BERLIN, NH – April 11, 2008 – Cooper Cargill Chant, the North Country’s largest law firm, announced today that it has acquired the Berlin law firm Bergeron, Hanson and Bornstein. The acquisition is effective April 14th.

Cooper Cargill Chant attorneys and staff work to represent a wide array of individuals and businesses in central and northern New Hampshire and western Maine. Practice areas for the firm include personal injury; real estate; business and corporate; planning, zoning and municipal; civil litigation; family law; bankruptcy, employment, and labor law; criminal defense and DWI.

The acquisition follows the appointment of Attorney Peter Bornstein to associate justice of the New Hampshire Superior Court. Bornstein joined Bergeron, Hanson and Bornstein in 1981 and has practiced law for 28 years. He will be feted in Berlin on April 15th.

Cooper Cargill Chant will retain all four long-time staff members in the Berlin office, including two paralegals, as well as the historic downtown Berlin location.

“We are pleased to expand our legal services to Berlin and a wider area of the North Country,” said Cooper Cargill Chant Partner Randall F. Cooper. “The staff in the Berlin office will be a valuable addition to our team.”