News: Northern New England
Name: Philip Hastings
Title: President and Director
Company: Cleveland, Waters and Bass, P.A.
Location: Concord, N.H. with offices also in Haverhill, Mass., New London and Wolfeboro, N.H.
Place of birth and year: New London, New Hampshire (1966)
Family: Wife Brenda and daughter Caroline (16)
College: Connecticut College (B.A. 1988); Harvard Law School (J.D. 1993)
First job unrelated to your current field: Landscaper
First job in current field: Associate with Cleveland, Waters and Bass, P.A.
What your firm does now and its plans for the future?: We are a full-service firm, with a practice focusing on real estate, business, tax, trust and estates and civil litigation. We will continue to serve our clients with a commitment to providing legal services of the highest quality.
Hobbies: Golf, and hunting
Favorite novel: Old Man and the Sea
Favorite film: Rear Window
Keys to success: Hard work, integrity
Person(s) you most admire (outside of family): Abraham Lincoln
If you had to choose a different profession, what would it be?: Wildlife biologist