshire Collaborative Law Alliance
• Member, International Association of Collaborative Professionals

Licensed State

• New Hampshire
• Maine

Education

• University of New Hampshire School of Law
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• Ithaca College
  B.A. (History & Psychology) Magna Cum Laude

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