About Our Firm
Reis & Kirkland is a boutique or specialty law practice.
We represent clients in medical malpractice claims, focusing our time, attention, and resources on obtaining successful results for them.
When we accept your case we employ our skills, experience and judgment to advocate for you through every step in the legal process—from drafting complaints to conducting discovery to mediating and/or trying your case.
We conclude our representation with our clients feeling that they mattered to us, that we heard and voiced their stories, and that we worked diligently to protect their interests.
What to expect
It’s our job to give voice to people who have been injured and what ultimately happens in a mediation or a courtroom but there are many steps leading up to that. The prospective client will first meet us through a phone call where we will elicit information about the potential claim.
If we decide to investigate, we help the client gather medical records and review and discuss them with the client.
If the case merits an expert review we hire an expert(s) to give us an opinion about whether the provider was negligent and whether that negligence caused the claim injury.
If we can support the claim with expert testimony and we believe bringing a claim looks economically viable we file suit. That begins a process of discovery including depositions of the defendant providers, the clients and the experts. Most claims settle at mediation. Others are tried to a jury.
“I will always remember everything you have done for us and all the time and effort you put into our case. …Your kindness and genuine personality are very much appreciated.”
—client testimonial
Our Team
Randolph J. Reis graduated from Fordham University in 1972, where he earned Academic All American honors. He received his law degree from the University of New Hampshire School of Law in 1976 and was admitted to the New Hampshire Bar that same year. Since that time, he has concentrated his practice in medical negligence.
Randy founded Reis Law in 2006 after 26 years of practice with the firms of Brown & Nixon and Abramson, Reis, Brown & Dugan. Randy and Kimberly became partners in January of 2015 and Reis Law became Reis & Kirkland. He volunteered as a Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) for abused and neglected children for over a decade.
Randy is married to Kimberly Kirkland. He has two adult daughters, four grandchildren and two step-sons.
Kimberly Kirkland graduated from Williams College in 1983. She received her law degree from Northeastern University School of Law in 1990. After law school she practiced as a trial attorney in Massachusetts and New Hampshire. From 2000 to 2014, she was a tenured faculty member at UNH Franklin Pierce School of Law teaching Civil Procedure, Pretrial Advocacy and Ethics. Kimberly returned to private practice in 2014 joining Randy, her husband in his firm. She has been representing plaintiffs in medical malpractice cases ever since. She is also a frequent speaker at CLEs; in the past year, she spoke at “Taming the Paper Tiger: the Essentials of Motion Practice” and “Medical Malpractice Cases in NH.”
Kimberly is the Immediate Past President of the New Hampshire Association for Justice. She won the Thomas R. Watson Board of Governors’ Award during her tenure as President. She is also member of the Board of Directors of the Brigit Feeney Foundation for Hope and Healing.
Kimberly has two sons, two stepdaughters and six grandchildren.
Kara Skogsholm graduated from University of New Hampshire School of Law in 2021. She was selected to participate in the Daniel Webster Scholars program and consequently was admitted to the New Hampshire Bar upon graduation. She earned her undergraduate degree in criminal justice from Northeastern University in 2015. Before attending law school, she worked as a litigation legal assistant for a firm in Boston for three years.
Kara is a native of Merrimack, New Hampshire and attended Bishop Guertin High School in Nashua. She is also a licensed youth soccer coach, and she devotes considerable time to coaching in the local community.
Dorota Blochowiak is a native of Poland. She immigrated to the United States shortly after finishing her Master of Law degree at the Uniwersytet Szczecinski. She is a 2010 graduate of the Boston University Paralegal Studies program.
As the firm’s litigation paralegal, Dorota expertly manages case preparation logistics, including regular communication with our clients and referring attorneys. She also deals with experts, opposing counsel, health care providers, lien holders, and others who are important to each case. Dorota works closely with the lawyers in the firm on all aspects of our cases. She is thorough and meticulous in her efforts to seek justice for our clients.
Christine Chasse graduated from the University of Maine at Orono in 1991. She worked as a litigation paralegal for 10 years, then received her law degree from the University of Maine School of Law in 2004. She practiced in a number of litigation fields prior to focusing on family law.
Wanting to experience more life balance, she joined the firm in March 2020 as a senior litigation paralegal. With her experience, she assists in all aspects of the litigation process from case development through trial or settlement.
Christine has traveled extensively and lived in Germany for 3 years. She now lives in the seacoast of New Hampshire with her husband, son and daughter.