Sherilyn Burnett Young, Esq. '82
Franklin Pierce Law Center Board of Trustees
Rath, Young and Pignatelli, P.A.
Concord, NH
Sherry Young is a founder and President of Rath, Young, and Pignatelli,
P.C., a 60–person law firm based in Concord, NH, with offices in Nashua
and Boston. She also heads the firm's Environmental Practice Group and
assists clients on federal and state environmental matters, real estate
transactions, and public and private financing transactions. Her
practice focuses primarily on environmental law, including
environmental compliance, permits and approvals, and real estate
transactions
involving contaminated properties.
Young served as legislative counsel to then–Governor Judd Gregg in
1988–1989. She is past president of the New Hampshire Historical
Society and also serves on the board of the New Hampshire Business and
Industry Association. She was the first woman to chair the State
Capital Global Law Firm Group, a network of over 100 independent law
firms in all 50 U.S. state capitals and in business markets and
financial centers worldwide. She is regularly cited in New Hampshire
Magazine as one of the top environmental lawyers in New Hampshire,
including its 2006 edition.
