About Tracey Goyette
Tracey Goyette Cote earned her bachelor’s degree from Dartmouth College and went on to receive a J.D. from the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law. Her academic path combined a liberal arts foundation with professional legal training, preparing her for a practice that has spanned both private firm work and program management roles.
She began her legal career on the East Coast. Early positions included an associate role at McGuireWoods in 1998 and a subsequent associate post at Ropes & Gray in 1999. In 2001 she stepped into a nontraditional legal position as a program manager at Dartmouth College’s Institute for Information Infrastructure Protection, where she handled coordination and administrative responsibilities for a research-focused program.
By 2005 she returned to private practice as a lawyer with Robert Stein & Associates. That period marked her reengagement with client representation and casework. In 2010 she joined Shaheen & Gordon, P.A. as a partner. Her time in private firms has spanned large national firms and regional practices, giving her experience with different firm structures and client needs.
Cote maintains active memberships in several professional organizations. She holds membership in the New Hampshire Bar Association and the Virginia Bar Association. She also participates in the American Bar Association’s Family Law Section, the New Hampshire Association for Justice, and the Collaborative Law Alliance of New Hampshire. Those affiliations reflect the professional communities she moves in and the areas of practice that inform her work.
Colleagues describe her as steady under pressure and thoughtful in court and at the negotiation table. She has worked on matters that require both litigation skills and collaborative dispute resolution techniques. Her career shows a willingness to move between transactional, programmatic, and contentious work as client needs dictate.
Cote is licensed to practice in New Hampshire and Virginia. She balances casework with association activities and firm responsibilities. Her current practice focuses on family law and collaborative dispute resolution across New Hampshire and Virginia.
