Practice Focus
Business Law, Securities Law, Affordable Housing
Biography
Kara N. Sweeney focuses her practice on general
business, securities and affordable housing matters from Preti Flaherty’s
Concord, NH office. She works on a variety of commercial transactions in
the areas of entity formation, mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance and
commercial real estate. She counsels established business entities and start up
ventures in the private offering of debt and equity securities and assists
clients with Exchange Act reporting compliance and corporate governance
matters. In the affordable housing arena, Kara works with multi-family and
elderly housing project developers, state and federal financing agencies,
commercial lenders and local housing authorities on the acquisition, development
and financing of affordable housing projects. Prior to practicing law, Kara held
management positions in resort operations at two Vermont ski resorts. She
resides in Bow, NH.
Admissions
New Hampshire
Publications
- Co-Author, Mineral Reactions in a Colorado Mine Dump: Implications for
Remediation in Arid and Semi-Arid Environments, presented at 1995 National
Meeting of the American Society of Surface Mining and Reclamation, Gillette, WY,
1995.
- Author, Minerology and Geochemistry of Acid Mine Drainage in Two Geologic
Regions of Colorado, presented at Vermont Geological Society Annual
Meeting, 1995.
- Symposium Editor of the Vermont Law Review’s Fall 2002 Symposium,
Mountain Resorts, Ecology & the Law.
- Author, Takings Jurisprudence and Constitutional Challenges to Ridgeline
Zoning in Vermont: What’s on the Horizon?, Vermont Law Review, Fall
2001.
Civic Involvement
- Former Board Member, New Hampshire Dress for Success, an organization
providing work and interview attire to women in need.
- Member, St. John the Evangelist Parish in Concord, NH where she sings with
the choir
- Participant in the Middlebury College Alumni Admissions Program.
Education
J.D., Vermont Law School, 2002 (Dean's Fellow, Legal Writing Dept.; Editor, Vermont Law Review; Member and Team Captain of the Philip C. Jessup International Moot Court Team)
B.A., Middlebury College, 1995
