Susan V. Duprey
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Biography

Susan Duprey concentrates her law practice in zoning and planning issues, municipal law and commercial real estate. She specializes in obtaining approvals in difficult settings and for sensitive projects. She has represented numerous local, regional and national developers in obtaining zoning and planning approvals to construct complex and multi-use real estate projects. Her expertise in the municipal arena derives, in part, from the 6-year term she served as a member of the Planning Board and the Heritage Commission of the City of Concord, the State's capitol. As a Planning Board member, she led a significant community-wide effort to revise the City’s Master Plan. She was also twice elected and served as a City Councilor for the City of Concord for three years. Susan was recognized for her work in the municipal field when New Hampshire Magazine named her "Ideal Lawyer" in the Town Lawyer category in 2003.

As president of the firm from 1998-2005, Susan was instrumental in the development of the firm's reputation and the specialization of its lawyers. During this time, she directed the firm's continued growth throughout the region.

Susan's leadership role extends to the community, the Bar and Republican politics. She currently serves on the Board of Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Inc. and on the Advisory Board of Ocean Bank, a division of People's United Bank. Susan was recently appointed to the Manchester Development Corporation by the Mayor and Board of Aldermen, serves on the Board of the New Hampshire Business Committee for the Arts and is a trustee of the New Hampshire Supreme Court Society. She is a past Board Chair of Heritage United Way, the Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce, and the Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce Foundation. She was recognized in Woodward & White's Best Lawyers in America® 2011 and was named one of the 30 Most Powerful Women in New Hampshire by New Hampshire Editions Magazine. Susan continues to serve on numerous Republican political campaigns on both the national and state levels. She recently served as Treasurer of the Ovide Lamontagne for Senate Campaign and on the Finance Committee of the Guinta for Congress Campaign. She was on the steering committee of McCain for President and formerly served as the New Hampshire Finance Committee co-chair of the Bush-Cheney 2004 Presidential Campaign and as a member of the Bush-Cheney 2004 Steering Committee.

EDUCATION:

Representative Clients

• Works extensively with developers to create 55+ housing statewide
• Lead counsel for several telecommunications carriers and tower builders for the successful siting of telecommunications facilities statewide
• Lead counsel for the siting of a private motorsports park in a rural community
• Lead counsel for the successful siting of a transfer station for a national waste management company in a rural community
• Lead counsel for successfully obtaining necessary permitting for the demolition of a historic barn on a visible site in Bedford
• Lead counsel for the siting of 64 units on an environmentally challenging property in a rural community
• Lead counsel for successfully siting 125 units of 55+ housing on an EPA superfund site

Professional Affiliations

BAR

• New Hampshire Supreme Court Society, 2008 to present
• New Hampshire Bar Association, Future of the Professional Task Force, 2000 to 2004

FIRM

• Devine, Millimet & Branch, P.A., Shareholder 1983 to present
• Devine, Millimet & Branch, P.A., President 1998 to 2006

POLITICS

• Guinta for Congress, Finance Committee, 2010
• Ovide Lamontagne for Senate, Treasurer, 2010
• Boutin for State Senate Committee, Co-Chair, 2010
• McCain for President Steering Committee, 2008
• Guinta for Governor PAC, Co-Chair, 2008
• Senator John McCain's Straight Talk PAC, Treasurer, 2006
• Republican National Convention, Delegate for Bush, 2004
• Bush-Cheney 2004, NH Finance Co-Chair and Steering Committee member, 2003
• Gov. Benson's Committee for the Review and Enactment of Laws, Chair, 2003
• Benson for Governor, Co-Chair of Finance Committee, 2001 and 2002
• Bush for President Committee, Vice Chair, 2000
• Senator Gordon Humphrey Gubernatorial Campaign, Co-Chair of Steering Committee, 2000
• Lamontagne for Governor, Finance Committee member, 1996
• Gramm for President, Finance and Steering Committee member, 1995 and 1996
• Bass for Congress, Finance Committee and Kitchen Cabinet member, 1994 to 1999
• Smith for Senate, Finance Committee Co-Chair, 1994 to 1999

Awards & Honors

• Recipient of the 2012 Outstanding Women in Business Award  from New Hampshire Business Review. 
• Recently recognized and ranked in the Chambers USA 2011 edition as one of America's leading attorneys in Real Estate: Land Use. Previously ranked in 2010.
• Selected by peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2012 in the field of Land Use & Zoning Law and Real Estate Law (Copyright 2011 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, S.C.). Recognized 2007-2012.
• BV® Rating, exemplary rating by Martindale-Hubbell.
• Named as an "Ideal Lawyer" in the Town Lawyer category in New Hampshire Magazine in 2003.
• Named as one of the 30 Most Powerful Women in New Hampshire, 1998.

Community Involvement

Current:

• NH State Council on the Arts, Board of Directors 2011
• Heifetz International Music Institute, Board of Directors 2011 - present
• Manchester Development Corporation, Appointed Director 2011 - present
• Women's Leadership Institute, Board of Directors 2008 - present
• Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Inc., Board of Directors 2009 - present
• New Hampshire Business Committee for the Arts, Board of Directors 2001 - 2011

Former:

• New Hampshire Division of People's United Bank, Advisory Board 2008 - 2011
• Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce Foundation, Board of Trustees 2007 - 2009
• Ocean Bank, Board of Directors 2004 - 2008
• Granite State Opera Advisory Board 2005 - 2008
• Heritage United Way, Board of Directors 2003 - 2008, Board Chair 2007, Vice Chair 2005 and 2006
• Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce, Board of Trustees 2000 - 2006, Board Chair and Vice Chair 2005 and 2004, Annual Dinner Chairwoman 2002
• New Hampshire Institute of Art, Board of Trustees 1999 - 2003
• Vermont National Bank, Board of Directors, 1998
• Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center Assembly of Overseers, member 1997 - 2000
• Concord Regional Visiting Nurses Association, Board of Trustees and Vice Chair 1993 - 1997
• Capitol Region Healthcare Corporation, Board of Trustees, 1994 and 1995
• Concord Hospital, Board of Trustees, 1994 and 1995
• City of Concord, Councilor 1993 to 1996
• Heritage Commission Member, City of Concord, 1990 to 1995
• Planning Board Member, City of Concord, 1988 to 1995
• Kimball-Jenkins Estate, Board of Directors and President, 1989 to 1995

Bar Admissions

• New Hampshire
• Massachusetts