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
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
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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
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
By Amy Manzelli This March, 18 environmental attorneys, consultants, engineers, and a reporter convened to provide an update on the latest in environmental law. The following are excerpts from each of their presentations. For many more details,
By Jared O’Connor One of the (thankfully) lesser-seen aspects of workers’ compensation law is the provision of benefits in RSA 281-A:26 for dependents of an injured worker who dies from a work-related injury. When there is an
By Dana Smith In law school, they don’t tell you how much time you’ll spend do¬ing math. We’ve all been there at some point; a client asks what certain figures mean, and we’re struggling to recol¬lect the
By Kathie Ragsdale When Lyndeborough attorney Joseph Caulfield takes on a case, he approaches it with the skills of a martial artist, and with a sprinkling of magic. “The martial arts inform all my life,” says the
By Jonathan Eck Over the years, I have found that the carefree days of summer, when the warm weather seems to create more opportunities (or at least a greater desire) to relax, provide a welcome and necessary