Paul is pleased to focus his practice of law on mediation and alternative dispute resolution.

During his lengthy legal career, he has focused on civil and commercial litigation, personal injury, criminal defense, small business and corporate formation, intellectual property, entertainment and family law. His civil experience included both plaintiff’s and defense work. He served often as a Rule 170 Mediator in courts around the state and is recertified under Rule 32. His background and wide-ranging experience in law, politics, business and the arts allow him to bring a patient, focused, compassionate and relentlessly fair and independent approach to conflict resolution.

He joined Shaheen & Gordon in 1996 where he was a partner and shareholder until his election to the U.S, House of Representatives in 2006. He served in the U.S. House from 2007-2011, as a member of the House Financial Services committee and the House committee on Oversight and Government Reform. He has been Of Counsel to the firm since 2012.

He began his career in 1978 as an Assistant Attorney General in the criminal justice division of the New Hampshire Attorney General’s office successfully prosecuting homicides, environmental and white-collar crime. He entered private practice in 1983, working in Exeter and Manchester, and served a term as President of the Manchester Bar Association.

During his time in the U.S. House of Representatives, he was a member of the Financial Services and Oversight and Government Reform committees. Paul was elected president of the historic freshman class of 2006 and was a national co-chair of the Obama for President campaign in 2008 and ran for the U.S. Senate in 2010.