Our Attorneys
Karyn Krause Cumberland | Principal/Member kcumberland@sklawyers.net
Practice Areas: Elder Law; Estate Planning; Trusts and Wills; Health Care Law; Insurance; Probate Administration; Trust Administration; Social Security; Marital Mediation; QDROS; Auto Accidents; Personal Injury and Wrongful Death; Small Business; Corporations and LLCs
Admitted: 1990, New Hampshire; 1991, U.S. District Court, District of New Hampshire
Law School: University of Utah, J.D., 1989
College: Westminster College, B.A., cum laude, 1985
Member:
New Hampshire Bar Association: Health Care Law Section 1991 – 2000, Elder Law Section 2000 – Present, Corporate, Business and Banking Section – Member and Secretary 1991 – 1994, New Lawyers Committee 1991 -2001 – Author and Editor of NH Traps for the Unwary, Public Information Committee 1995 – 1996, Long Range Planning Committee 1994 – 1997, Tri State (NH, ME, VT) Commission Bar Examination.
American Bar Association: District Representative – (NH and MA) Young Lawyer’s Division 1993 – 1999, Health Care Law Forum – member 1991 – 1995, Young Lawyer’s Division – member 1990 – 2000, Partnership Award 1993 – 1994, Executive Council 1998 – 2000, AOP Presenter Washington, DC 1994, Awards of Achievement Judge 1999.
American Inn of Court: Daniel Webster Manchester, NH 1993 – 1994, Charles Dow Portsmouth, NH 1994 – 1996.
Rockingham County Bar Association: Member, 1991 – Present.
New Hampshire Business Committee for the Arts: Member, 1992 – Present.
Hesser College – Manchester, NH: Legal Advisory Board of Directors, 2008 – Present.
Town of Durham Zoning Board of Adjustments: Member 1996 – 2001; Secretary 1999 – 2001.
Oyster River Youth Association: Travel Hockey Board of Directors 2008 – 2010; Travel Hockey Granite State and Seacoast Scheduler 2007 – 2010.
Oyster River High School Girls Hockey Boosters: Treasurer, 2013 – Present.
National Association of Professional Women: Member, 2014 – Present.
Hampton Seafood Festival: Volunteer, 2014 – Present.
One Park Avenue Condo Association: Vice President, 2013 – Present.
Carriage Trails Homeowners Association: Treasurer, 2007 – Present.
NH Chamber of Commerce: Exeter 2008 – Present, Hampton 2012 – Present, Manchester 2013 – Present.
BNI – Business Networking International: BNI Oceanside Chapter (Portsmouth Country Club)
Leadership Team: 2009 – Present.
BNI – New Hampshire Director’s Team: 2013 – Present.
Awards:
Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges: 1984 – 1985.
Town of Exeter Volunteer Award Land Adoption Program: 1999 – 2006.
Presidential Who’s Who Among Business and Professional Achievers: 2009 – Present.
BNI – Oceanside Chapter Member of the Year 2010, 2013 and 2014.
BNI – New Hampshire State Member of the Year 2010 and 2014.
BNI – Givers Gain Award 2012.
Biography: Seminar Faculty: Elder Law 2003; Probate Process from start to finish 2003; Elder Care in New Hampshire; Legal and Financial Issues 2002 and 2004; Estate, Disability and Medicaid Planning in New Hampshire 2007; Conduct many local seminars in the seacoast area on Estate Planning and Elder Law issues each year.
Justice of the Peace: Performed many wedding ceremonies (small and large) throughout the United States. Each marriage ceremony is written with and for the wedding couple.
Born: San Francisco, California, January 26, 1964
