Debra M. DuPont

Debra M. DuPont is a Shareholder, Director, and Senior Vice President at Primmer Piper Eggleston & Cramer PC, with offices listed in Portsmouth and Manchester. She concentrates on family law and criminal defense. Her family practice includes divorce, contested parenting issues, and DCYF involvement, while her criminal work covers serious felonies, misdemeanors, DUI matters, and violation-level offenses in New Hampshire and Maine state and federal courts.

Debra earned a J.D., cum laude, from Florida A&M College of Law and a B.A., cum laude, from Drew University. She also studied through Vanderbilt University in France in Aix-en-Provence. Her legal education supports a practice that requires careful advocacy in emotionally difficult family matters, criminal cases, agency proceedings, and appeals, with attention to the procedural and practical consequences that court decisions can have for individuals and families.

Debra guides family-law clients through pretrial litigation, mediation, trials, and post-trial work, with an emphasis on efficient and effective representation. She frequently handles DHHS and DCYF appeals, other state-agency matters, and appeals to the New Hampshire Supreme Court. Her experience includes ten years as a criminal defense trial attorney with the New Hampshire Public Defender, where she handled a wide range of felony and misdemeanor cases.

Debra M. DuPont is admitted in New Hampshire and Maine and before federal courts in both states. Her professional affiliations include the Rockingham County Bar Association, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Charles C. Doe American Inn of Court, New Hampshire Women’s Bar Association, and New Hampshire Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. Her background combines family-law counseling, criminal trial experience, agency advocacy, and appellate work for clients facing high-stakes legal problems.

Law Office Affiliations

• Shareholder, Primmer Piper Eggleston & Cramer PC
• Legislation Committee, New Hampshire Bar Association (2017 – 2020)
• Member, Maine State Bar Association
• Member, Rockingham County Bar Association
• Member, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
• Member, The Charles C. Doe American Inn of Court
• Member, New Hampshire Women’s Bar Association
• Member, The New Hampshire Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NHACDL)
• Board Member, Pro Portsmouth, Inc. (2018-2023)

Licensed State

• New Hampshire
• Maine

Education

• Florida A&M College of Law
  Juris Doctor (JD) (Cum Laude)
• Drew University
  Bachelor of Arts (BA) (Cum Laude)

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