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Bar News - July 6, 2001 Houran, Lewis Confirmed for Superior Court The Executive Council on July 5 confirmed two of Gov. Jeanne Shaheen's nominees to fill three vacant judgeships in the NH Superior Courts. On July 5, the Executive Council voted to confirm NH Deputy Attorney General Steven M. Houran of Laconia and Durham attorney John M. Lewis. However, the Governor did not submit for a vote the third nominee, Stephanie T. Nute, a Superior Court marital master from Lee, because several councilors wanted more time to research her record. The governor's selections were based on the recommendations of the Judicial Selection Commission, which Shaheen established last year to improve the selection process for judges in New Hampshire. The Executive Council next meets on July 25 in Meredith. Houran earned his undergraduate degree from Union College in 1975 and his law degree from Boston College. In 1981 he joined the NH Dept. of Justice and he was admitted to the NH Bar in 1982. Houran has served in various capacities with the NH Dept. of Justice, including working in the Eminent Domain Division and the Environmental Protection Bureau. Houran was promoted to associate attorney general in 1992 and to deputy attorney general in 1996. He was re-appointed deputy a.g. in 1999. Lewis earned his law degree from Columbia University and began his legal career in 1973 as a law clerk for a U.S. District Court in northern Ohio. He worked for the New York law firm of Proskauer, Rose, Goetz & Mendelsohn from 1976 to 1982. In 1982 Lewis was admitted to the NH Bar. He currently practices with the Portsmouth law firm Borofsky, Lewis & Amodeo-Vickery. He is also the current chair of the state Board of Education, a position he will resign if confirmed as a Superior Court judge. Nute earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of New Hampshire. She earned her law degree from Franklin Pierce Law Center in 1976 and was admitted to the NH Bar the same year. Nute was a partner in the Nute and Nute general law practice in Farmington from 1976 to 1983. In 1981 she became a part-time marital master for the New Hampshire Superior Court, presiding over cases involving divorce, child custody, child support and domestic violence. Nute has since become a full-time marital master.
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