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
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 Tom Jarvis On March 21, 2022, the New Hampshire Circuit Court implemented a new centralized process for involuntary emergency admissions (IEA) to mental health facilities. According to the NH Judicial Branch, the process is a key
By Kathie Ragsdale When Susanne Gilliam started law school – at age 55 – she had no idea the move would lead her to a detention center in El Paso, Texas, or a street plaza ringed with
By Tom Jarvis HB 1343, known as the Paraprofessional Pilot Program, was signed into law by Governor Chris Sununu on June 17, 2022. It allows paralegals to provide limited legal services to underserved Granite Staters in circuit
New Hampshire’s Five Longest-Practicing Attorneys Share Insightful Anecdotes From the 1950s Until Today By Scott Merrill Three hundred and twenty-seven years—that’s the combined amount of time New Hampshire’s five longest practicing attorneys have been at it. Since