Experienced Mediator and Arbitrator in New Hampshire
Professional Experience
New Hampshire Superior Court
Senior Associate Justice 2010-2015
Associate Justice 1989-2010
- Extensive experience conducting thousands of judicial proceedings, evaluating volumes of evidence, and producing fair and impartial decisions.
- Demonstrated capacity for analyzing pertinent and significant facts and issues related to complex commercial, land use, tort, tax, employment, and contract disputes.
- Established precedent-making decisions that have been upheld by New Hampshire Supreme Court.
- Extensive administrative experience as supervisory judge of two county courthouses.
New Hampshire Office of Attorney General
Assistant Attorney General 1985-1989
Chief of Criminal Bureau 1988-1989
- Responsible for all homicide prosecutions and criminal appeals in New Hampshire affording extensive trial and appellate experience.
New Hampshire Supreme Court
Judicial Law Clerk 1984-1985
- Researched and drafted opinions for publication by New Hampshire Supreme Court.
Awards & Honors
Daniel Webster International Lawyer of the Year: N.H. BAR ASSOCIATION 2010
Woman of Achievement Award: GIRLS, INC 2008
Lawyer of the Year: MERRIMACK COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION 2005
Athena Award for Professional Excellence, Community Service, and Assistance to Women in Reaching Leadership Potential: GREATER CONCORD CHAMBER OF COMMERCE 2004
Justice William A. Grimes Award for Judicial Professionalism: N.H. BAR ASSOC. 2003
Sidway Award for Community Service: CONCORD REG. VISITING NURSES ASSOC. 2000
Professional Affiliations and Outreach
NEW HAMPSHIRE RUSSIAN AMERICAN RULE OF LAW CONSORTIUM
Chair: 1998-2010
Presented at conferences in Russia 14 times on various topics, including judicial ethics, criminal procedure, and jury trial management; organized first conference on Alternative Dispute Resolution in Vologda, Russia; planned numerous conferences in N. H. for Russian judges and lawyers.
NEW HAMPSHIRE JUDICIAL ETHICS ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Committee Member: 2007-2010
Chair: 2010-2013
Researched and wrote opinions on judicial ethics in response to queries from NH judges.
NEW HAMPSHIRE SUPREME COURT SOCIETY
Trustee: 1998-2014
NEW HAMPSHIRE BAR ASSOCIATION
Member: 1984-Present
Served on several NHBA committees and presented at numerous CLE programs.
AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION DISPUTE RESOLUTION SECTION
Member: 2011-Present
AMERICAN ARBITRATION ASSOCIATION PANEL OF NEUTRALS
Member: 2011-Present
Publications
NEW HAMPSHIRE BAR JOURNAL, 44/#2
The New Hampshire – Vologda Rule of Law Partnership: Witness at a New Russian Revolution 2003
NEW HAMPSHIRE BAR NEWS
- Don’t Court Disaster: A Judge’s View of Discovery 2005
- Confidence of the People Essential to Independent Judiciary 2002
- Never Be Mean to a Mother and Other Trial Technique Tips 2002
- Impeachment Simplified 1999
- 10 Common Erroneous Evidentiary Arguments 1998
- The Guarantee of a Free Press Versus the Right to a Fair Trial 1991