Concord, NH– Donna J. Parker has been recognized by the New Hampshire Bar Association for her dedication and exemplary work over the past 40 years. Donna started working at the NHBA in November 1982, as the word processor and typesetter. From there, she went on to be an assistant to the Communications Department, a paralegal … Read more
Concord, NH – Following a recent special election, Kathleen Mahan was elected Vice President of the New Hampshire Bar Association. She succeeds Paul Chant, who was named President-Elect. Mahan is a litigation partner at Hinckley Allen, where she practices in several intellectual property matters, including trade secrets, trademarks, and copyrights. She also handles business disputes … Read more
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By Tom Jarvis NHBA Staff The 2022 Economics of Law Practice Survey of the New Hampshire Bar Association, performed by the University of New Hampshire’s Survey Center, is now complete with a 24 percent response rate. The survey was last conducted in 2015. A supplement providing key takeaways is included inside this issue of the … Read more
By Tom Jarvis NHBA Staff Elliott Berry, a renowned and stalwart advocate for disadvantaged Granite Staters for close to 50 years, has announced his upcoming retirement on October 31, 2022. Berry is the managing attorney and director of the Housing Justice Project for the Manchester office of New Hampshire Legal Assistance. Following his graduation from … Read more
By Dennis Ducharme Neutral Evaluation was available under Superior Court Rule 170 from the inception of New Hampshire’s Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) program in the early 1990s and continues to be under our revised Superior Court Rule 30 (b). The original Rule 170 outlined the process in some depth. While referenced in passing in the … Read more
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By Tom Jarvis For New Hampshire Superior Court Law Clerk Supervisor Stephani Roundy Knights, limitations are laughable, and marked multitasking is a matter of course. Alliterations aside, Roundy Knights has generally never let obstacles stand in the way of her goals, and even if she doesn’t achieve those goals the way she originally intended, she … Read more
By Tom Jarvis On August 10, 2022, the New Hampshire Supreme Court issued an order designed to help alleviate the backlog of indigent criminal defense cases in the Granite State. The order waives mandatory continuing legal education requirements and the filing of a Trust Account Compliance form for Inactive Status attorneys who elect Limited Active … Read more
By Tom Jarvis On Saturday, August 13, 2022, retired New Hampshire Supreme Court Justice, James Edward Duggan, passed away after a period of declining health. He was 79 years old. Justice Duggan was born in Laconia, New Hampshire on August 26, 1942, and subsequently raised in Mamaroneck, New York. In 1964, after obtaining his undergrad … Read more