Dedicated Legal Team with decades of legal experience

Alec Buchanan has been a lawyer practicing law in Nashua, New Hampshire for over 40 years. 

Alec provides comprehensive legal counsel to individuals and businesses with a focus on estate planning and the administration of trusts and estates, commercial and residential real estate, and business law and planning.

In his estate planning and probate practice, Alec offers comprehensive New Hampshire estate planning and is experienced in setting up and managing New Hampshire trusts. Alec also handles probate administration in both New Hampshire and Massachusetts. 

In his real estate practice, Alec handles real estate transactions in Maine, New Hampshire and Massachusetts. In addition, Alec’s practice includes handling New Hampshire land use matters and civil litigation in New Hampshire state and Federal courts pertaining to landlord and tenant issues, debt collection and other matters. 

In his business organization practice, Alec assists clients with business formation, contract review and negotiation, employee issues and other matters. 

Bar Admissions:

New Hampshire, Maine, Massachusetts

Education:

Juris Doctor, University of Dayton School of Law, 1980

B.A., Economics/Political Science, cum laude, University of New Hampshire – Whittemore School of Business and Economics, 1974

Affiliations:

Attorney Buchanan is an active volunteer in the community. He has been a member of the Milford Rotary Club for over 30 years and has twice served as its President. He  was a director of Opportunity Networks, Inc., an organization providing services to developmentally challenged adults. In addition, he served on the Amherst Zoning Board of Adjustment for 15 years, several of which he was chairman. He is a founding trustee of the Amherst Community Foundation (ACF), treasurer of the Amherst Historical Society (HAS) and a regional advisor to the New Hampshire Charitable Fund (NHCF).

Jennifer Codding is a senior attorney with Alexander S. Buchanan, PLLC with an office in St. Petersburg, Florida. Her practice focuses on Florida and New Hampshire real estate transactions and Florida declaratory actions pertaining to unidentifiable mobile homes.

Jennifer graduated from the University of New Hampshire with a B.A. in English/Journalism and a minor in justice studies in 1994. In 2010, she graduated from the UNH Franklin Pierce School of Law’s prestigious Daniel Webster Scholar Program and was awarded her Juris Doctor. Upon graduation, the New Hampshire Supreme Court swore Jennifer into the New Hampshire Bar without her having to sit for the traditional bar exam. After that, Jennifer sat for and passed the Florida bar exam and was admitted to the Florida Bar that same year.

In addition to her formal education, Jennifer gained valuable practical experience from the world around her. Her practical education began as a six-year-old, when the Captain of the sailing vessel Consort appointed her as his first mate. In her years as first mate, she learned to be aware of subtle weather changes and adjust course accordingly. She understands that the water beneath your vessel may be deeper than it looks and knows that a sailor will quickly lose her footing if she does not develop sea legs.

Through these lessons, Jennifer has learned to identify her clients’ needs, develop a plan to meet those needs, and, if the initial plan points the bow directly into the wind, to grab the tiller and change the tack of the boat as necessary to bring the vessel safely into port.

Jennifer is the 2024 recipient of the Pinellas County Chapter of the Florida Association for Women Lawyer's President's Award, a 2023 winner of Tampa Magazine’s 2023 Top Lawyers for real estate law and a 2014 recipient of the Florida Association for Women Lawyers Leaders in the Law Award. She is a Past President of the Pinellas County Chapter of the Florida Association for Women Lawyers and inaugural member of the Women Lawyers of Pasco. She currently serves on the Board of Trustees for the Sixth Judicial Circuit’s Law Library and is Secretary and Parliamentarian for the Pinellas County Florida Chapter of the Florida Association for Women's Lawyers.

Bar Admissions:

Florida, New Hampshire

Education:

J.D., University of New Hampshire, 2010

B.A., University of New Hampshire, 1994

Real estate paralegal Dede Crocker has been working in the area of real estate transactions for the past 28 years. She assists the firm’s attorneys with all residential and commercial real estate closings. Dede previously owned a title company and as such has handled every portion of the real estate transaction process - from searching real estate titles to preparing title insurance policies. Most of the transactions handled by Dede are for real estate investors and private lenders requiring fast and efficient closings for quick-to-close cash deals, hard money lending and construction loans. Over the course of her career, Dede has handled thousands of real estate closings in Maine, New Hampshire and Massachusetts. With the addition of our Florida office, she will also be adding Florida closings to her repertoire. 

Libby Ferreira brings with her over 30 year’s experience as a paralegal working in many areas of the law. Libby has worked for Attorney Buchanan since 1999 and handles multiple functions within the firm, including bookkeeping, office management and legal support. Currently, her paralegal functions include assisting with New Hampshire business organizations and with New Hampshire and Florida, real estate litigation, including mortgage foreclosures and landlord/tenant matters. 

Carrie Young is a legal assistant with Alexander S. Buchanan, PLLC having joined the firm in 2022. She is a 2021 graduate of Emerson College where she earned a B.S. in Communications with a Minor in History. Carrie is passionate about serving the community and takes great pride in her membership with the Milford Rotary Club. She also works in live event production.