attorney nicole armstrong
Location: Lowell, MassachusettsPhone: 978-453-1044
Fax: 978-453-1055
Email: Email Me
For almost 20 years, Nicole has focused her practice on all aspects of family law litigation representing clients in Massachusetts and southern New Hampshire in a variety of legal arenas including litigation, mediation, and conciliation. Nicole’s years of experience includes cases involving complex/closely held businesses, high-net-worth asset division, alimony and child support issues, inheritances, paternity issues, child custody/parenting plan disputes, prenuptial agreements, same-sex marriages, and the enforcement and/or modification of prior judgments.
Nicole also has extensive training and services clients as a Parent Coordinator, Category F Guardian ad Litem, ARC counsel (Attorneys Representing Children), Limited Assistance Representation Attorney (providing clients with representation only on an as needed basis), Conciliator, Mediator, and Collaborative Law attorney.
Nicole is a Dean’s List graduate of Suffolk University Law School where she received an Oral Advocacy Award, participated in the Moot Court Honor Board, was a Member of the National Trial Team and the National Women’s Law Student’s Association (NWLSA) for which she was the Co-Director of the Sojourner Truth National Moot Court Trial Competition.
Nicole achieved her Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology in 2000 from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and was a member of Psi Chi, the National Honor Society in Psychology. Nicole is a brother of the Alpha Phi Omega, Kappa Omicron Chapter – A national co-ed fraternity dedicated to community service, where she held many board positions. Nicole is also a proud alumna of the University of Massachusetts Minuteman Marching Band (UMMB) under the direction of the nationally acclaimed late George N. Parks.
PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION
Nicole has proudly achieved and maintained a peer reviewed AV Preeminent® rating by Martindale-Hubbell®, which demonstrates that her peers have ranked her at the highest level of professional excellence and ethical standards.
Super Lawyers®, a rating service of lawyers who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement through a multi-phased selection process, has also continually recognized Nicole as one of Boston’s Top-Rated Lawyers in Family Law including achieving the following designations:
- Super Lawyer® (no more than 5% of the lawyers in the state);
- Rising Star® (only 2.5% of eligible attorneys are selected);
- Outstanding Young Lawyer in the Top Women Attorneys section as published in Boston Magazine;
- ARC counsel (Attorneys Representing Children) where she volunteers her legal services in representing children, providing them with a voice in contested litigation matters;
- Guardian ad Litem to investigate into the best interests of children in custody/visitation disputes;
- Conciliator where she assists parties and counsel in settling disputes; and
- has been approved to be included in the Court listing of Limited Assistance Representation Attorneys.
Honors and Awards
- New England Rising Stars®, 2012
- Top Women Attorneys: Massachusetts Outstanding Young Lawyer, Boston Magazine, April 2013
- Peer review AV Preeminent® rating by Martindale-Hubbell®, 2014 - present
- Boston’s Top-Rated Lawyers in Family Law, 2015 - present
- Super Lawyers for 2021 – present
- Greater Boston Family Law American Inn of Court
- Middlesex Bar Association
- Essex County Bar Association
- Greater Lowell Bar Association
- Greater Newburyport Bar Association
- Massachusetts Association of Guardians ad Litem
- Massachusetts Council on Family Mediation
- New Hampshire Bar Association
