Leigh Willey joins board of Lakes Region Community Developers

LACONIA — Leigh Willey, Esq. has joined the Lakes Region Community Developers' board of directors.

“We are delighted to welcome Leigh to the LRCD family,” said Chris Dickinson, chair of LRCD’s board of directors. “Her background is a great fit for our board. I am confident she will contribute a great deal to the organization.”

Willey has 20 years of legal experience with a broad and varied legal background. She currently serves as New Hampshire Underwriting Counsel for CATIC, which provides professional services to its policy-issuing attorneys, insured lenders and home-buyers, and other members of the real estate community.

“The housing crisis has reached a critical point here in the Lakes Region,” said Leigh Willey. “I look forward to helping LRCD address this challenge.”

Prior to joining CATIC, Ms. Willey was a founding member of Boutin Law, PLLC, where she focused on real estate closings, general litigation, corporate law, and related legal matters. She previously served as a senior associate in the Litigation Department at Devine, Millimet & Branch, PA. During law school, she served as a clerk for the Honorable Joseph P. Nadeau on the New Hampshire Supreme Court.

Ms. Willey earned her Bachelor of Science in Marketing from Plymouth State University and her Juris Doctor and Master of Law in Intellectual Property from the University of New Hampshire School of Law (formerly Franklin Pierce Law Center).

For more information about Lakes Region Community Developers, visit www.lrcommunitydevelopers.org.