Attorney Profiles

Attorney Yiokarinis graduated cum laude from the University of New Hampshire with a B.A. in Political Science and in the University Honor Program in 1999. He earned his law degree from Franklin Pierce Law Center in 2002.

His experience in litigation began as an Associate in the law firm of Getman, Stacey, Schulthess and Steere, P.A. in Bedford, New Hampshire. His focus was primarily in the area of civil litigation.

Attorney Yiokarinis joined the New Hampshire Public Defender Program in 2004. While a Public Defender, Attorney Yiokarinis represented his clients in all aspects of trial litigation in Rockingham County Superior Court and all of the county district courts from Portsmouth to Salem, New Hampshire. Attorney Yiokarinis has defended hundreds of clients in trials for assault, burglary, DWI, forgery, theft, murder, arson, identity fraud, robbery and other felony and misdemeanor offenses. He has tried a multitude of cases before district court judges and numerous felony and misdemeanor appeal cases before a jury. Attorney Yiokarinis is admitted to the New Hampshire Bar and is also a member of the Federal Bar.

In 2008, along with Attorneys Jeffrey Denner and Brad Bailey of Denner Pellegrino (Boston, MA), Attorney Yiokarinis represented Sheila K. LaBarre in the murder trial of State v. Sheila K. LaBarre. This widely covered insanity defense trial was among New Hampshire's biggest criminal cases in recent history.