Ms. Barker brings over three decades of dedicated paralegal experience to her clients. Starting her career in 1989, Ms. Barker has a rich background in litigation across civil, family, and criminal law. She has attended numerous criminal trials at counsel table and has managed family law cases through both court processes and mediation. Her experience includes thorough document preparation, individual client meetings, and maintaining client relationships without direct attorney supervision. Later in her career, Ms. Barker transitioned into estate planning, assisting with trusts, wills, powers of attorney, and deed transfers into trusts. Her extensive experience spans working with one firm from 1989 to 2012, two firms from 2012 to 2018, and providing contract services to attorneys from 2018 to 2023. In 2024, she retooled her business model to extend her services directly to individuals, making her valuable legal support more accessible. Ms. Barker holds a bachelor’s degree in Psychology and a master’s degree in Industrial/Organizational Psychology. Her educational background enhances her ability to support clients, especially those facing stressful legal situations.

Ms. DeBernardis has worked all over the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the State of New Hampshire, and she has a vast amount of experience in many areas of law. Ms. DeBernardis has worked with clients from all walks of life ranging from representing indigent clients through appointment by the Court to private clients in all areas of law in lower and higher Courts throughout each state. Over the years, she has been a member of the Essex County Bar Advocates, Inc., and a panel attorney for the Appellate Division of the Committee for Public Counsel, providing counsel to indigent defendants. Ms. DeBernardis’ practice focuses on family law, criminal law, and appellate law in Massachusetts and family law in New Hampshire. Ms. DeBernardis earned her B.S. degree in Psychology and Law at the College of New Jersey (formerly Trenton State College) in 1996. She continued her education at the New England School of Law in Boston, Massachusetts, where she earned a juris doctor degree in 1999. Attorney DeBernardis was admitted to practice in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in 1999, the U.S. District Court of Massachusetts in 2003 and the State of New Hampshire in 2007.

Ms. Lacey maintains a general practice, but she primarily focuses on family law with a collaborative approach, as well as general litigation and criminal matters. She attended the June 2014 Collaborative Law-New Hampshire training. Ms. Lacey’s goal is to preserve her clients’ best interests during challenging personal times, cultivating the integrity of the process while navigating clients through the application of the law as it pertains to their legal matters. First joining Wescott Law as a legal intern in 2013, she has since built a community foundation upon which she developed a successful law practice. In January of 2019 she became a director and the co-managing partner of the firm. A 2014 graduate of University of New Hampshire School of Law (now University of New Hampshire Franklin Pierce School of Law) and a 2011 graduate of Bay Path College, Ms. Lacey worked as a paralegal for law firm Marien & Hodge, PC, of Springfield, Massachusetts, and completed internships in the Laconia and Franklin City Prosecutor’s Offices. She is an active member of the Lakes Region community. She serves on the Board of Directors for the Boys & Girls Club of Central New Hampshire as well as Collaborative Divorce New Hampshire.

Ms. Law-Hill currently serves as a Guardian ad Litem at Law-Hill Legal, LLC, representing children’s interests in various cases, including divorce, parenting, guardianship, termination of parental rights, abuse/neglect and CHINS matters. Ms. Law-Hill’s career spans multiple roles in legal support and advocacy, including positions as a paralegal and district coordinator for the Londonderry School District’s Destination Imagination Program. Known for her excellent communication skills, critical thinking, and empathy, she is committed to ensuring the safety and well-being of children through every step of the legal process.