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Bar News - September 19, 2003 Trial Lawyers Present Awards, Elect Officers THE NH TRIAL Lawyers Association honored several members and recognized newly elected officers at its recent Annual Meeting and Dinner. Judge William H. Barry, Jr., who served as U.S. District Court Magistrate Judge from 1984 to 1995, was posthumously awarded the NHTLA Civil Justice Award. His son, attorney William H. Barry, III, accepted the award on his behalf. The Civil Justice Award was established to recognize individuals who have "demonstrated a long-term commitment to the goals for which the NHTLA was established, namely to promote the administration of justice for the public good; to uphold the honor and dignity of the profession of law; to uphold the right of trial by jury; to preserve and enhance the rights of persons to have access to the courts and our system of justice; and to afford everyone a full, fair and timely remedy for wrongs done." After retiring from the bench, Barry continued to practice law with his son in Nashua. He died May 16, 2003. The NHTLA presented Special Recognition Awards to attorneys David M. Gottesman, Anna Barbara Hantz, Roy A. Duddy, John A. Wolkowski and Charles V. Moser. Gottesman and Hantz, both of Gottesman & Hollis in Nashua, were recognized for their work on Estate of Amy Lynn Boyer v. Docusearch, Inc., d/b/a Docusearch.com, a case in which a young woman was stalked and killed by a man who obtained most of the information that led him to her via the Internet. The case created new privacy rights in the context of electronic information. Duddy and Wolkowski, of Duddy Law Offices in Bedford, and co-counsel Moser, of Mason, were recognized for their work on Catrina Graves v. Franklin L. Estabrook. The decision in that case changed the law in New Hampshire that only a person related by blood or marriage had a right to recover for negligent infliction of emotional distress. The decision extended that right to a young woman who lost her fiancé due to the actions of a negligent driver. Kevin F. Dugan of Abramson, Brown & Dugan, Manchester, was this year's recipient of the NHTLA President's Award. The award was presented by outgoing President Paul A. Maggiotto of Concord. Dugan was recently listed as a "rising star" on the PoliticsNH.com Power List 2003. He has been described as "the first trial lawyer to successfully convince the Legislature that lawyers are not the evil-doers most believe they are." The President's Award is given annually to an individual who has been of outstanding service to the association and of particular help to the president. Nicholas D. Brown of Hall, Stewart, Murphy, Brown and Hutchins, Manchester, was awarded the NHTLA Board of Governors Award for his "untiring commitment to NHTLA fundraising." New Officer, Governors Elected THE NHTLA ALSO recognized its newly elected officers and governors at the Annual Meeting, as follows: NHTLA 2003-2004 Officers President-Timothy C. Coughlin, Coughlin, Rainboth, Murphy & Lown, Portsmouth President-Elect-Thomas E. Craig, Manchester Treasurer-Matthew B. Cox, Burns, Bryant, Hinchey, Cox & Rockefeller, Dover Secretary-Heather M. Burns, Upton & Hatfield, Concord Board Members Governors-at-Large-Kevin M. Leach, Nixon, Raiche, Manning, Casinghino & Leach, Manchester; Finis E. Williams, III; Jennifer A. Lemire, Watson, Bosen, Harman, Venci & Lemire, Portsmouth; Christopher J. Seufert, Franklin. Belknap County Governor-A.G. O'Neil, Jr., Normandin, Cheney & O'Neil, Laconia Merrimack County Governor-Kathleen C. Sullivan, Douglas, Leonard & Garvey, Concord Strafford County Governor-Stephen C. Brown, Rochester Delegate to the Association of Trial Lawyers of America-David M. Gottesman, Gottesman & Hollis, Nashua
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