Philip M. Hastings is president, director and shareholder of Cleveland, Waters and Bass, P.A., in Concord, where he focuses his practice in real estate development and finance, land use and zoning, commercial transactions, commercial lending, and leasing. He graduated summa cum laude with a B.A. degree from Connecticut College in 1988 and earned his J.D. degree from Harvard Law School in 1993. Mr. Hastings is admitted to practice in New Hampshire and Massachusetts. He is an agent for First American Title Insurance Company, Fidelity National Title Insurance Company and Old Republic National Title Insurance Company.

Richard W. Head is of counsel to Rath, Young & Pignatelli in Concord, and of counsel to SL Environmental Law Group in San Francisco, CA. He focuses his practice on environmental law and environmental and commercial litigation. Mr. Head has experience in both the public and private sector with issues involving environmental compliance, permits, approvals and litigation. He also worked for the New Hampshire Department of Justice where he held multiple senior leadership roles throughout his tenure. As an associate attorney general, he was the director of the Division of Legal Counsel and oversaw the management of the Civil and Transportation Bureaus and the Charitable Trust Unit. As a senior assistant attorney general, he served as the Bureau Chief of the Environmental Protection Bureau and the Consumer Protection and Antitrust Bureau. Prior to working for the Department of Justice, Mr. Head worked in the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services after spending 10 years in private practice as a litigator. He earned his B.A. degree from Clark University and his J.D. and M.S. degrees in Environmental Science from Indiana University.

Gregory E. Michael is of counsel to the Manchester law firm of Bernstein, Shur, Sawyer & Nelson, P.A., where his areas of practice are real estate, municipal law and land use. He has spoken previously on topics related to his areas of practice, including presentations for the New Hampshire Municipal Law Lecture Series and the New Hampshire Bar Association. Mr. Michael is a member of the New Hampshire and Massachusetts bar associations. He earned his B.S. degree from the University of New Hampshire and his J.D. degree from Suffolk University Law School.

Roy W. Tilsley, Jr., is a shareholder with BernsteinShur in Manchester. Mr. Tilsley is a member of the firm’s Business Law and Real Estate Practice Groups and is the managing shareholder of the Manchester office. His practice focuses on real estate law including the acquisition, financing, leasing and development of real estate; business transactions; and related litigation. Mr. Tilsley regularly appears before various municipal boards on behalf of real estate developers. He has litigated complex boundary line disputes, tax abatements and municipal reassessment cases. Mr. Tilsley regularly represents clients before state regulatory agencies. He is currently vice-chair of the State Board of Auctioneers. Previously, he was a member of the State of New Hampshire Transportation Appeals Board. He obtained his JD degree from Cornell Law School, cum laude, in 1992.