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Following his undergraduate studies at Duke University and law school at the University of Connecticut School of Law, Ted clerked for former Associate Justice Robert Berdon, of the Connecticut Supreme Court. He went on to work as trial attorney, litigation support attorney, and assistant appellate defender at the New Hampshire Public Defender.
In 2008, Ted opened his solo law practice, Lothstein Law Office, PLLC in Concord, focusing on DWI defense, criminal litigation and appeals. In 2013 he joined forces with Richard Guerriero to form Lothstein Guerriero.
Over the past three decades, Ted Lothstein has earned a well-deserved reputation for winning high-profile cases, both in trial courts and on appeal. His victories as an NH DUI defense lawyer and criminal lawyer have been widely reported in publications like the Boston Globe, the Union Leader, the Concord Monitor, the Nashua Telegraph, and the National Criminal Law Reporter. When you need help in or out of the courtroom, Ted can put his expertise and experience to work for you in New Hampshire’s District Courts and Superior Courts, as well as the New Hampshire Supreme Court; and in federal court, the United States District Court-NH in Concord and First Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston.
Ted Lothstein has tried over 30 criminal jury trials, mostly felony cases, including alleged domestic violence offenses, drug distribution, burglary, first degree assault, aggravated felonious sexual assault, and first degree murder. He has received not guilty verdicts from many juries, and from many judges; in New Hampshire, misdemeanor cases are tried to a judge first, and then, if necessary, the accused can appeal for a jury trial.
Ted has also litigated over 90 appeals in the New Hampshire Supreme Court and First Circuit Court of Appeals. His appeals have resulted in ground-breaking precedents, several of which have received national attention. Ted is known for handling complex post-conviction claims, such as a recent published victory on appeal that ultimately cut years off a client's prison sentence. Ted has served as the Chairperson and Lecturer for multiple Continuing Legal Education (CLE) seminars on the topic of Appellate Advocacy presented by the New Hampshire Bar Association.
In addition to advocating for clients, Ted has also helped to educate countless other criminal defense attorneys. As an Adjunct Professor at Plymouth State University, Ted taught a “Criminal Adjudication” course; as an Adjunct Professor at St. Anselm College, he taught “Special Topics in Criminal Justice” and “Comparative Constitutional Law.” In 2014 and 2016, Ted Lothstein also trained the law students in the Criminal Practice Clinic at the University of New Hampshire School of Law on the topic of “DWI 101: How to Analyze and Prepare a DWI Defense.”
During his career, Ted has also taught and served as chairperson for dozens of seminars presented to hundreds of lawyers on the topics of criminal defense and DWI defense. These programs were presented to a live audience, simultaneously webcast to an online audience, and then later made available for online viewing. Ultimately, over a thousand New Hampshire lawyers have attended his seminars.
In 2024, Ted Lothstein received the highest honor that a criminal defense lawyer can receive in any state; he was named the 2024 Champion of Justice by the New Hampshire Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.
This is a very prestigious award, given out once a year to only one or two lawyers. NHACDL is New Hampshire’s affiliate of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL), the preeminent organization of criminal defense lawyers in the United States.
