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With over 50 years combined legal experience we have earned a reputation among our peers and in the community as no-nonsense, aggressive attorneys dedicated to serving their clients. People throughout the New Hampshire, New England, New York and Vermont region seek representation at Van Dorn and Curtiss because of their impeccable reputation.
$1,400,000 recovered for victim of industrial accident
$875,000 recovered for man injured in automobile/bicycle accident
$750,000 recovered for victim of improper back surgery
$750,000 recovered for rear-end auto accident resulting in back surgery
$600,000 recovered for man injured in logging accident
Van Dorn and Curtiss – Award Winning New Hampshire and Vermont Personal Injury Lawyers
Until recently, most of Van Dorn and Curtiss’ clients have been specially referred by other lawyers because of our firm’s experience and special expertise in representing victims of serious personal injury. Now you can contact us directly and entrust your case to the lawyers that other lawyers depend on. If you want the highest level of skilled, knowledgeable personal injury legal representation in the New Hampshire or Vermont area, call on the lawyers of Van Dorn and Curtiss.
Once you are a client of Van Dorn and Curtiss, you can rest assured that your claim will be in the capable hands of the most experienced and successful personal injury lawyers in the New Hampshire and Vermont regions. We have a track record of achieving maximum jury verdicts and settlements in Vermont, New Hampshire, New York, and other Northeastern states. This includes record-setting jury verdicts in New Hampshire, New Jersey, and Maine.
We are an award winning firm. In 2005, Ed Van Dorn and Robin Curtiss were awarded the prestigious New Hampshire Trial Lawyers Special Recognition Award for the Dedicated Pursuit of Justice. This award was given to Ed and Rob by their peers for their work on behalf of a seriously injured victim of an industrial accident. Their handling of the case led to a record settlement and changes in the New Hampshire law that benefited workers injured by defective equipment in the workplace. This is the second time Ed Van Dorn has received an award for outstanding practice from the New Hampshire Trial Lawyers. Ed and Rob have also been featured in national legal publications including United States Lawyers Weekly and Trial Magazine, the monthly journal of the American Trial Lawyers Association. Ed has served on the Board of Governors for both the New Hampshire and Vermont Trial Lawyers Associations. Both Ed and Rob frequently lecture and teach continuing legal education courses on topics ranging from jury selection to effective presentation of evidence.
Much of our work takes place with the insurance companies of those responsible for causing serious personal injuries. The insurance companies know us and our reputation and are well aware of our willingness to go to court to obtain the maximum compensation for our clients. This positions us well to negotiate generous settlements for our clients that other personal injury lawyers without the track record and experience in court are unable to achieve.
Van Dorn and Curtiss is a highly focused personal injury law firm, dedicated to offering the highest quality legal services to personal injury victims and their families. Our advanced trial advocacy, along with the relationships of trust and confidence we forge with our clients, allows us to achieve consistently excellent results for personal injury victims and their families. We consider it an honor to serve our clients in New Hampshire, Vermont, and all of Northern New England.
Contact a Vermont and New Hampshire personal injury lawyer at Van Dorn and Curtiss for a case evaluation.
Ed Van Dorn, Rob Curtiss and Cristina Rousseau are the exceptional, award-winning legal minds that make up the law firm of Van Dorn and Curtiss. With over 50 years combined legal experience they have a reputation among their peers and the community as no-nonsense, aggressive attorneys dedicated to serving their clients. People throughout the New Hampshire, New England, New York and Vermont region seek representation at Van Dorn and Curtiss because of their impeccable reputation.
Edward M. Van Dorn, Jr.
Ed Van Dorn has been nationally recognized and featured in U.S. Law Week, a professional legal publication, for his work on behalf of a client in a record-setting pit bull attack case. He is an award winning attorney and has achieved record-setting jury awards in three states: New Hampshire, Maine, and New Jersey. He has 30 years’ experience in representing clients in a wide array of personal injury cases. Ed Van Dorn is certified as a civil trial lawyer by The National Board of Trial Advocacy. He is a member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum and a past member of the New Hampshire Trial Lawyers Board of Governors. He is a present member of the Vermont Trial Lawyers Board of Governors and is one of the few attorneys in the country to have ever served on the board of governors in two separate states. He is a former verdicts and settlements editor of Trial Bar News, which is the quarterly journal of the New Hampshire Trial Lawyers Association. If you want the highest quality legal representation, backed by a history of outstanding verdicts and settlements, contact our New Hampshire office to speak to Personal Injury Lawyer Edward M. Van Dorn, Jr. or call 866-632-8980.
Robin C. Curtiss
Rob Curtiss is presently a member of the board of governors of the New Hampshire Trial Lawyers Association and past president of the Grafton County New Hampshire Bar Association. Other lawyers from all over the states of Vermont and New Hampshire regularly refer their most challenging cases to him because of the extraordinary skill and dedication he has demonstrated in serving his clients. He attended Wesleyan University and Vermont Law School and has been a practicing attorney for nearly 20 years. He is committed to continuing education and, in 2000, trained at the Gerry Spence Trial Lawyers College, an elite organization dedicated to the practice of trial by jury. His past experience includes working as a prosecutor, criminal defense attorney, and commercial litigator. Presently, he is dedicating his professional life to representing personal injury victims in a wide range of cases. He is frequently asked to teach other lawyers the skills required for effective jury selection and voir dire and has taught courses on behalf of the New Hampshire Trial Attorneys, New Hampshire Bar Association, and the National Business Institute program for continuing legal education. If you need advice on a personal injury matter in the Vermont or New Hampshire regions, contact Personal Injury Lawyer Robin C. Curtiss for a complimentary case evaluation or call 866-632-8980.
Cristina Rousseau
Cristina Rousseau, an associate attorney with the firm, attended Vermont Law School, where she won the prestigious negotiation prize for her skills in negotiating complex legal issues. She was chosen to represent Vermont Law School in a national negotiation competition. She also brought her negotiation skills to international programs at the Comparative Law Center in Trento, Italy and Marseille, France. Finally she completed her training at the International Mediation Program in Petrozavosks, Russia.
When she began her legal career, she brought her negotiation skills to Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Vermont, where she worked as a staff attorney. There she gained expertise in what was then the new HIPAA legislation. Ms. Rousseau has provided legal counsel for businesses throughout the New Hampshire and Vermont regions, assisting in contract negotiations with Fortune 500 companies. She is also fluent in Spanish. She is currently dedicated to serving the needs of personal injury clients, and her expertise in negotiation and insurance law has resulted in many outstanding personal injury settlements. If you are in need of a skilled, astute lawyer to navigate the complex waters of insurance coverage and law for personal injury victims, contact Attorney Cristina Rousseau or call 866-632-8980.
Van Dorn and Curtiss, PLLC
633 Main Street, Route 10, PO Box 263
Orford, NH 03777-0263
Toll Free 1-866-632-8980