James C. Baker

Practice Areas

Jamie Baker serves as general corporate counsel for emerging, later-stage, and publicly traded companies throughout their life cycle. Jamie represents buyers, sellers, issuers, investors, and underwriters in private placements, mergers, acquisitions, and public offerings. He also advises publicly traded clients with respect to compliance and reporting obligations under the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

Jamie is also a member of Pierce Atwood's Catalyst Program team, which provides entrepreneurs, inventors, and emerging businesses with skilled legal services to give them the foundation and tools they need to become successful businesses. Jamie provides counseling to student and alumni companies from University of New Hampshire’s Peter T. Paul Entrepreneurship Center (ECenter), and other emerging companies, in areas including incorporations, partnership agreements, non-disclosure agreements, and more.

Career

Prior to joining Pierce Atwood, Jamie served as an in-house attorney for The Timberland Company. He clerked for the Honorable John T. Broderick, Jr., former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of New Hampshire.

Professional Memberships

Board of Directors, Center for Family Business, University of New Hampshire; Board of Directors, New Heights - Adventures for Teens, Greater Seacoast and Southern Maine.

Personal

J.D. (with honors), University of Connecticut School of Law; B.S., Bentley University.