Legal Services & Lawyers

New Hampshire Attorney Ryan Russman specializes in drunk driving (DWI/DUI) cases, personal injury law, criminal and estate litigation law. Russman Law Offices is a highly qualified law firm with a long and impressive record, and where every client is treated with the utmost respect.

Attorney Russman is dedicated to ongoing education to help his clients win their cases. In the area of DWI, for example, he is a certified Evidentiary Breath Alcohol Technician, Field Sobriety Instructor and Practitioner, and a graduate of the National College for DUI Defense. Attorney Russman’s emphasis on procedural knowledge has helped him to successfully defend clients in a manner unprecedented by most other NH attorneys trying drunk-driving cases.

The Russman Law Office has also gained a reputation as a capable personal injury law firm. From wrongful death, car accidents, workplace accidents and medical malpractice, Mr. Russman has secured countless favorable judgments for his clients.

Finally, Attorney Russman and his firm have successfully defended many clients in criminal cases, and ably assist clients in the areas of wills and estates.

Russman received his JD from Suffolk University Law School in 1999 and a BA from American University. A volunteer firefighter in Rockingham County, Ryan and his wife, Nancy, have one child.

Attorney Patrick Donovan has more than 17 years of trial court experience litigating criminal and civil cases in the state and federal courts of New Hampshire and Massachusetts. As a former New Hampshire Department of Justice homicide prosecutor, and a private practitioner, Attorney Donovan has tried dozens of high profile, complex cases, as well as countless DWI/OUI, felony, misdemeanor and small business and commercial disputes. We pride ourselves in delivering the experience and knowledge of a large firm, with the efficiencies and attention of a small firm.

Richard Samdperil has been practicing criminal defense in New Hampshire since 1995.

He has tried and won cases in almost every court in southern New Hampshire, and has won new trials for convicted defendants at the New Hampshire Supreme Court. Richard's practice includes criminal defense, DWI defense, appellate litigation, and civil and personal injury litigation.

Samdperil & Welsh, PLLC maintains a state-wide criminal practice, with its principal clients in Rockingham and Strafford counties. The firm represents adult and juveniles in all types of criminal and family court matters, with a significant percentage of the practice devoted to clients under the age of 21.

BACKGROUND

After graduating from law school in 1994, Richard went to Georgia to work with lawyers defending capital murder cases. In 1995, Richard returned to New England, and has been working as a trial and appellate lawyer in the New Hampshire courts ever since.

As a trial lawyer, Richard has tried and won cases in the district and superior courts of Cheshire, Sullivan, Hillsborough, Rockingham, and Strafford counties. He estimates that he has tried over 100 cases before a judge or jury.

From 2000-2002, Richard worked as an attorney with the Appellate Defender Program at the Franklin Pierce Law Center in Concord, NH. As an appellate lawyer, Richard briefed and argued dozens of cases before the New Hampshire Supreme Court. He has litigated over 50 cases before the State's highest court, many of which have resulted in published opinions.

Richard has also authored materials and taught defense lawyers on topics including New Hampshire constitutional law, law and forensic sciences, and the elements and defenses of common crimes. In 2007-08 Richard was an adjuct faculty member in the Criminal Justice Department at Saint Anselm College in Manchester, NH where he taught Criminal Law.

Richard is a member of both the National and New Hampshire Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, and has been affiliated with both organizations for over a decade. Richard is also active in the local and state bar organizations. The law firm is a member of the Exeter Area Chamber of Commerce, and Seacoast Local.

Richard lives on New Hampshire's seacoast with his wife and three children.