Associate

Practice Areas

• Foreclosure Litigation
• Bankruptcy - Creditors' Rights
• Bankruptcy - Debtors
• Business Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution
• Business and Corporate Law

Experience

Ms. Beavens concentrates her practice in Foreclosure Litigation, Bankruptcy, Creditors' Rights, and Business Law and Litigation.

She has extensive experience representing individuals in consumer bankruptcies and advising creditors as to their rights and ability to recover claims in bankruptcy. Her litigation experience includes both plaintiff and defense representation, on a range of matters in state and bankruptcy court, including but not limited to foreclosures, contract disputes, fraudulent transfer, fraud, preference and non-dischargeability actions.

In addition, Ms. Beavens has worked on numerous appellate matters throughout her career, including oral argument before the New Hampshire Supreme Court.

Published Opinions

Chick v. C&F Enterprises, LLC, 938 A.2d 113 (N.H. 2007)

• Florida
• New Hampshire
• Massachusetts

• Florida, New Hampshire and Massachusetts State Courts
• U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida
• U.S. District Court, New Hampshire

Speaking Engagements

• Speaker, St. Petersburg Bar Association CLE Seminar: Survivor: The Island of Ethical Dilemmas June 17, 2005

Professional Recognition

• Recipient of the Judge Thomas E. Penick, Jr. "The Rock" Award 2005 in recognition of her public service

Professional Activities

• American Bankruptcy Institute
• National Association for Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys
• St. Petersburg Bar Association
  • Membership Committee Chair 2005-2006
  • Co-Chair 2003 and Committee Member 2004, Young Lawyers Section Holidays In July
• Clearwater Bar Association
• Tampa Bay Bankruptcy Bar Association
• Barney Masterson Inn of Court (Member 2000 - 2006)
  • Executive Director 2004 - 2005
  • Group Leader 2003-2004
  • CLE Coordinator/Board Member At Large 2002-2004;
• New Hampshire Association for Justice
  • Publications Committee - 2009
• New Hampshire Women's Bar Association
• Strafford County Bar Association
• Charles C. Doe Inn of Court, NH (Member 2006)

Education

• Stetson University College of Law, J.D., cum laude, St. Petersburg, Florida, 2002
  • Moot Court Board
    • National Criminal Procedure Competition, Semi-Finalist 2002
    • Robert Orseck Memorial Moot Court Competition, Finalist 2001
    • National Moot Court Competition, Finalist, Best Appellant Brief 2001
  • Judicial Internship, Honorable Frank Quesada, 6th Judicial Circuit, Pinellas County, Florida, Spring 2001
• Ursinus College, Collegeville, Bachelor of Arts in Politics (minor in Accounting), Collegeville, Pennsylvania, 1997

(Ms. Beavens is based at the Firm's New Hampshire Office, however she also serves the Firm's Florida client base.)